UNIT I AMPLITUDE MODULATION

Modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform, called the
carrier signal (high frequency signal), with a modulating signal that typically contains information
to be transmitted.
 Need for modulation:
 Antenna Height
 Narrow Banding
 Poor radiation and penetration
 Diffraction angle
 Multiplexing.
 Functions of the Carrier Wave:
The main function of the carrier wave is to carry the audio or video signal from the transmitter to
the receiver. The wave that is resulted due to superimposition of audio signal and carrier wave is
called the modulated wave.
 Types of modulation:
The sinusoidal carrier wave can be given by the equation,
vc = Vc Sin(wct + θ) = Vc Sin(2fct + θ)
Vc – Maximum Value
fc – Frequency
θ – Phase Relation
Since the three variables are the amplitude, frequency, and phase angle, the modulation can be
done by varying any one of them. Thus there are three modulation types namely:
 Amplitude Modulation (AM)
 Frequency Modulation (FM)
 Phase Modulation (PM)
 We have introduced linear modulation. In particular,
 DSB-SC, Double sideband suppressed carrier
 DSB-LC, Double sideband large carrier (AM)
  SSB, Single sideband
 VSB, Vestigial sideband
1.1 AMPLITUDE MODULATION:
"Modulation is the process of superimposing a low frequency signal on a high frequency
carrier signal."
OR
"The process of modulation can be defined as varying the RF carrier wave in accordance
with the intelligence or information in a low frequency signal."
OR
"Modulation is defined as the precess by which some characteristics, usually amplitude,
frequency or phase, of a carrier is varied in accordance with instantaneous value of some
other voltage, called the modulating voltage."
 Need For Modulation
1. If two musical programs were played at the same time within distance, it would be difficult
for anyone to listen to one source and not hear the second source. Since all musical sounds
have approximately the same frequency range, form about 50 Hz to 10KHz. If a desired
program is shifted up to a band of frequencies between 100KHz and 110KHz, and the
second program shifted up to the band between 120KHz and 130KHz, Then both programs
gave still 10KHz bandwidth and the listener can (by band selection) retrieve the program
of his own choice. The receiver would down shift only the selected band of frequencies to
a suitable range of 50Hz to 10KHz.
2. A second more technical reason to shift the message signal to a higher frequency is related
to antenna size. It is to be noted that the antenna size is inversely proportional to the
frequency to be radiated. This is 75 meters at 1 MHz but at 15KHz it has increased to 5000
meters (or just over 16,000 feet) a vertical antenna of this size is impossible.
3. The third reason for modulating a high frequency carrier is that RF (radio frequency)
energy will travel a great distance than the same amount of energy transmitted as sound
power.
 Types of Modulation
The carrier signal is a sine wave at the carrier frequency. Below equation shows that the sine wave
has three characteristics that can be altered.
Instantaneous voltage (E) =Ec(max)Sin(2πfct + θ)
The term that may be varied are the carrier voltage Ec, the carrier frequency fc, and the carrier
phase angle θ. So three forms of modulations are possible.
1. AmplitudeModulation
Amplitude modulation is an increase or decrease of the carrier voltage (Ec), will all other
factors remaining constant.
2. FrequencyModulation
Frequency modulation is a change in the carrier frequency (fc) with all other factors
remaining constant.
3. PhaseModulation
Phase modulation is a change in the carrier phase angle (θ). The phase angle cannot
change without also affecting a change in frequency. Therefore, phase modulation is in
reality a second form of frequency modulation.
 EXPLAINATION OF AM:
The method of varying amplitude of a high frequency carrier wave in accordance with the
information to be transmitted, keeping the frequency and phase of the carrier wave unchanged is
called Amplitude Modulation. The information is considered as the modulating signal and it is
superimposed on the carrier wave by applying both of them to the modulator. The detailed
diagram showing the amplitude modulation process is given below.

FIG 1.1 Amplitude Modulation

As shown above, the carrier wave has positive and negative half cycles. Both these cycles are
varied according to the information to be sent. The carrier then consists of sine waves whose
amplitudes follow the amplitude variations of the modulating wave. The carrier is kept in an
envelope formed by the modulating wave. From the figure, you can also see that the amplitude
variation of the high frequency carrier is at the signal frequency and the frequency of the carrier
wave is the same as the frequency of the resulting wave.
 Analysis of Amplitude Modulation Carrier Wave:
Let vc = Vc Sin wct
vm = Vm Sin wmt
vc – Instantaneous value of the carrier
Vc – Peak value of the carrier
Wc – Angular velocity of the carrier
vm – Instantaneous value of the modulating signal
Vm – Maximum value of the modulating signal
wm – Angular velocity of the modulating signal fm
– Modulating signal frequency
It must be noted that the phase angle remains constant in this process. Thus it can be ignored.
The amplitude of the carrier wave varies at fm.The amplitude modulated wave is given by the
equation A = Vc + vm = Vc + Vm Sin wmt = Vc [1+ (Vm/Vc Sin wmt)]
= Vc (1 + mSin wmt)
m – Modulation Index. The ratio of Vm/Vc.
Instantaneous value of amplitude modulated wave is given by the equation
v = A Sin wct = Vc (1 + m Sin wmt) Sin wct
= Vc Sin wct + mVc (Sin wmt Sin wct)
v = Vc Sin wct + [mVc/2 Cos (wc-wm)t – mVc/2 Cos (wc + wm)t]
The above equation represents the sum of three sine waves. One with amplitude of Vc and a
frequency of wc/2 , the second one with an amplitude of mVc/2 and frequency of (wc – wm)/2 and
the third one with an amplitude of mVc/2 and a frequency of (wc + wm)/2 .
In practice the angular velocity of the carrier is known to be greater than the angular velocity of
the modulating signal (wc >> wm). Thus, the second and third cosine equations are more close to
the carrier frequency. The equation is represented graphically as shown below.
 Frequency Spectrum of AM Wave:
Lower side frequency – (wc – wm)/2
Upper side frequency – (wc +wm)/2
The frequency components present in the AM wave are represented by vertical lines
approximately located along the frequency axis. The height of each vertical line is drawn in
proportion to its amplitude. Since the angular velocity of the carrier is greater than the angular
velocity of the modulating signal, the amplitude of side band frequencies can never exceed half of
the carrier amplitude.
Thus there will not be any change in the original frequency, but the side band frequencies (wc –
wm)/2 and (wc +wm)/2 will be changed. The former is called the upper side band (USB) frequency
and the later is known as lower side band (LSB) frequency.
Since the signal frequency wm/2 is present in the side bands, it is clear that the carrier voltage
component does not transmit any information.
Two side banded frequencies will be produced when a carrier is amplitude modulated by a single
frequency. That is, an AM wave has a band width from (w c – wm)/2 to (wc +wm)/2 , that is, 2wm/2
or twice the signal frequency is produced. When a modulating signal has more than one frequency,
two side band frequencies are produced by every frequency. Similarly for two frequencies of the
modulating signal 2 LSB‘s and 2 USB‘s frequencies will be produced.
The side bands of frequencies present above the carrier frequency will be same as the ones present
below. The side band frequencies present above the carrier frequency is known to be the upper
side band and all those below the carrier frequency belong to the lower side band. The USB
frequencies represent the some of the individual modulating frequencies and the LSB frequencies
represent the difference between the modulating frequency and the carrier frequency. The total
bandwidth is represented in terms of the higher modulating frequency and is equal to twice this
frequency.
 Modulation Index (m):
The ratio between the amplitude change of carrier wave to the amplitude of the normal carrier
wave is called modulation index. It is represented by the letter ‗m‘.
It can also be defined as the range in which the amplitude of the carrier wave is varied by the
modulating signal. m = Vm/Vc.
Percentage modulation, %m = m*100 = Vm/Vc * 100
The percentage modulation lies between 0 and 80%.
Another way of expressing the modulation index is in terms of the maximum and minimum values
of the amplitude of the modulated carrier wave. This is shown in the figure below.
 FIG 1.2 Amplitude Modulation Carrier Wave
2 Vin = Vmax – Vmin

Vin = (Vmax – Vmin)/2

Vc = Vmax – Vin
= Vmax – (Vmax-Vmin)/2
=(Vmax + Vmin)/2
Substituting the values of Vm and Vc in the equation m = Vm/Vc , we get
M = Vmax – Vmin/Vmax + Vmin
As told earlier, the value of ‗m‘ lies between 0 and 0.8. The value of m determines the strength
and the quality of the transmitted signal. In an AM wave, the signal is contained in the variations
of the carrier amplitude. The audio signal transmitted will be weak if the carrier wave is only
modulated to a very small degree. But if the value of m exceeds unity, the transmitter output
produces erroneous distortion.
 Power Relations in an AM wave:
A modulated wave has more power than had by the carrier wave before modulating. The total
power components in amplitude modulation can be written as:
Ptotal = Pcarrier + PLSB + PUSB
Considering additional resistance like antenna resistance R.
Pcarrier = [(Vc/√2)/R]2 = V2C/2R
Each side band has a value of m/2 Vc and r.m.s value of mVc/2√2. Hence power in LSB and USB
can be written as
PLSB = PUSB = (mVc/2√2)2/R = m2/4*V2C/2R = m2/4 Pcarrier
Ptotal = V2 C/2R + [m2/4*V2C/2R] + [m2/4*V2C/2R] = V2 /2R
C (1 + m2/2) = P carrier (1 + m2/2)
In some applications, the carrier is simultaneously modulated by several sinusoidal modulating
 signals. In such a case, the total modulation index is given as
Mt = √(m12 + m22 + m32 + m42 + …..
If Ic and It are the r.m.s values of unmodulated current and total modulated current and R is the
resistance through which these current flow, then
Ptotal/Pcarrier = (It.R/Ic.R)2 = (It/Ic)2
2
Ptotal/Pcarrier = (1 + m /2)
It/Ic = 1 + m2/2
 Limitations of Amplitude Modulation:

1. Low Efficiency- Since the useful power that lies in the small bands is quite small, so the efficiency
of AM system is low.
2. Limited Operating Range – The range of operation is small due to low efficiency. Thus,
transmission of signals is difficult.
3. Noise in Reception – As the radio receiver finds it difficult to distinguish between the amplitude
variations that represent noise and those with the signals, heavy noise is prone to occur in its
reception.

