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SIGNALPROCESSING&SIMULATIONNEWSLETTER
Figure1Thespectrumofaninformationsignalisusuallylimitedtolowfrequencies
Figure2Timedomainlowfrequencyinformationsignal
Figure3AProductModulator
ThefrequencydomainrepresentationofaProductModulatororamixerhasacuriousqualitythatinsteadofproducingtheproductsoftheinput frequencieswhichiswhatwereallywant,itproducessumsanddifferencesofthefrequenciesofthetwoinputsignalsinboththepositiveandnegative frequencydomains.Isthisaproblem?Theanswerdependsonwhatwewanttodowiththeoutput.Inmostcaseifnononlinearityispresent,wecan predictexactlywherethesecomponentswilllieandwecanfilteroutwhatwedonotwant. Whatifthecarrierfrequencysourceinaproductmodulatorisnotperfectlystable?Inthiscase,eachdeviationfrequencywillalsoproduceits ownsumanddifferencefrequencieswiththebasebandsignal.Thesearecalledspursandareinherenttothemixerprocess.Inadditionphase oscillationsofthecarrieralsoaffecttheoutput.Forthisreasonsimplemixermodulatorsanddemodulatorsdonotworkwellandfurthercomplexityin formofphaselockloopsetc.isintroducedintothereceiverdesign. InFigure4a,weseethetwosidedspectrumofthemessagesignal.Aftermixing,modulatingorheterodyning(allofthesetermsrefertothe samething),wegetaspectrumsuchasinFigure4b.Thespectrumisnowshifteduptothecarrierfrequencyandweseethatitisreplicatedonboth sidesoftheyaxis.
Figure4atheBasebandSpectrum
Figure4bthePassbandSpectrumofthesamesignal
Figure5Outputsignalofaproductmodulator,theenvelopeofwhichistheinformationsignal(seealsoFigure2)
Nowwedefinesomenewterms.
Figure6BasebandbecomesPassbandbytranslationtohigherfrequency Thepositivefrequencyspectrumbecomestheuppersidebandandthenegativefrequencyspectrumbecomethelowersideband.
BasebandSignalTheinformationsignaliscalledthebasebandsignal.Thebandwidthisalwaysapositivequantitysothebandwidthofthis signalisfm. PassbandSignalThemultiplicationofthissignalwithasinusoidcarriersignaltranslatesthewholethinguptofc.Thissignalisnowcalled thepassbandsignal.Thissignalextendsinrangefrom(fcfm)to(fc+fm.).Thenewsignalhasdoubledinbandwidth.Thepassbandsignal bandwidthisdoublethatofthebasebandsignal. Thefactthatthesamesignalhasdoublethebandwidthinpassbandisoftenconfusing.Wethinkofbandwidthassomethingphysicalsohow canitjustdouble?Theanswerisimbeddedinthequestionitself.Inkeepingwithourconceptofbandwidthassomethingreal,wedonotallowitto crossfromthepositivetothenegativedomain.Itexistsasaseparatequantityoneachsideoftheyaxisanddoesnotcrossit.Thereisnofreelunch eveninsignalprocessing,soanothersimplisticwayofconsideringthisfactisthatthepassbandsignalcontainsnotjustthemessagesignalbutthe carrieraswell,sowouldntyouexpectittohavealargerbandwidth? Sidebands NownotethatinFigure6,thepassbandspectrumhastwoparts(oneachsideoffc)thatareidentical. Theupperpartofthepassbandspectrumabovethecarrieriscalledtheuppersidebandandtheonebelowiscalledthelowersideband. Wenoticethatsincethepassbandspectrumissymmetrical(notonlyabouttheyaxisbutalsoaboutthecarrierfrequency)theuppersidebandis themirrorimageofthelowersideband.Doweneedthewholespectrumtorecoverthebasebandsignal?Perhapswecangetbywithonlyhalf. Thisintuitiveobservationiscorrect.Wecanrecovertheoriginalinformationsignalfromjusttheupperbandorthelowerband.Wedonotneed bothhalves.
Figure7Filterpassbandtofortheupperandlowersidebandasseparatesignals.
Socanwejusttransmitonlyhalfofthesignal?Canwefigureoutsomewayoftransmittingananothersignalintherejectedhalf?Thenwecan transmittwosignalsforthepriceofone! Thisrealizationleadstothesingleanddoublesidebandmodulationtechniques.Indoublesideband,weusethewholespectrumjustaswe showabove.Bothhalvesareused.Insinglesidebandmodulation,wefilteroutthelowerortheupperbandtoseparateoutthesesignalsasiftheywere twoindependentsignals.Eachhalfisenoughtorecoverthesignal. Filter1andFilter2inFigure7dojustthatandshowhowwecouldtransmittwosignalsintheplaceofone.UseF1beforetransmitting,and yougetonlythelowersideband,anduseF2andyougetonlytheuppersideband.Wegettwochannelsinplaceofone.Whereeverbandwidth limitationsexist,SSBisused.Mostnotableapplicationisintelephony.TelephonysignalshaveidealcharacteristicsfortheuseofSSB.Thereisvery littlesignalcontentbelow300HzsotheSSBsignaldoesnotsuffermuchdistortion.Alsotelephonesignalsarebandwidthlimited,andSSBmaximizes bandwidthusage.HAMradioandHFcommunicationsisoneareawheretheSingleSideBand(SSB)modulationisusedtothisadvantage. AmplitudeModulation WehavealreadydiscussedmuchofthebuildingblocksofAmplitudeModulationasSSBisaformofAmplitudeModulation.Thesimplest formofAmplitudeModulationistheDoubleSidebandModulation. DoubleSideBandModulation Letstaketheinformationsignalm(t).Theoutputofthemixergivesus nowweaddtothissignalthecarrier(thesecondterm). Nowinsteadoftransmittingjustthesignaltimesthecarrier,weaddthecarriertothetotheproduct.Theblockdiagramofthis,calledtheAM productmodulator,wouldlooklikethis.
Figure8AbasicAMmodulator,itsoutputcontainsthemodulatedsignalandthecarrier
WhatistheFourierTransformofthissignal? ] Spectrumonthepositive
xaxis
Spectrumonthenegative
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(WeareusingpropertiesoftheFourierTransformherethefirsttermcomesfromthefactthattheFTofasignal,multipliedbyacosineisjustthesame
spectrumshifted,andthesecondtermisjustadeltafunctiontimestheamplitudeoftheoriginalcarrier.FourierAnalysisistheabsolutefundamentalof allsignalprocessingandIsuggestreadingtutorials6and7soyouareclearonthemainconcepts.Youarewelcometoemailmeyourquestions.)
Hereisthespectrumofthissignal. TheCarrier
Figure9DoubleSideBandModulationSpectrumofreceivedSignal (Noteonlythepositivesideofthespectrumisshown.)
Nowyouseethecarriersignalpopupinthemiddleofthespectrum.Wecanputafilteraroundthissignalandrecoverthecarrieratthe receiver.Thisisthenfedtothedemodulationcircuitrylater. ThismodulationiscalledDoubleSideBand(DSB)modulation.ItisthemostbasicformoftheAMmodulation.Fromhereon,wecandoa varietyofthingssuchassuppressthecarrier,useonebandortheotheretc..AllofthesearevariationsoftheDoubleSideBand(DSB)Amplitude Modulation. Wecanrearrangetermstowritetheamplitudemodulationequationas Byvaryingtheamplitudeofthecarriervs.theamplitudeoftheinformationsignal,wecancreatedifferentlookingwaveforms.Aslongas certainparametersarenotexceeded,theenvelopeofthissignalwouldlookliketheinformationsignalandusinganEnvelopeDetector(demodulation) wecanrecoverthissignal. Inaboveequation,quantityAcrepresentsthepowerofthemodulatedsignal.Boththecarrierandthemessagesignalareassumedtohave normalizedamplitude.Thequantity iscalledthemodulationindexofthesignal.Theindexeffectshowthereceivedsignallooks.Modulation indexlargerthat100%distortsthesignalsoanenvelopedetectorcannotbeusedtodemodulateitanylonger. Thefollowingfigureshowshowwemightcreatethissignal.