4. Poor Audio Quality – To obtain high fidelity reception, all audio frequencies till 15 KiloHertz
must be reproduced and this necessitates the bandwidth of 10 KiloHertz to minimise the
interference from the adjacent broadcasting stations. Therefore in AM broadcasting stations audio
quality is known to be poor.
1.2 AM TRANSMITTERS:
Transmitters that transmit AM signals are known as AM transmitters. These transmitters are used
in medium wave (MW) and short wave (SW) frequency bands for AM broadcast. The MW band
has frequencies between 550 KHz and 1650 KHz, and the SW band has frequencies ranging from
3 MHz to 30 MHz. The two types of AM transmitters that are used based on their transmitting
powers are:
 High Level
 Low Level
High level transmitters use high level modulation, and low level transmitters use low level
modulation. The choice between the two modulation schemes depends on the transmitting power
of the AM transmitter. In broadcast transmitters, where the transmitting power may be of the order
of kilowatts, high level modulation is employed. In low power transmitters, where only a few
watts of transmitting power are required , low level modulation is used.
High-Level and Low-Level Transmitters Below figure's show the block diagram of high-level and
low-level transmitters. The basic difference between the two transmitters is the power
amplification of the carrier and modulating signals
Figure (a) shows the block diagram of high-level AM transmitter.

Figure (a) is drawn for audio transmission. In high-level transmission, the powers of the carrier
and modulating signals are amplified before applying them to the modulator stage, as shown in
figure (a). In low-level modulation, the powers of the two input signals of the modulator stage are
not amplified. The required transmitting power is obtained from the last stage of the transmitter,
the class C power amplifier.
The various sections of the figure (a) are:
 Carrier oscillator
 Buffer amplifier
 Frequency multiplier
 Power amplifier
 Audio chain
 Modulated class C power amplifier
 Carrier oscillator
The carrier oscillator generates the carrier signal, which lies in the RF range. The frequency of the
carrier is always very high. Because it is very difficult to generate high frequencies with good
frequency stability, the carrier oscillator generates a sub multiple with the required carrier
frequency. This sub multiple frequency is multiplied by the frequency multiplier stage to get the
required carrier frequency. Further, a crystal oscillator can be used in this stage to generate a low
frequency carrier with the best frequency stability. The frequency multiplier stage then increases
the frequency of the carrier to its requirements.
 Buffer Amplifier
The purpose of the buffer amplifier is twofold. It first matches the output impedance of the carrier
oscillator with the input impedance of the frequency multiplier, the next stage of the carrier
oscillator. It then isolates the carrier oscillator and frequency multiplier.
This is required so that the multiplier does not draw a large current from the carrier oscillator. If
this occurs, the frequency of the carrier oscillator will not remain stable.
 Frequency Multiplier
The sub-multiple frequency of the carrier signal, generated by the carrier oscillator , is now
applied to the frequency multiplier through the buffer amplifier. This stage is also known as
harmonic generator. The frequency multiplier generates higher harmonics of carrier oscillator
frequency. The frequency multiplier is a tuned circuit that can be tuned to the requisite carrier
frequency that is to be transmitted.

 Power Amplifier
The power of the carrier signal is then amplified in the power amplifier stage. This is the basic
requirement of a high-level transmitter. A class C power amplifier gives high power current pulses
of the carrier signal at its output.
 Audio Chain
The audio signal to be transmitted is obtained from the microphone, as shown in figure (a). The
audio driver amplifier amplifies the voltage of this signal. This amplification is necessary to drive
the audio power amplifier. Next, a class A or a class B power amplifier amplifies the power of the
audio signal.
 Modulated Class C Amplifier
This is the output stage of the transmitter. The modulating audio signal and the carrier signal, after
power amplification, are applied to this modulating stage. The modulation takes place at this stage.
The class C amplifier also amplifies the power of the AM signal to the reacquired transmitting
power. This signal is finally passed to the antenna., which radiates the signal into space of
transmission.
Figure (b) shows the block diagram of a low-level AM transmitter.
The low-level AM transmitter shown in the figure (b) is similar to a high-level transmitter, except
that the powers of the carrier and audio signals are not amplified. These two signals are directly
applied to the modulated class C power amplifier.
Modulation takes place at the stage, and the power of the modulated signal is amplified to the
required transmitting power level. The transmitting antenna then transmits the signal.
 Comparision of Am and Fm Signals
Both AM and FM system are used in commercial and non-commercial applications. Such as radio
broadcasting and television transmission. Each system has its own merits and demerits. In a
Particular application, an AM system can be more suitable than an FM system. Thus the two are
equally important from the application point of view.
 Advantage of FM systems over AM Systems
The advantages of FM over AM systems are:
 The amplitude of an FM wave remains constant. This provides the system designers an
opportunity to remove the noise from the received signal. This is done in FM receivers by

employing an amplitude limiter circuit so that the noise above the limiting amplitude is
suppressed. Thus, the FM system is considered a noise immune system. This is not
possible in AM systems because the baseband signal is carried by the amplitude variations
it self and the envelope of the AM signal cannot be altered.
 Most of the power in an FM signal is carried by the side bands. For higher values of the
modulation index, mc, the major portion of the total power is contained is side bands, and
the carrier signal contains less power. In contrast, in an AM system, only one third of the
total power is carried by the side bands and two thirds of the total power is lost in the form
of carrier power.
 In FM systems, the power of the transmitted signal depends on the amplitude of the
unmodulated carrier signal, and hence it is constant. In contrast, in AM systems, the power
 depends on the modulation index ma. The maximum allowable power in AM systems is
100 percent when ma is unity. Such restriction is not applicable int case of FM systems.
This is because the total power in an FM system is independent of the modulation index,
mf and frequency deviation fd. Therefore, the power usage is optimum in an FM system.
 In an AM system, the only method of reducing noise is to increase the transmitted power
of the signal. This operation increases the cost of the AM system. In an FM system, you
can increase the frequency deviation in the carrier signal to reduce the noise. if the
frequency deviation is high, then the corresponding variation in amplitude of the baseband
signal can be easily retrieved. if the frequency deviation is small, noise 'can overshadow
this variation and the frequency deviation cannot be translated into its corresponding
amplitude variation. Thus, by increasing frequency deviations in the FM signal, the noise
effect can he reduced. There is no provision in AM system to reduce the noise effect by
any method, other than increasing itss transmitted power.
 In an FM signal, the adjacent FM channels are separated by guard bands. In an FM system
there is no signal transmission through the spectrum space or the guard band. Therefore,
there is hardly any interference of adjacent FM channels. However, in an AM system, there
is no guard band provided between the two adjacent channels. Therefore, there is always
interference of AM radio stations unless the received signalis strong enough to suppress
the signal of the adjacent channel.
 The disadvantages of FM systems over AM systems
 There are an infinite number of side bands in an FM signal and therefore the theoretical
bandwidth of an FM system is infinite. The bandwidth of an FM system is limited by
Carson's rule, but is still much higher, especially in WBFM. In AM systems, the bandwidth
is only twice the modulation frequency, which is much less than that of WBFN. This
makes FM systems costlier than AM systems.
 The equipment of FM system is more complex than AM systems because of the complex
circuitry of FM systems; this is another reason that FM systems are costlier AM systems.
 The receiving area of an FM system is smaller than an AM system consequently FM
channels are restricted to metropolitan areas while AM radio stations can be received
anywhere in the world. An FM system transmits signals through line of sight propagation,
in which the distance between the transmitting and receiving antenna should not be much.
in an AM system signals of short wave band stations are transmitted through atmospheric
 layers that reflect the radio waves over a wider area.
1.3 SSB TRANSMISSION:
There are two methods used for SSB Transmission.
1. Filter Method
2. Phase Shift Method
3. Block diagram of SSB
 Filter Method:
This is the filter method of SSB suppression for the transmission. Fig 1.3

FIG 1.3 Filter Method

1. A crystal controlled master oscillator produces a stable carrier frequency fc (say 100 KHz)
2. This carrier frequency is then fed to the balanced modulator through a buffer amplifier
which isolates these two satges.
3. The audio signal from the modulating amplifier modulates the carrier in the balanced
modulator. Audio frequency range is 300 to 2800 Hz. The carrier is also suppressed in this
stage but allows only to pass the both side bands. (USB & LSB).

4. A band pass filter (BPF) allows only a single band either USB or LSB to pass through it. It
depends on our requirements.
5. This side band is then heterodyned in the balanced mixer stage with 12 MHz frequency
produced by crystal oscillator or synthesizer depends upon the requirements of our
transmission. So in mixer stage, the frequency of the crystal oscillator or synthersizer is
added to SSB signal. The output frequency thus being raised to the value desired for
transmission.
6. Then this band is amplified in driver and power amplifier stages and then fed to the aerial
for the transmission.
  Phase Shift Method:
The phaseing method of SSB generation uses a phase shift technique that causes one of the side
bands to be conceled out. A block diagram of a phasing type SSB generator is shown in fig 1.4.

FIG 1.4 Phase Shift Method

It uses two balanced modulators instead of one. The balanced modulators effectively eliminate
the carrier. The carrier oscillator is applied directly to the upper balanced modulator along with
the audio modulating signal. Then both the carrier and modulating signal are shifted in phase
by 90o and applied to the second, lower, balanced modulator. The two balanced modulator
output are then added together algebraically. The phase shifting action causes one side band to
be canceled out when the two balanced modulator outputs are combined.