ThefollowingtwofiguresshowtheeffectofthemodulationindexonthereceivedAMsignal.
Figure10aDSBModulatedsignalwithModulationIndex=100% Notethattheenvelopeofthissignalisthesameasthebasebandsignal.
Figure10bDSBModulatedsignalwithModulationIndex=120% Notethattheenvelopeofthissignalisnotthesameasthebasebandsignal.
Aslongasthemodulationindexislessthan100%,theenvelopeofthesignalcanbeusedtoremovetheinformationsignal.Forindexgreater than100%asshowninfigureabove,theenvelopedetectorwillnolongerbeabletocorrectlydetectthesignal.Weseethattheenvelopeinthelower figureisnolongeracopyoftheoriginalsignalinFigure2. StandardDSBModulationisusedinAMRadiobroadcasting.ItofferstheadvantageofusingasimplereceiverbasedonaEnvelopeDetector. DoubleSideBandSuppressedCarrier Wejustaddedthecarrier,butnowwerealizethatitactuallytakesalotofpowertoincludethecarrierandperhapsitmakesnosensetodothat afterall.Butwewanttosomehowincludethecarrierinformationbutwithoutactuallydoingso.Andwewanttousetheenvelopedetectorasthe receiver.Howcanwedothat? Werelyonthesymmetryofthesignalspectrumnow.ConsideramodulationschemecalledtheDoubleSideBandSuppressedcarrier,or DSBSCmodulation,everythingissameasDSBexceptthatnocarrierinincluded.DSBSCsignalsarecreatedbyamodulatorcalledtheBalanced Modulator.ThefollowingfigureshowsthebasicblockdiagramofaBalancedModulator.
Figure11AbalancedModulatorresultsinsuppressionofthecarrier
Thisbalancedmodulatorisbasicallytwoproductmodulatorsaddedtogether.Theinputtooneisanegativeinformationsignalandanegative carrier.Theproductofthismodulatorwhenaddedtoitspositivecounterpartresultsincancelingthecarrieraswecanseeintheoutput.(Themath aboveisquitestraightforwardandworthcheckingforthatwonderfulfeelingthatcomeswhenyoureallyunderstandsomething.) EnvelopedetectorcannotbeusedwithDSBSCcarrierbecausetheenvelopeoftheDSBSCsignalisnotthesameasthebasebandsignal.A moresophisticatedmodulatorisneededwiththissignal. TheDSBSCmodulationisidenticaltoBPSK,whichwewilldiscusslater. GeneratingSingleSideBand(SSB)signals InessencetheSSBtransmissionthatwediscussedbeforeisabandwidthconservingtechnique.ThemostnotablepointofSSBisthattheSSB passbandsignalandthebasebandsignaloccupythesamebandwidth,socuttingspectrumneedsinhalf. HowdowecreateaSSBsignal?TherearetwomainwaysthatSSBsignalscanbegenerated. 1.Filteringtheunwantedsideband 2.PhasingMethod ThesimplestsolutionwouldbetojusttaketheDSBSCsignalandfiltertheunwantedbandbeforetransmissionsothattheunwantedsideisnot sentatallasshowninthefigurebelow.Bykeepingonlythepartshown,wehavegottenridofalltheotherimages,allofthenegativecomponentsand theuppersideband.
Figure12ApassbandfilterafterDSBSCmodulationresultsingettingridallbutoneband.
Figure13a.Basebandspectrum(symmetricabouttheyaxis)b.Hilberttransformofthesamesignal(antisymmetricabouttheyaxis)
Figure14SSBModulatorusingthePhasingmethod
TheSSBsignalcreatedinthiswayisessentiallytwosignalsinquadrature.ThecombinationgivesustheequationfortheSSBsignal.By changingthesignoftheanalyticsignal,wecancreateeithertheuppersidebandorthelower.