 Block diagram of SSB:

FIG 1.5 Balance Ring Modulator

 Operation of Balance Ring Modulator:
 Ring modulation is a signal-processing function in electronics, an implementation of
amplitude modulation or frequency mixing, performed by multiplying two signals, where
one is typically a sine-wave or another simple waveform. It is referred to as "ring"
modulation because the analog circuit of diodes originally used to implement this
 technique took the shape of a ring. This circuit is similar to a bridge rectifier, except that
instead of the diodes facing "left" or "right", they go "clockwise" or "anti-clockwise". A
ring modulator is an effects unit working on this principle.
 The carrier, which is AC, at a given time, makes one pair of diodes conduct, and reverse-
biases the other pair. The conducting pair carries the signal from the left transformer
secondary to the primary of the transformer at the right. If the left carrier terminal is
positive, the top and bottom diodes conduct. If that terminal is negative, then the "side"
diodes conduct, but create a polarity inversion between the transformers. This action is
much like that of a DPDT switch wired for reversing connections.
 Ring modulators frequency mix or heterodyne two waveforms, and output the sum and
difference of the frequencies present in each waveform. This process of ring modulation
produces a signal rich in partials. As well, neither the carrier nor the incoming signal is
prominent in the outputs, and ideally, not at all.
 Two oscillators, whose frequencies were harmonically related and ring modulated against
each other, produce sounds that still adhere to the harmonic partials of the notes, but
contain a very different spectral make up. When the oscillators' frequencies are not
harmonically related, ring modulation creates inharmonic, often producing bell-like or
otherwise metallic sounds.

 If the same signal is sent to both inputs of a ring modulator, the resultant harmonic
spectrum is the original frequency domain doubled (if f1 = f2 = f, then f2 − f1 = 0 and f2 + f1
= 2f). Regarded as multiplication, this operation amounts to squaring. However, some
distortion occurs due to the forward voltage drop of the diodes.
 Some modern ring modulators are implemented using digital signal processing techniques
by simply multiplying the time domain signals, producing a nearly-perfect signal output.
Before digital music synthesizers became common, at least some analog synthesizers (such
as the ARP 2600) used analog multipliers for this purpose; they were closely related to
those used in electronic analog computers. (The "ring modulator" in the ARP 2600 could
multiply control voltages; it could work at DC.)
 Multiplication in the time domain is the same as convolution in the frequency domain, so
the output waveform contains the sum and difference of the input frequencies. Thus, in the
basic case where two sine waves of frequencies f 1 and f2 (f1 < f2) are multiplied, two new
sine waves are created, with one at f 1 + f2 and the other at f2 - f1. The two new waves are
 unlikely to be harmonically related and (in a well designed ring modulator) the original
signals are not present. It is this that gives the ring modulator its unique tones.
 Inter modulation products can be generated by carefully selecting and changing the
frequency of the two input waveforms. If the signals are processed digitally, the frequency-
domain convolution becomes circular convolution. If the signals are wideband, this will
cause aliasing distortion, so it is common to oversample the operation or low-pass filter the
signals prior to ring modulation.
 One application is spectral inversion, typically of speech; a carrier frequency is chosen to
be above the highest speech frequencies (which are low-pass filtered at, say, 3 kHz, for a
carrier of perhaps 3.3 kHz), and the sum frequencies from the modulator are removed by
more low-pass filtering. The remaining difference frequencies have an inverted spectrum -
High frequencies become low, and vice versa.
 Advantages:
 It allows better management of the frequency spectrum. More transmission can fit into a
given frequency range than would be possible with double side band DSB signals.
All of the transmitted power is message power none is dissipate as carrier power.
 Disadvantages:
1. The cost of a single side band SSB receiver is higher than the double side band DSB
counterpart be a ratio of about 3:1.
2. The average radio user wants only to flip a power switch and dial a station. Single side
band SSB receivers require several precise frequency control settings to minimize
distortion and may require continual readjustment during the use of the system.
1.4 VESTIGIAL SIDE BAND (VSB) MODULATION:
• The following are the drawbacks of SSB signal generation:
1. Generation of an SSB signal is difficult.
2. Selective filtering is to be done to get the original signal back.
3. Phase shifter should be exactly tuned to 90°.
• To overcome these drawbacks, VSB modulation is used. It can view as a compromise
between SSB and DSB-SC. Figure1.5 shows all the three modulation schemes.
 Spectrum of VSB Signals:

FIG 1.6 Spectrum of VSB Signals

 Vestigial sideband (VSB) transmission is a compromise between DSB and SSB
 In VSB modulation, one passband is passed almost completely whereas only a residual
portion of the other sideband is retained in such a way that the demodulation process can
still reproduce the original signal.
 VSB signals are easier to generate because some roll-off in filter edges is allowed. This
 results in system simplification. And their bandwidth is only slightly greater than that of
SSB signals (-25 %).
 The filtering operation can be represented by a filter H(f) that passes some of the lower (or
upper) sideband and most of the upper (or lower) sideband.

 Heterodyning means the translating or shifting in frequency.

 By heterodyning the incoming signal at ωRF with the local oscillator frequency
ωLO, the message is translated to an intermediate frequency
ωIF, which is equal to either the sum or the difference of ωRF and ωIF.
 If ωIF = 0, the bandpass filter becomes a low-pass filter and the original baseband signal
is presented at the output. This is called homodyning
 Heterodyning: Image Response:
Methods to solve the image response in heterodyne receiver
1. Careful selection of intermediate frequency ωIF for a given frequency band.
2. Attenuate the image signal before heterodyning.
 Advantages:
 VSB is a form of amplitude modulation intended to save bandwidth over regular AM.
Portions of one of the redundant sidebands are removed to form a vestigial side band
signal.
 The actual information is transmitted in the sidebands, rather than the carrier; both
sidebands carry the same information. Because LSB and USB are essentially mirror
images of each other, one can be discarded or used for a second channel or for diagnostic
purposes.
 Disadvantages:
 VSB transmission is similar to (SSB) transmission, in which one of the sidebands is
completely removed. In VSB transmission, however, the second sideband is not
completely removed, but is filtered to remove all but the desired range of frequencies.
1.5 DSB-SC:
Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission (DSB-SC) is transmission in which
frequencies produced by amplitude modulation (AM) are symmetrically spaced above and below
the carrier frequency and the carrier level is reduced to the lowest practical level, ideally being
completely suppressed.
 Spectrum:
DSB-SC is basically an amplitude modulation wave without the carrier, therefore reducing power
waste, giving it a 50% efficiency. This is an increase compared to normal AM transmission
(DSB), which has a maximum efficiency of 33.333%, since 2/3 of the power is in the carrier

which carries no intelligence, and each sideband carries the same information. Single Side Band
(SSB) Suppressed Carrier is 100% efficient.

FIG 1.7 Spectrum plot of an DSB-SC signal

 Generation:
DSB-SC is generated by a mixer. This consists of a message signal multiplied by a carrier signal.
The mathematical representation of this process is shown below, where the product-to-sum
trigonometric identity is used.
 FIG 1.8 Generation of DSB-SC signal
 Demodulation:
Demodulation is done by multiplying the DSB-SC signal with the carrier signal just like the
modulation process. This resultant signal is then passed through a low pass filter to produce a
scaled version of original message signal. DSB-SC can be demodulated if modulation index is less
than unity.

The equation above shows that by multiplying the modulated signal by the carrier signal, the
result is a scaled version of the original message signal plus a second term. Since ,
this second term is much higher in frequency than the original message.
Once this signal passes through a low pass filter, the higher frequency component is removed,
leaving just the original message.
 Distortion and Attentuation:
For demodulation, the demodulation oscillator's frequency and phase must be exactly the
same as modulation oscillator's, otherwise, distortion and/or attenuation will occur.
To see this effect, take the following conditions:

 Message signal to be transmitted:

 Modulation (carrier) signal:

 Demodulation signal (with small frequency and phase deviations from the modulation

signal):
The resultant signal can then be given by
 The terms results in distortion and attenuation of the original
message signal. In particular, contributes to distortion while adds to the
attenuation.
1.6 HILBERT TRANSFORM:

where the integral is the Cauchy principal value integral. The reconstruction formula
defines
the
Hilbert
inverse
transform.

Hilbert Transform
If every frequency components of a signal f(t) is shifted by (-π/2) the resultant signal f h (t) is the Hilbert
transform of f(t).

Fig. Phase shifting system

A signal f(t) is passed through a phase shift system H(ω) and the output fh (t) shown in above fig.
The characteristics of the of the system specified as follows:
i) The magnitude frequency components present in f(t) remains unchanged when it is passed through the system
that is H(ω) = 1 and
ii) The phase of the positive frequency components if shifted by -π/2 . Since the phase
spectrum (ω) has an odd symmetry, the phase of the negative frequency components is shifted by π/2. H(ω) and (ω)
are plotted in Fig by continuous and dotted lines respectively.

Fig Transfer function of phase shifter

Properties of Hilbert transform
Hilbert transform has the following properties
1. A signal f(t) and its Hilbert transform have the same magnitude spectrum.
2 A signal f(t) and its Hilbert transform sh(t) have the same energy density spectrum.
3 If the Hilbert transform of fh(t) is –f(t), then fh(t) is Hilbert transform of s(t) that is if
H [ f ( t ) ] =f H (t)
 H [ f H (t) ]=−f (t’)
Where H denotes the Hilbert transform.
1. A signal f(t) and its Hilbert transform fh(t) are mutually orthogonal over the time interval (-∞,∞) that is
∞

∫ f ( t ) f h ( t ) d t=0
−∞
2. A signal f(t) and its Hilbert transform fh(t) have the same auto correlation function. Some useful Hilbert
transform.
Application of Hilbert transform pair
1. Generation of SSB signal
2. Design of minimum phase type filters Representation of band pass signals
1. cos ωc t H→
sin ωc t

2. sin ω c t H cos ωc t
→
π
3. sin(ω¿¿ c t+θ) H cos ( ω c t ) +θ− ¿
→ 2
4. Let m(t) be a low pass signal with cutoff frequency W 1 abd c(t) a high pass signal with lower cut off
frequency ω2 > W1 . Then
n
m ( t ) c (t ) H m(t ) c(t)
→
Pre envelope:
The pre envelope of a real signal x(t) is the complex function x+(t) = x(t) + j (t).
The pre envelope is useful in treating band pass signals and systems. This is due to the result
2 X(v) , v > 0
X(0) ,v = 0
X+(v) 0, v < 0
Complex envelope:
The complex envelope of a band pass signal x(t) is X’(t) = x+(t)
SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER:
A superheterodyne receiver(often shortened to superhet) uses frequency mixing to convert a
received signal to a fixed intermediate frequency (IF) which can be more conveniently processed
than the original radio carrier frequency.
 Basic Superheterodyne Block Diagram and Functionality:
The basic block diagram of a basic superhet receiver is shown below. This details the most basic
form of the receiver and serves to illustrate the basic blocks and their function.