Figure15a.Spectrumofpartone,b.spectrumofparttwo,d.thesumofthesetwogivesusthelowersideband,thedifferencewouldgivetheuppersideband.
AMModulationandVideobroadcasting VestigialSidebandModulation AvariationofDSBisusedforbroadcastTV.UndertheFCCrequirements,thestandardvideosignaloccupiesabandwidthof4.5MHz.Thesound signalisseparateandistransmittedattheupperedgeofthissignal.Whencarrierisshiftedtobandpass,thisonesidedbandwidthbecomes9MHz.This isnearlytentimesaslargeasthetotalbandwidthoccupiedbyallthechannelsoftheAMradio.UseofSSBmodulationwouldcutthisinhalfbutSSB isnotusedforvideosignalsbecauseofthecomplexityoftheSSBreceivers.TVmanufacturersparticularlyAmericancompanieswereinstrumentalin settingthesestandardsliketokeepthecostoftheTVsaslowaspossiblesoSSBreceiversarenotused. AmodulationtechniqueusedforcommercialvideobroadcastingwhichliessomewhereinthemiddleofSSBandDSBiscalledtheVestigial sidebandModulation(VSB). Infigurebelowweshowahypotheticalbandpassvideosignal.Thesoundsignalwhichissentseparatelyisattheupperedgeofthespectrum.
Figure16aVideoSignalbandwidth
InFigureb,weshowapeculiarkindoffilteringofthisvideosignalthattakesplaceaftermodulationwithacarrierbutbeforetransmission.
Figure16bVestigialFilter
Thisfiltertakesinasmallpartoftheupperedgeofthelowersideband,startingfrom1.25MHz.Thesignalisattenuatedinthisrangefrom 1.25MHzto.75MHz.Fromhereonto4MHz,thesignalistransmittedfullstrength.At4MHzitisonceagainattenuateddownto4.5MHzsoas nottointerferewiththesoundcarrierwhichisdemodulatedseparately.Theshadedportioniswhatistransmitted. Thetermvestigialisusedsinceatinytracepartofthelowersidebandisalsoincludedinthetransmission.Thenetresultisthatinsteadof transmittinga9MHzsignal,wetransmitonly6MHz,thestandardvideosignaltoday. Unlikevoicesignalswhichhavenocomponentsnearthezerofrequency,Videosignalsareverysensitivetotheirlowfrequencycontent. Distortioninthesecomponentsdegradesthepicture.Soextracarehastobetakentomakesurethatallthelowfrequencycomponents(whichare locatedinthecenter)aretransmittedwithoutdistortion.VSBmodulationtransmitstheselowfrequenciesatthetwicelevel.Themotivationforfiltering thesignalinthiswayalsocomesfromthedesiretouseadiodedemodulatorwhichrequiresanexplicitcarrier.Buttorecoverthecarrierweneedtogo alittletotheothersideofthecarrierfrequencyandtakeinanattenuatedpartofthesignalbecauseofthelimitationsofpracticalfilters.The developmentofthisfilterwasafunctionofacompromisebetweenbandwidthandtheTVreceivercomplexity. ThenewHDTVstandardisalsobasedonVSB. AboutAmplitudeDemodulation ProductDemodulator AllAMsignalsdiscussedhere,DSB,DSBSC,SSBandVSBcanbedemodulatedusingaproductdemodulator.Inprincipleitisthereverseofthe modulationprocess.Wetaketheincomingsignal,whichnowalsoincludesnoiseandwemultiplyitbyaknowncarrier.Theproductobtainedisthen lowpassfilteredandwhatremainsthenistheinformationsignal. Themainproblemwiththeproductdemodulatoristhatthecarrierphaseisnotknown.Wedonotknowifthestartingphasewas30or45or 90orsomeothernumber.Forsomesignalsthisisnotsuchabigproblem.Anaudiosignalcanbedemodulatedincoherentlywhichmeansthatthe phaseofthecarrieratthereceivingendisnotsynchronizedwiththetransmitter.InradioAMbroadcastingwecangetawaywithignoringthephase becauseourearsarenotverysensitivetophasedeviationsofthesignals.Wecanhearandunderstandthesignaljustfine.Insuchcases,anincoherent