FIG 1.10 Block Diagram of a Basic Superheterodyne Radio Receiver

The way in which the receiver works can be seen by following the signal as is passes through the
receiver.
 Front end amplifier and tuning block: Signals enter the front end circuitry from the
antenna. This circuit block performs two main functions:
o Tuning: Broadband tuning is applied to the RF stage. The purpose of this is to
reject the signals on the image frequency and accept those on the wanted frequency.
It must also be able to track the local oscillator so that as the receiver is tuned, so
the RF tuning remains on the required frequency. Typically the selectivity provided
at this stage is not high. Its main purpose is to reject signals on the image frequency
which is at a frequency equal to twice that of the IF away from the wanted
frequency. As the tuning within this block provides all the rejection for the image
response, it must be at a sufficiently sharp to reduce the image to an acceptable
level. However the RF tuning may also help in preventing strong off- channel
signals from entering the receiver and overloading elements of the receiver, in
particular the mixer or possibly even the RF amplifier.
o Amplification: In terms of amplification, the level is carefully chosen so that it
does not overload the mixer when strong signals are present, but enables the signals
 to be amplified sufficiently to ensure a good signal to noise ratio is achieved. The
amplifier must also be a low noise design. Any noise introduced in this block will
be amplified later in the receiver.
 Mixer / frequency translator block: The tuned and amplified signal then enters one port
of the mixer. The local oscillator signal enters the other port. The performance of the mixer
is crucial to many elements of the overall receiver performance. It should eb as linear as
possible. If not, then spurious signals will be generated and these may appear as 'phantom'
received signals.
 Local oscillator: The local oscillator may consist of a variable frequency oscillator that
can be tuned by altering the setting on a variable capacitor. Alternatively it may be a
frequency synthesizer that will enable greater levels of stability and setting accuracy.
 Intermediate frequency amplifier, IF block : Once the signals leave the mixer they
enter the IF stages. These stages contain most of the amplification in the receiver as well
as the filtering that enables signals on one frequency to be separated from those on the
next. Filters may consist simply of LC tuned transformers providing inter-stage coupling,
or they may be much higher performance ceramic or even crystal filters, dependent upon
what is required.
 Detector / demodulator stage: Once the signals have passed through the IF stages of the
superheterodyne receiver, they need to be demodulated. Different demodulators are
required for different types of transmission, and as a result some receivers may have a
variety of demodulators that can be switched in to accommodate the different types of
transmission that are to be encountered. Different demodulators used may include:
o AM diode detector: This is the most basic form of detector and this circuit block
would simple consist of a diode and possibly a small capacitor to remove any
remaining RF. The detector is cheap and its performance is adequate, requiring a
sufficient voltage to overcome the diode forward drop. It is also not particularly
linear, and finally it is subject to the effects of selective fading that can be apparent,
especially on the HF bands.
o Synchronous AM detector: This form of AM detector block is used in where
improved performance is needed. It mixes the incoming AM signal with another on
the same frequency as the carrier. This second signal can be developed by passing
the whole signal through a squaring amplifier. The advantages of the synchronous
 AM detector are that it provides a far more linear demodulation performance and it
is far less subject to the problems of selective fading.
o SSB product detector: The SSB product detector block consists of a mixer and a
local oscillator, often termed a beat frequency oscillator, BFO or carrier insertion
oscillator, CIO. This form of detector is used for Morse code transmissions where
the BFO is used to create an audible tone in line with the on-off keying of the
transmitted carrier. Without this the carrier without modulation is difficult to detect.
For SSB, the CIO re-inserts the carrier to make the modulation comprehensible.
o Basic FM detector: As an FM signal carries no amplitude variations a
demodulator block that senses frequency variations is required. It should also be
insensitive to amplitude variations as these could add extra noise. Simple FM
detectors such as the Foster Seeley or ratio detectors can be made from discrete
components although they do require the use of transformers.
o PLL FM detector: A phase locked loop can be used to make a very good FM
demodulator. The incoming FM signal can be fed into the reference input, and the
VCO drive voltage used to provide the detected audio output.
o Quadrature FM detector: This form of FM detector block is widely used within ICs.
IT is simple to implement and provides a good linear output.
 Audio amplifier: The output from the demodulator is the recovered audio. This is passed
into the audio stages where they are amplified and presented to the headphones or
loudspeaker.
1.7 COMPARISION OF VARIOUS AM:
PARAMETER VSB - SC SSB - SC DSB-SC
Definition A vestigial sideband (in Single-sideband In radio communications,
radio communication) is a modulation (SSB) is a asidebandis
sideband that has been refinement of a band of frequencies hig
only partly cut off or amplitude modulation her than or lower
suppressed. that more efficiently thanthe carrier frequency,
uses electrical power containing power as a
and bandwidth. result of
the modulation process.

Application Tv broadcastings & Tv broadcastings & Tv broadcastings &

Radio broadcastings ShortwaveRadio Radio broadcastings
broadcastings Garage door opens
 keyless remotes
Uses Transmits TV signals Short wave radio Two way radio
communications communications.

1.8 APPLICATION & ITS USES:

 Radio broadcastings
 Tv broadcastings
 Garage door opens keyless remotes
 Transmits TV signals
 Short wave radio communications
 Two way radio communication.

1. Amplitude modulation: The modulation of a wave by varying its amplitude, used

especially as a means of broadcasting an audio signal by combining it with a radio carrier
wave.
2. The modulation index: (modulation depth) of a modulation scheme describes by how
much the modulated variable of the carrier signal varies around its unmodulated level.
3. Amplication: The level is carefully chosen so that it does not overload the mixer when
strong signals are present, but enables the signals to be amplified sufficiently to ensure a
good signal to noise ratio is achieved.
4. Modulation: The process by which some of the characteristics of carrier wave is varied in
accordance with the message signal.
 UNIT 2 ANGLE MODULATION

Angle modulation is a class of analog modulation. These techniques are based on altering the
angle (or phase) of a sinusoidal carrier wave to transmit data, as opposed to varying the
amplitude, such as in AM transmission.
Angle Modulation is modulation in which the angle of a sine-wave carrier is varied by a
modulating wave. Frequency Modulation (FM) and Phase Modulation (PM) are two types of angle
modulation. In frequency modulation the modulating signal causes the carrier frequency to vary.
These variations are controlled by both the frequency and the amplitude of the modulating wave.
In phase modulation the phase of the carrier is controlled by the modulating waveform.
The two main types of angle modulation are:
 Frequency modulation (FM), with its digital correspondence frequency-shift keying (FSK).
 Phase modulation (PM), with its digital correspondence phase-shift keying (PSK).

FREQUENCY MODULATION:

Frequency modulation (FM): the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the
instantaneous frequency of the wave.

Besides using the amplitude of carrier to carrier information, one can also use the angle of a
carrier to carrier information. This approach is called angle modulation, and includes frequency
modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM). The amplitude of the carrier is maintained constant.
The major advantage of this approach is that it allows the trade-off between bandwidth and noise
performance.
An angle modulated signal can be written as
s t = Acosθ(t)
where θ(t) is usually of the form θ t = 2πfct + ∅(t) and fc is the carrier frequency. The signal
∅(t) is derived from the message signal m(t) . If ∅ t = kpm(t) for some constant kp ,the
resulting modulation is called phase modulation. The parameter kp is called the phase
SCE
sensitivity.In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation (FM) is the
encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave.
(Compare with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier wave varies, while the
frequency remains constant.) Frequency modulation is known as phase modulation when the
carrier phase modulation is the time integral of the FM signal.

If the information to be transmitted (i.e., the baseband signal) is and the sinusoidal carrier

is , where fc is the carrier's base frequency, and Ac is the carrier's

amplitude, the modulator combines the carrier with the baseband data signal to get the transmitted
signal:

In this equation, is the instantaneous frequency of the oscillator and is the frequency
deviation, which represents the maximum shift away from f c in one direction, assuming xm(t) is
limited to the range ±1.
While most of the energy of the signal is contained within fc ± fΔ, it can be shown by Fourier
analysis that a wider range of frequencies is required to precisely represent an FM signal.
The frequency spectrum of an actual FM signal has components extending infinitely, although
their amplitude decreases and higher-order components are often neglected in practical design
problems.
Sinusoidal baseband signal:
Mathematically, a baseband modulated signal may be approximated by a sinusoidal continuous
wave signal with a frequency fm.
The integral of such a signal is:

In this case, the expression for y(t) above simplifies to:

where the amplitude of the modulating sinusoid is represented by the peak deviation
The harmonic distribution of a sine wave carrier modulated by such a sinusoidal signal can be
represented with Bessel functions; this provides the basis for a mathematical understanding of
frequency modulation in the frequency domain.
 Modulation index:
As in other modulation systems, the value of the modulation index indicates by how much the
modulated variable varies around its unmodulated level. It relates to variations in the carrier
frequency:

where is the highest frequency component present in the modulating signal xm(t), and is
the peak frequency-deviation—i.e. the maximum deviation of the instantaneous frequency from
the carrier frequency. For a sine wave modulation, the modulation index is seen to be the ratio of
the amplitude of the modulating sine wave to the amplitude of the carrier wave (here unity).
If , the modulation is called narrowband FM, and its bandwidth is approximately .
For digital modulation systems, for example Binary Frequency Shift Keying (BFSK), where a
binary signal modulates the carrier, the modulation index is given by:

where is the symbol period, and is used as the highest frequency of the
modulating binary waveform by convention, even though it would be more accurate to say it is the
highest fundamental of the modulating binary waveform. In the case of digital modulation, the
carrier is never transmitted. Rather, one of two frequencies is transmitted, either
or , depending on the binary state 0 or 1 of the modulation signal.
If , the modulation is called wideband FM and its bandwidth is approximately .
While wideband FM uses more bandwidth, it can improve the signal-to-noise ratiosignificantly;
for example, doubling the value of , while keeping constant, results in an eight-fold
improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio. (Compare this with Chirp spread spectrum, which uses
extremely wide frequency deviations to achieve processing gains comparable to traditional, better-
known spread-spectrum modes).
With a tone-modulated FM wave, if the modulation frequency is held constant and the modulation
index is increased, the (non-negligible) bandwidth of the FM signal increases but the spacing
between spectra remains the same; some spectral components decrease in strength as others
increase. If the frequency deviation is held constant and the modulation frequency increased, the
spacing between spectra increases.
Frequency modulation can be classified as narrowband if the change in the carrier frequency is
about the same as the signal frequency, or as wideband if the change in the carrier frequency is
[6]
much higher (modulation index >1) than the signal frequency. For example, narrowband FM is
used for two way radio systems such as Family Radio Service, in which the carrier is allowed to
deviate only 2.5 kHz above and below the center frequency with speech signals of no more than
3.5 kHz bandwidth. Wideband FM is used for FM broadcasting, in which music and speech are
transmitted with up to 75 kHz deviation from the center frequency and carry audio with up to a 20-
kHz bandwidth.
Carson's rule:
BT = 2 ∆f + fm .
2.2 NARROW BAND FM MODULATION:
NarrowbandFM: If the modulation index of FM is kept under 1, then the FM produced is
regarded as narrow band FM.

The case where |θm(t)| ≪ 1 for all t is called narrow band FM. Using the approximations
cos x ≃ 1 and sin x ≃ x for |x| ≪ 1, the FM signal can be approximated as:
s(t) = Ac cos[ωct + θm(t)]
= Ac cos ωct cos θm(t) − Ac sin ωctsin θm(t)
≃ Ac cos ωct – Ac θm(t) sin ωct
or in complex notation
s t = AC R E{ejwct (1 + jθm t }
This is similar to the AM signal except that the discrete carrier component Ac coswc(t) is 90°
out of phase with the sinusoid Ac sinwc(t) multiplying the phase angle θm(t). The spectrum of
narrow band FM is similar to that of AM.

 The Bandwidth of an FM Signal:

The following formula, known as Carson‘s rule is often used as an estimate of the FM signal
bandwidth: BT = 2(∆f + fm) Hz
where ∆f is the peak frequency deviation and fm is the maximum baseband message
frequency component.
 FM Demodulation by a Frequency Discriminator:
A frequency discriminator is a device that converts a received FM signal into a voltage that is
proportional to the instantaneous frequency of its input without using a local oscillator and,
consequently, in a non coherent manner.
• When the instantaneous frequency changes slowly relative to the time-constants of the filter, a
quasi-static analysis can be used.
• In quasi-static operation the filter output has the same instantaneous frequency as the input but
with an envelope that varies according to the amplitude response of the filter at the
instantaneous frequency.
• The amplitude variations are then detected with an envelope detector like the ones used for
AM demodulation.
 An FM Discriminator Using the Pre-Envelope:
When θm(t) is small and band-limited so that cos θm(t) and sinθm(t) are essentially band-limited
signals with cut off frequencies less than fc, the pre-envelope of the FM signal is
s+(t) = s(t) + jˆs(t) = Acej(ωct+θm(t))
The angle of the pre-envelope is φ'(t) = arctan[ˆs(t)/s(t)] = ωct + θm(t)
The derivative of the phase is =ωct+ kθm(t)
d
t
dφ t s t d
− s st =
dt
ωct + kωm (t)
dt = dts t s2 t +s^2(t)

which is exactly the instantaneous frequency. This can be approximated in discrete-time by

using FIR filters to form the derivatives and Hilbert transform. Notice that the denominator is
the squared envelope of the FM signal.
This formula can also be derived by observing,
d
s t = d ACcos ωct + θm t = −AC ωct + kωm t sin⁡[ωct + θm t ]
dt dt
 d d
s^ t = ACsin ωct + θm t = AC ωct + kωm t cos⁡[ωct + θm t ]
dt dt
So,
std s^(t)d
dts^(t) − = AC2 ωct + kωm t ∗ cos2[wct + θm t + sin2[wct +
θm t dts t
The bandwidth of an FM discriminator must be at least as great as that of the received FM
signal which is usually much greater than that of the baseband message. This limits the degree of
noise reduction that can be achieved by preceding the discriminator by a bandpass receive filter.
 Using a Phase-Locked Loop for FM Demodulation:
A device called a phase-locked loop (PLL) can be used to demodulate an FM signal with better
performance in a noisy environment than a frequency discriminator. The block diagram of a
discrete-time version of a PLL as shown in figure,

FIG 2.2 PLL Block diagram

The block diagram of a basic PLL is shown in the figure below. It is basically a flip flop
consisting of a phase detector, a low pass filter (LPF),and a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO)
The input signal Vi with an input frequency fi is passed through a phase detector. A phase detector

basically a comparator which compares the input frequency fiwith the feedback frequency fo .The
phase detector provides an output error voltage Ver (=fi+fo),which is a DC
voltage. This DC voltage is then passed on to an LPF. The LPF removes the high frequency noise
and produces a steady DC level, Vf (=Fi-Fo). Vf also represents the dynamic characteristics of the
PLL.
The DC level is then passed on to a VCO. The output frequency of the VCO (fo) is directly
proportional to the input signal. Both the input frequency and output frequency are compared and
adjusted through feedback loops until the output frequency equals the input frequency. Thus the
PLL works in these stages – free-running, capture and phase lock.
As the name suggests, the free running stage refer to the stage when there is no input voltage
applied. As soon as the input frequency is applied the VCO starts to change and begin producing
an output frequency for comparison this stage is called the capture stage. The frequency
comparison stops as soon as the output frequency is adjusted to become equal to the input
frequency. This stage is called the phase locked state.
 PLL Performance:
• The frequency response of the linearized loop characteristics of a band-limited
differentiator.
• The loop parameters must be chosen to provide a loop bandwidth that passes the desired
baseband message signal but is as small as possible to suppress out-of-band noise.
• The PLL performs better than a frequency discriminator when the FM signal is corrupted by
additive noise. The reason is that the bandwidth of the frequency discriminator must be large
enough to pass the modulated FM signal while the PLL bandwidth only has to be large enough to
pass the baseband message. With wideband FM, the bandwidth of the modulated signal can be
significantly larger than that of the baseband message.
 Bandwidth of FM PLL vs. Costas Loop:
The PLL described in this experiment is very similar to the Costas loop presented in coherent
demodulation of DSBSC-AM. However, the bandwidth of the PLL used for FM demodulation
must be large enough to pass the baseband message signal, while the Costas loop is used to
generate a stable carrier reference signal so its bandwidth should be very small and just wide
enough to track carrier drift and allow a reasonable acquisition time.
2.3 WIDE-BAND FM:
s t = ACcos(2πfct + φ(t)
Finding its FT is not easy:ϕ(t) is inside the cosine.
To analyze the spectrum, we use complex envelope.
s(t) can be written as: Consider single tone FM: s(t) =ACcos(2πfct + βsin2πfm(t))
Wideband FM is defined as the situation where the modulation index is above 0.5. Under these
circumstances the sidebands beyond the first two terms are not insignificant. Broadcast FM
stations use wideband FM, and using this mode they are able to take advantage of the wide
bandwidth available to transmit high quality audio as well as other services like a stereo channel,
and possibly other services as well on a single carrier.
The bandwidth of the FM transmission is a means of categorising the basic attributes for the
signal, and as a result these terms are often seen in the technical literature associated with
frequency modulation, and products using FM. This is one area where the figure for modulation
index is used.
 GENERATION OF WIDEBAND FM SIGNALS:
Indirect Method for Wideband FM Generation:
Consider the following block diagram

Narrowband
m(t)
FM ( . )P gFM (WB) (t)
Modulator

gFM (NB) (t)

Assume a BPF is included in this
block to pass the signal with the
highest carrier freuqnecy and
reject all others

FIG 2.3 Block diagram of FM generation

A narrowband FM signal can be generated easily using the block diagram of the narrowband FM
modulator that was described in a previous lecture. The narrowband FM modulator generates a
narrowband FM signal using simple components such as an integrator (an OpAmp), oscillators,
multipliers, and adders. The generated narrowband FM signal can be converted to a wideband FM
signal by simply passing it through a non–linear device with power P. Both the carrier frequency
and the frequency deviation f of the narrowband signal are increased by a factor P. Sometimes,
the desired increase in the carrier frequency and the desired increase in f are different. In this
case, we increase f to the desired value and use a frequency shifter (multiplication by a sinusoid
followed by a BPF) to change the carrier frequency to the desired value.
 System 1:
Frequency Shifter

m(t) Narrowband BPF gFM2 (WB) (t)

BWm = 5 kHz FM ( . )2200 X CF=135 MHz
Modulator BW = 164 kHz f2 = 77 kHz
gFM3 (WB) (t) fc2 = 135 MHz
BW2 = 2(f2 + BWm)
gFM (NB) (t) f3 = 77 kHz = 164 kHz
f = 35 Hz fc3 = 660 MHz
fc1 =1 300 kHz
B 3 = 2(f3 + BWm)
W cos(2(525M)t)
BW = 2*5 = 10 kHz = 164 kHz

FIG 2.4 Block diagram of FM generation

In this system, we are using a single non–linear device with an order of 2200 or multiple devices
with a combined order of 2200. It is clear that the output of the non–linear device has the correct
f but an incorrect carrier frequency which is corrected using a the frequency shifter with an
oscillator that has a frequency equal to the difference between the frequency of its input signal and
the desired carrier frequency. We could also have used an oscillator with a frequency that is the
sum of the frequencies of the input signal and the desired carrier frequency. This system is
characterized by having a frequency shifter with an oscillator frequency that is relatively large.
 System 2:
Frequency Shifter