productdemodulationmakessenseandwouldbethecheapestsolution. Nowifwearesendingdata,thisisindeedabigproblemandweneedtoexactlyrecoverthephaseofthetransmittedcarrier.Evenvideosignals arenotforgivingofphaseerrors.Phaseinformationfornearlyallsignalsexcept,telephoneandradiosignalsisconsideredveryimportant. Therearetwomethodsofmakingsurethatweknowthephaseoftheincomingsignal1.TheCostasloopand2.Thephaselockedloop.Both arevariationsofatechniquetofindandlockontothephase(wewilldiscusstheseinanothertutorialindetail.)Thisvariationoftheproduct demodulationwherewemakeaspecialefforttodeterminethephaseofthetransmittedcarrieriscalledcoherentdemodulation. SquareLawDemodulator Nonlinearityusuallyhasabadnameincommunications.Wedontlikeitbecauseitdistortsthesignalandproducesunwantedproducts.Buthereisa waynonlinearityisactuallyusedtoadvantageindemodulationofsomeAMsignals. Letstakeanonlineardevicewiththefollowingbehavior. Nowletstakeanamplitudemodulatedsignal Puttingthisthroughtheabovenonlienearity,aftersomemanipulationsandclevertrigonometricsubstitutions,weget
NowthrowawaytheDCterm,filteroutthetermsattwotimesthefrequencyandwhatwehaveleftis
Thesecondtermisthecarrierattwiceitsfrequencywhichwerecoverbyfilteringatthisfrequency.
Figure17Nonlinearityusedtorecoverthecarrier
Figure18RCDiodeCircuitusedforEnvelopeDemodulation
Figure19EnvelopeDetectionupclose
Summary
BasebandSignalThebasebandsignalisusuallythemessagesignal.IthasabandwidthofB.SeeFigure20. PassbandSignalThepassbandsignalisonethathasbeenmultipliedbyacarrier.Itiscenteredatthecarrierfrequencyandhasabandwidthof2B. DoubleSidebandWhenbothsidebandsandthecarrieristransmitted,thisiscalledtheAMorDSBmodulation.DSBsignalswhicharepassband signalshaveabandwidthof2B. DoubleSidebandSuppressedCarrierWhenweremovethecarriertoconservepower,theDSBsignaliscalledtheDSBSCsignal.Ithasa bandwidthof2B. SingleSidebandWheneitherbyfilteringorphasingonlyonebandistransmittedthesignaliscalledSSB.IthasabandwidthofB. VestigialSidebandVSBisusedforvideobroadcasting.VSBisacompromisebetweenSSBandDSBandhasabandwidthof.666B. AMdemodulatorsTherearethreemaintypesofAMdemodulatorsorreceivers.EnvelopeDetectoristhesimplestandsensesthemaximum amplitudeoftheincomingsignalwhichhappenstobethemessagesignal.TheProductDemodulatorisnextincomplexityandisusedfornearlyall AMsignals.CostasorPhaselockedloopsareusedwhenphaseisimportant.SquaringDemodulatorisoftenusedtorecoverthecarrieraswellasfor demodulationofDSBSCsignal. Figure20follows __________________________________ CharanLangton,Nov4,1998 PreviousTutorialsarekeptattheAdvancedSystemsWebsiteunderCAP. ThanksmuchtoEricArakakiandDaveWatsonfortheirinvaluablecommentsandedits.
Figure20AMWaveforms 1.MessageSignal SignalSpectrum
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2. CarrierSignal
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3. DSBWaveform k=60%
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4.DSBwaveformOvermodulatedk=150% Notetheenvelopeofthesignalisnolongersameasthebasebandsignaltrace,hencethereisnowaytodemodulateitfromtheenvelopeofthissignal.
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5.SSBUppersideband
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6.SSBLowerSideband
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7.DSBSuppressedCarrier
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