Narrowband BPF
m(t) ( . )44 X
FM
CF= 2.7 MHz
( . )50 gFM2 (WB) (t)
BWm = 5 kHz BW = 13.08 kHz
Modulator f2 = 77 kHz
gFM3 (WB) (t) fc2 = 135 MHz
f3 = 1540 Hz BW2 = 2(f2 + BWm)
gFM=(NB)
f 35(t)
Hz
1 fc3 = 13.2 MHz = 164 kHz
fc1 = 300 kHz
B W3 = 2(f3 + BWm) cos(2(10.5M)t)
BW = 2*5 = 10 kHz = 13080 Hz
fg4FM4 (WB) (t)
= 1540 Hz
fc4 = 135/50 = 2.7 MHz
BW4 = 2(f4 + BWm) =
13080 Hz

FIG 2.5 Block diagram of FM generation

In this system, we are using two non–linear devices (or two sets of non–linear devices) with
orders 44 and 50 (44*50 = 2200). There are other possibilities for the factorizing 2200 such as
2*1100,4*550,8*275,10*220.. Depending on the available components, one of these factorizations
may be better than the others. In fact, in this case, we could have used the same factorization but
put 50 first followed by 44. We want the output signal of the overall system to be as shown in the
block diagram above, so we have to insure that the input to the non–linear device with order 50
has the correct carrier frequency such that its output has a carrier frequency of 135 MHz. This is
done by dividing the desired output carrier frequency by the non–linearity order of 50, which gives
2.7 Mhz. This allows us to figure out the frequency of the require oscillator which will be in this
case either 13.2–2.7 = 10.5 MHz or 13.2+2.7 = 15.9 MHz. We are generally free to choose
which ever we like unless the available components dictate the use of one of them and not the
other. Comparing this system with System 1 shows that the frequency of the oscillator that is
required here is significantly lower (10.5 MHz compared to 525 MHz), which is generally an
advantage.
 2.4 TRANSMISSION BANDWIDTH:

FIG 2.6 Spectrum of FM Bandwidth

2.5 FM TRANSMITTER
 Indirect method (phase shift) of modulation
The part of the Armstrong FM transmitter (Armstrong phase modulator) which is expressed in
dotted lines describes the principle of operation of an Armstrong phase modulator. It should be
noted, first that the output signal from the carrier oscillator is supplied to circuits that perform the
task of modulating the carrier signal. The oscillator does not change frequency, as is the case of
direct FM. These points out the major advantage of phase modulation (PM), or indirect FM, over
direct FM. That is the phase modulator is crystal controlled for frequency.

FIG 2.7 Armstrong Modulator

The crystal-controlled carrier oscillator signal is directed to two circuits in parallel. This signal
(usually a sine wave) is established as the reference past carrier signal and is assigned a value
0°.The balanced modulator is an amplitude modulator used to form an envelope of double side-
bands and to suppress the carrier signal (DSSC). This requires two input signals, the carrier signal
and the modulating message signal. The output of the modulator is connected to the adder circuit;
here the 90° phase-delayed carriers signal will be added back to replace the suppressed carrier.
The act of delaying the carrier phase by 90° does not change the carrier frequency or its wave-
shape. This signal identified as the 90° carrier signal.

FIG 2.8 Phasor diagram of Armstrong Modulator

The carrier frequency change at the adder output is a function of the output phase shift and is
found by. fc = ∆θfs (in hertz)
When θ is the phase change in radians and f s is the lowest audio modulating frequency. In most
FM radio bands, the lowest audio frequency is 50Hz. Therefore, the carrier frequency change at
the adder output is 0.6125 x 50Hz = ± 30Hz since 10% AM represents the upper limit of carrier
voltage change, then ± 30Hz is the maximum deviation from the modulator for PM.
The 90° phase shift network does not change the signal frequency because the components and
resulting phase change are constant with time. However, the phase of the adder output voltage is
in a continual state of change brought about by the cyclical variations of the message signal, and
during the time of a phase change, there will also be a frequency change.
In figure. (c). during time (a), the signal has a frequency f 1, and is at the zero reference phase.
During time (c), the signal has a frequency f 1 but has changed phase to θ. During time (b) when
the phase is in the process of changing, from 0 to θ. the frequency is less than f1.

 Using Reactance modulator direct method

FIG 2.9 Reactance Modulator

The FM transmitter has three basic sections.
1. The exciter section contains the carrier oscillator, reactance modulator and the buffer
amplifier.
2. The frequency multiplier section, which features several frequency multipliers.
3. The poweroutput ection, which includes a low-
level power amplifier, the final power amplifier, and the impedance matching network to
properly load the power section with the antenna impedance.
The essential function of each circuit in the FM transmitter may be described as follows.
  The Exciter
1. The function of the carrier oscillator is to generate a stable sine wave signal at the
rest frequency, when no modulation is applied. It must be able to linearly change
frequency when fully modulated, with no measurable change in amplitude.
2. The buffer amplifier acts as a constant high-impedance load on the oscillator to
help stabilize the oscillator frequency. The buffer amplifier may have a small gain.
3. The modulator acts to change the carrier oscillator frequency by application of the
message signal. The positive peak of the message signal generally lowers the
oscillator's frequency to a point below the rest frequency, and the negative message
peak raises the oscillator frequency to a value above the rest frequency. The greater
the peak-to-peak message signal, the larger the oscillator deviation.
 Frequency multipliers are tuned-input, tuned-output RF amplifiers in which the output
resonant circuit is tuned to a multiple of the input frequency. Common frequency
multipliers are 2x, 3x and 4x multiplication. A 5x Frequency multiplier is sometimes
seen, but its extreme low efficiency forbids widespread usage. Note that multiplication is
by whole numbers only. There can not a 1.5x multiplier, for instance.
 The final power section develops the carrier power, to be transmitted and often has a
low-power amplifier driven the final power amplifier. The impedance matching network
is the same as for the AM transmitter and matches the antenna impedance to the correct
load on the final over amplifier.
 Frequency Multiplier
A special form of class C amplifier is the frequency. multiplier. Any class C amplifier is capable
of performing frequency multiplidàtion if the tuned circuit in the collector resonates at some
integer multiple of the input frequency.
For example a frequency doubler can be constructed by simply connecting a parallel tuned circuit
in the collector of a class C amplifier that resonates at twice the input frequency. When the
collector current pulse occurs, it excites or rings the tuned circuit at twice the input frequency. A
current pulse flows for every other cycle of the input.
A Tripler circuit is constructed in the same way except that the tuned circuit resonates at 3 times
the input - frequency. In this way, the tuned circuit receives one input pulse for every three cycles
of oscillation it produces Multipliers can be constructed to increase the input
frequency by any integer factor up to approximately 10. As' the multiplication factor gets higher,
the power output of the multiplier decreases. For most practical applications, the best result is
obtained with multipliers of 2 and 3.
Another way to look the operation of class C multipliers is .to .remember that the non-sinusoidal
current pulse is rich in harmonics. Each time the pulse occurs, the second, third, fourth, fifth, and
higher harmonics are generated. The purpose of the tuned circuit in the collector is to act as a filter
to select the desired harmonics.

FIG 2.10 Block Diagram of Frequency Multiplier - 1

FIG 2.10 Block Diagram of Frequency Multiplier - 2

In many applications a multiplication factor greater than that achievable with a single multiplier
stage is required. In such cases two or more multipliers are cascaded to produce an overall
multiplication of 6. In the second example, three multipliers provide an overall multiplication of
30. The total multiplication factor is simply the product of individual stage multiplication factors.
 Reactance Modulator
The reactance modulator takes its name from the fact that the impedance of the circuit acts as a
reactance (capacitive or inductive) that is connected in parallel with the resonant circuit of the
Oscillator. The varicap can only appear as a capacitance that becomes part of the frequency
determining branch of the oscillator circuit. However, other discrete devices can appear as a
capacitor or as an inductor to the oscillator, depending on how the circuit is arranged. A colpitts
oscillator uses a capacitive voltage divider as the phase-reversing feedback path and would most
likely tapped coil as the phase-reversing element in the feedback loop and most commonly uses a
modulator that appears inductive.
2.6 COMPARISION OF VARIOUS MODULATIONS:
 Comparisons of Various Modulations:
Amplitude modulation Frequency modulation Phase modulation
1. Amplitude of the carrier 1. Frequency of the carrier 1. Phase of the carrier wave
wave is varied in accordance wave is varied in accordance is varied in accordance with
with the message signal. with the message signal. the message signal.
2.Much affected by noise. 2.More immune to the noise. 2. Noise voltage is constant.
3.System fidelity is poor. 3.Improved system fidelity. Improved system fidelity.
4.Linear modulation 4.Non Linear modulation 4.Non Linear modulation

 Comparisons of Narrowband and Wideband FM:

Narrowband FM Wideband FM
Modulation index > 1. Modulation index < 1.
Occupies more bandwidth. Occupies less bandwidth.
Used in entertainment Used in FM Mobile
broadcastings communication services.

2.7 APPLICATION & ITS USES:

 Magnetic Tape Storage.
 Sound
 Noise Fm Reduction
 Frequency Modulation (FM) stereo decoders, FM Demodulation networks for FM
operation.
 Frequency synthesis that provides multiple of a reference signal frequency.
 Used in motor speed controls, tracking filters.
 1. Frequency modulation (FM), with its digital correspondence frequency-shift
keying (FSK).
2. Phase modulation (PM), with its digital correspondence phase-shift keying (PSK).
3. In PM, the total phase of the modulated carrier changes due to the changes in the
instantaneous phase of the carrier keeping the frequency of the carrier signal constant.
4. A device called a phase-locked loop (PLL) can be used to demodulate an FM signal with
better performance in a noisy environment than a frequency discriminator.
5. As in other modulation systems, the value of the modulation index indicates by how much
the modulated variable varies around its unmodulated level.
6. Amplitude Limiters, are used to keep the output constant despite changes in the input
signal to remove distortion.
2.8 PHASE MODULATION:
Phase Modulation (PM) is another form of angle modulation. PM and FM are closely related to
each other. In both the cases, the total phase angle θ of the modulated signal varies. In an FM
wave, the total phase changes due to the change in the frequency of the carrier corresponding to
the changes in the modulating amplitude.
In PM, the total phase of the modulated carrier changes due to the changes in the instantaneous
phase of the carrier keeping the frequency of the carrier signal constant. These two types of
modulation schemes come under the category of angle modulation. However, PM is not as
extensively used as FM.

At time t1, the amplitude of m(t) increases from zero to E1. Therefore, at t1, the phase modulated
carrier also changes corresponding to E1, as shown in Figure (a). This phase remains to this
attained value until time t2, as between t1 and t2, the amplitude of m(t) remains constant at El. At
t2, the amplitude of m(t) shoots up to E2, and therefore the phase of the carrier again increases
corresponding to the increase in m(t). This new value of the phase attained at time t2remains
constant up to time t3. At time t3, m(t) goes negative and its amplitude becomes E3.
Consequently, the phase of the carrier also changes and it decreases from the previous value
attained at t2.

The decrease in phase corresponds to the decrease in amplitude of m(t). The phase of the carrier
remains constant during the time interval between t3 and t4. At t4, m(t) goes positive to reach the
amplitude El resulting in a corresponding increase in the phase of modulated carrier at time t4.
Between t4 and t5, the phase remains constant. At t5 it decreases to the phase of the unmodulated
carrier, as the amplitude of m(t) is zero beyond t5.
 Equation of a PM Wave:
To derive the equation of a PM wave, it is convenient to consider the modulating signal as a pure
sinusoidal wave. The carrier signal is always a high frequency sinusoidal wave. Consider the
modulating signal, em and the carrier signal ec, as given by, equation 1 and 2, respectively.
em = Em cos ωm t ------------(1)
ec = Ec sin ωc t ---------------(2)
The initial phases of the modulating signal and the carrier signal are ignored in Equations (1) and
(2) because they do not contribute to the modulation process due to their constant values. After
PM, the phase of the carrier will not remain constant. It will vary according to the modulating
signal em maintaining the amplitude and frequency as constants. Suppose, after PM, the equation
of the carrier is represented as:
e = Ec Sin θ ------------------(3)
Where θ, is the instantaneous phase of the modulated carrier, and sinusoid ally varies in
proportion to the modulating signal. Therefore, after PM, the instantaneous phase of the
modulated carrier can be written as:
θ = ωc t + Kp em -------------------(4)
Where, kp is the constant of proportionality for phase modulation.
Substituting Equation (1) in Equation (4), yon get:
θ = ωc t + Kp Em Cos ωm t ---------------------(5)
In Equation (5), the factor, kpEm is defined as the modulation index, and is given as:
 mp = Kp Em ------------------------(6)
where, the subscript p signifies; that mp is the modulation index of the PM wave. Therefore,
equation (5) becomes
θ = ωc t + mp Cos ωm t ---------------------(7)
Substituting Equation (7) and (3), you get:
e = Ec sin (ωct + mp cos ωmt) --------------------(8)
 UNIT – III RANDOM

PROCESS

ABOUT RANDOM PROCESS:

In probability theory, a stochastic process, or sometimes random process is a collection of

random variables, representing the evolution of some system of random values over time. This is
the probabilistic counterpart to a deterministic process. A random process, or stochastic process,
X(t), is an ensemble of number of sample functions {X1(t),X2(t), . . . ,X_(t)} together with a
probability rule which assigns a probability to any meaningful event associated with the
observation of these functions. Suppose the sample function Xi(t) corresponds to the sample point
si in the sample space S and occurs with probability Pi.
• may be finite or infinite.
• Sample functions may be defined at discrete or continuous time instants.
Random process associated with the Poisson model, and more generally, renewal theory include
 The sequence of inter arrival times.
 The sequence of arrival times.
 The counting process.
RANDOM VARIABLES:
A random variable, usually written X, is a variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes
of a random phenomenon. Random variable consists of two types they are discrete and continuous
type variable this defines discrete- or continuous-time random processes. Sample function values
may take on discrete or continuous a value is defines discrete- or continuous Sample function

values may take on discrete or continuous values. This defines discrete- or continuous-parameter
random process.
 RANDOM PROCESSES VS. RANDOM VARIABLES:
• For a random variable, the outcome of a random experiment is mapped onto variable, e.g., a
number.
• For a random processes, the outcome of a random experiment is mapped onto a waveform that is
a function of time.Suppose that we observe a random process X(t) at some time t1 to generate the
servation X(t1) and that the number of possible waveforms is finite. If Xi(t1) is observed with
probability Pi, the collection of numbers {Xi(t1)}, i =1, 2, . . . , n forms a random variable,
denoted by X(t1), having the probabilitydistribution Pi, i = 1, 2, . . . , n. E[ ・ ] = ensemble
average operator.
 DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES:
A discrete random variable is one which may take on only a countable number of distinct values
such as 0,1,2,3,4,........ Discrete random variables are usually (but not necessarily) counts. If a
random variable can take only a finite number of distinct values, then it must be discrete.
Examples of discrete random variables include the number of children in a family, the Friday night
attendance at a cinema, the number of patients in a doctor's surgery, the number of defective light
bulbs in a box of ten.
 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION:
The probability distribution of a discrete random variable is a list of probabilities associated with
each of its possible values. It is also sometimes called the probability function or the probability
mass function. Suppose a random variable X may take k different values, with the probability
that X = xi defined to be P(X = xi) = pi. The probabilities pi must satisfy the following:
1: 0 < pi < 1 for each i
2: p1 + p2 + ... + pk = 1.
All random variables (discrete and continuous) have a cumulative distribution function. It is a
function giving the probability that the random variable X is less than or equal to x, for every
value x. For a discrete random variable, the cumulative distribution function is found by summing
up the probabilities.
3.1 CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM:
In probability theory, the central limit theorem (CLT) states that, given certain conditions, the
arithmetic mean of a sufficiently large number of iterates of independent random variables, each
with a well-defined expected value and well-defined variance, will be approximately normally
distributed.
The Central Limit Theorem describes the characteristics of the "population of the means" which
has been created from the means of an infinite number of random population samples of size (N),
all of them drawn from a given "parent population". The Central Limit Theorem predicts that
regardless of the distribution of the parent population:
[1] The mean of the population of means is always equal to the mean of the parent population
from which the population samples were drawn.
[2] The standard deviation of the population of means is always equal to the standard deviation of
the parent population divided by the square root of the sample size (N).
[3] The distribution of means will increasingly approximate a normal distribution as the size N of
samples increases.
A consequence of Central Limit Theorem is that if we average measurements of a particular
quantity, the distribution of our average tends toward a normal one. In addition, if a measured
variable is actually a combination of several other uncorrelated variables, all of them
"contaminated" with a random error of any distribution, our measurements tend to be
contaminated with a random error that is normally distributed as the number of these variables
increases.Thus, the Central Limit Theorem explains the ubiquity of the famous bell-shaped
"Normal distribution" (or "Gaussian distribution") in the measurements domain.
Examples:
 Uniform distribution
 Triangular distribution
 1/X distribution
 Parabolic distribution
 CLT Summary
 more statistical fine-print
3.2 STATIONARY PROCESS:
In mathematics and statistics, a stationary process is a stochastic process whose joint probability
distribution does not change when shifted in time. Consequently, parameters such as the mean and
variance, if they are present, also do not change over time and do not follow any trends.
Stationary is used as a tool in time series analysis, where the raw data is often transformed to
become stationary; for example, economic data are often seasonal and/or dependent on a non-
stationary price level. An important type of non-stationary process that does not include a trend-
like behaviour is the cyclostationary process.
Note that a "stationary process" is not the same thing as a "process with a stationary
distribution". Indeed there are further possibilities for confusion with the use of "stationary" in the
context of stochastic processes; for example a "time-homogeneous" Markov chain is sometimes
said to have "stationary transition probabilities". Besides, all stationary Markov random processes
are time-homogeneous.
 Definition:
Formally, let be a stochastic process and let represent
the cumulative distribution function of the joint distribution of at times
. Then, is said to be stationary if, for all , for all , and for all

Since does not affect , is not a function of time.

 Wide Sense Stationary:
Weaker form of stationary commonly employed in signal processing is known as weak-sense
stationary, wide-sense stationary (WSS), covariance stationary, or second-order stationary. WSS
random processes only require that 1st moment and covariance do not vary with respect to time.
Any strictly stationary process which has a mean and a covariance is also WSS.
So, a continuous-time random process x(t) which is WSS has the following restrictions on its
mean function.

and auto covariance function.

3.3 CORRELATION:
In statistics, dependence is any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets
of data. Correlation refers to any of a broad class of statistical relationships involving dependence.
Familiar examples of dependent phenomena include the correlation between the physical
statures of parents and their offspring, and the correlation between the demand for a

product and its price. Correlations are useful because they can indicate a predictive relationship
that can be exploited in practice. For example, an electrical utility may produce less power on a
mild day based on the correlation between electricity demand and weather. In this example there is
a causal relationship, because extreme weather causes people to use more electricity for heating or
cooling; however, statistical dependence is not sufficient to demonstrate the presence of such a
causal relationship.
Formally, dependence refers to any situation in which random variables do not satisfy a
mathematical condition of probabilistic independence. In loose usage, correlation can refer to any
departure of two or more random variables from independence, but technically it refers to any of
several more specialized types of relationship between mean values. There are several correlation
coefficients, often denoted ρ or r, measuring the degree of correlation. The most common of these
is the Pearson correlation coefficient, which is sensitive only to a linear relationship between two
variables. Other correlation coefficients have been developed to be more robust than the Pearson
correlation that is, more sensitive to nonlinear relationships. Mutual information can also be
applied to measure dependence between two variables.
 Pearson's correlation coefficient:
He most familiar measure of dependence between two quantities is the Pearson product-moment
correlation coefficient, or "Pearson's correlation coefficient", commonly called simply "the
correlation coefficient". It is obtained by dividing the covariance of the two variables by the
product of their standard deviations. Karl Pearson developed the coefficient from a similar but
slightly different idea by Francis Galton.
The population correlation coefficient ρX,Y between two random variables X and Y with expected
values μX and μY and standard deviations ςX and ςY is defined as:

where E is the expected value operator, cov means covariance, and, corr a widely used alternative
notation for the correlation coefficient.
The Pearson correlation is defined only if both of the standard deviations are finite and nonzero. It
is a corollary of the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality that the correlation cannot exceed 1 in absolute
value. The correlation coefficient is symmetric: corr(X,Y) = corr(Y,X).
The Pearson correlation is +1 in the case of a perfect direct (increasing) linear relationship
(correlation), −1 in the case of a perfect decreasing (inverse) linear relationship (autocorrelation),
and some value between −1 and 1 in all other cases, indicating the degree of linear
dependence between the variables. As it approaches zero there is less of a relationship (closer to
uncorrelated). The closer the coefficient is to either −1 or 1, the stronger the correlation between the
variables.
If the variables are independent, Pearson's correlation coefficient is 0, but the converse is not true
because the correlation coefficient detects only linear dependencies between two variables. For
example, suppose the random variable X is symmetrically distributed about zero, and Y = X 2.
Then Y is completely determined by X, so that X and Y are perfectly dependent, but their
correlation is zero; they are uncorrelated. However, in the special case when X and Y are jointly
normal, uncorrelatedness is equivalent to independence.
If we have a series of n measurements of X and Y written as x i and yi where i = 1, 2, ..., n, then
the sample correlation coefficient can be used to estimate the population Pearson
correlation r between X and Y.
where x and y are the sample means of X and Y, and s x and sy are the sample standard deviations
of X and Y.
This can also be written as:

If x and y are results of measurements that contain measurement error, the realistic limits on the
correlation coefficient are not −1 to +1 but a smaller range.
3.4 COVARIANCE FUNCTIONS:
In probability theory and statistics, covariance is a measure of how much two variables change
together, and the covariance function, or kernel, describes the spatial covariance of a random
variable process or field. For a random field or stochastic process Z(x) on a domain D, a
covariance function C(x, y) gives the covariance of the values of the random field at the two
locations x and y:

The same C(x, y) is called the auto covariance function in two instances: in time series (to denote
exactly the same concept except that x and y refer to locations in time rather than in space), and in
multivariate random fields (to refer to the covariance of a variable with itself, as opposed to
the cross covariance between two different variables at different locations, Cov(Z(x 1), Y(x2))).

 Mean & Variance of covariance functions:

For locations x1, x2, …, xN ∈ D the variance of every linear combination

can be computed as

A function is a valid covariance function if and only if this variance is non-negative for all
possible choices of N and weights w 1, …, wN. A function with this property is called positive
definite.
3.5 ERGODIC PROCESS:
In the event that the distributions and statistics are not available we can avail ourselves of the
time averages from the particular sample function. The mean of the sample function Xλo(t)
is referred to as the sample mean of the process X(t) and is defined as
1 T/2
μXT=( )
Xλo(t)dt
T −T/2

This quantity is actually a random-variable by itself because its value depends on the parameter
sample function over it was calculated. the sample variance of the random process is defined as

ς2 X T = ( T/2
1) Xλo(t) − μx T dt
2
T −T/2

The time-averaged sample ACF is obtained via the relation is

RXX T = (
T/2
1) x t ∗ x(t − T)dt
T −T/2

These quantities are in general not the same as the ensemble averages described before. A
random process X(t) is said to be ergodic in the mean, i.e., first-order ergodic if the mean
of sample average asymptotically approaches the ensemble mean
limT→∞ E μX T = μx(t)
lim var μX T = 0
T→∞

In a similar sense a random process X(t) is said to be ergodic in the ACF, i.e, second-order
ergodic if
lim E RXX(τ) = RXX(τ)
T→∞
 lim var RXX(τ) = 0
T→∞

The concept of ergodicity is also significant from a measurement perspective because in

Practical situations we do not have access to all the sample realizations of a random process. We
therefore have to be content in these situations with the time-averages that we obtain from a single
realization. Ergodic processes are signals for which measurements based on a single sample
function are sufficient to determine the ensemble statistics. Random signal for which this
property does not hold are referred to as non-ergodic processes. As before the Gaussian random
signal is an exception where strict sense ergodicity implies wide sense ergodicity.
3.6 GUASSIAN PROCESSS:
A random process X(t) is a Gaussian process if for all n and all (t1 ,t2 ,…,tn ), the random
variables have a jointly Gaussian density function. For Gaussian processes, knowledge of the
mean and autocorrelation; i.e., mX (t) and Rx (t1 ,t2 ) gives a complete statistical description of
the process. If the Gaussian process X(t) is passed through an LTI system, then the output process
Y(t) will also be a Gaussian process. For Gaussian processes, WSS and strict stationary are
equivalent.
A Gaussian process is a stochastic process Xt, t ∈ T, for which any finite linear combination
of samples has a joint Gaussian distribution. More accurately, any linear functional
applied to the sample functionXt will give a normally distributed result. Notation-wise, one can
write X ~ GP(m,K), meaning the random function X is distributed as a GP with mean function m
and covariance function K.[1] When the input vector t is two- or multi- dimensional a Gaussian
process might be also known as a Gaussian random field.
A sufficient condition for the ergodicity of the stationary zero-mean Gaussian process X(t) is that
∞
−
RX τ dτ < ∞.
∞
 Jointly Gaussian processes:
The random processes X(t) and Y(t) are jointly Gaussian if for all n, m and all (t1 ,t2 ,…,tn ), and
(τ1 , τ2 ,…, τm ), the random vector (X(t1 ),X(t2 ),…,X(tn ), Y(τ1 ),Y( τ2 ),…, Y(τm )) is
distributed according to an n+M dimensional jointly Gaussian distribution.
For jointly Gaussian processes, uncorrelatedness and independence are equivalent.
3.7 LINEAR FILTERING OF RANDOM PROCESSES:
• A random process X(t) is applied as input to a linear time-invariant filter of impulse
response h(t),
• It produces a random process Y (t) at the filter output as
 X(t) →→→→→h(t)→→→ Y(t)
• Difficult to describe the probability distribution of the output random process Y (t), even when
the probability distribution of the input random process X(t) is completely specified for
−∞ ≤ t ≤ +∞.
• Estimate characteristics like mean and autocorrelation of the output and try to analyse its
behaviour.
• Mean The input to the above system X(t) is assumed stationary. The mean of the output random
process Y (t) can be calculated
mY (t) = E[Y (t)] = E[ ∞ h(τ )X(t − τ ) dτ]
−∞

= ∞
h(τ )E[X(t − τ )] dτ
−∞
∞
= mX
−∞ h(τ ) dτ
= mXH(0)
where H(0) is the zero frequency response of the system.
 Autocorrelation:
The autocorrelation function of the output random process Y (t). By definition, we have
RY (t, u) = E[Y (t)Y (u)]
where t and u denote the time instants at which the process is observed. We may therefore use the
convolution integral to write
∞
RY (t, u) = E [ ∞ h(τ1)X(t − τ1)
−∞
∞
h(τ2)X(t − τ2) dτ2 ]
dτ1]
∞ ∞
= h(τ1) dτ1
−∞ −∞ h(τ2)E [X(t − τ1)X(t − τ2)] dτ2
When the input X(t) is a wide-stationary random process, autocorrelation function of X(t) is only a
function of the difference between the observation times t − τ1 and u − τ2.
Putting τ = t − u, we get
∞
RY (τ ) = ∞
−∞ h(τ1)h(τ2)RX(τ − τ1 + τ2) dτ1
−
∞
dτ2 RY (0) = E[Y2(t)]
The mean square value of the output random process Y (t) is obtained by putting τ = 0 in the
above equation.
E[ Y2(t)] = ∞
∞
−∞ h(τ1)h(τ2)RX(τ2 − τ1) dτ1 dτ2
−
∞
The mean square value of the output of a stable linear time-invariant filter in response to a wide-
sense stationary random process is equal to the integral over all frequencies.
of the power spectral density of the input random process multiplied by the squared magnitude of
the transfer function of the filter.
3.8 APPLICATION AND ITS USES:
 A Gaussian process can be used as a prior probability
distribution over functions in Bayesian inference.
 Wiener process (aka Brownian motion) is the integral of a white noise Gaussian process. It
is not stationary, but it has stationary increments.

1. A Random experiment is called a random experiment if its outcomes cannot be

predicted.
2. Sample space, the set of all possible outcomes of a random experiment.
3. SSS, A Random process is strict sense stationary if its satisfies are in variant to a
shift of origin.
4. Ergodic Process, if time averages are the same for all sample functions and equal to
the corresponding ensemble averages.
5. Noise, as an unwanted interference of energy with the wanted signals.
6. The power spectral density of white noise is constant.
 UNIT – IV

NOISE CHARACTERISATION

Noise is an inevitable consequence of the working of minerals and is an important health and
safety consideration for those working on the site. Whether it becomes "environmental noise"
depends on whether it disrupts or disturbs people outside the site boundary.

4.0 INTRODUCTION:
Noise is often described as the limiting factor in communication systems: indeed if there as no
noise there would be virtually no problem in communications.
Noise is a general term which is used to describe an unwanted signal which affects a wanted
signal. These unwanted signals arise from a variety of sources which may be considered in one of
two main categories:-
a) Interference, usually from a human source (manmade)
b) Naturally occurring random noise.
Interference arises for example, from other communication systems (cross talk), 50 Hz supplies
(hum) and harmonics, switched mode power supplies, thyristor circuits, ignition (car spark plugs)
motors … etc. Interference can in principle be reduced or completely eliminated by careful
engineering (i.e. good design, suppression, shielding etc). Interference is essentially deterministic
(i.e. random, predictable), however observe.
When the interference is removed, there remains naturally occurring noise which is essentially
random (non-deterministic),. Naturally occurring noise is inherently present in electronic
communication systems from either external sources or internal sources.

Naturally occurring external noise sources include atmosphere disturbance (e.g. electric storms,
lighting, ionospheric effect etc), so called Sky Noise‘ or Cosmic noise which includes noise from
galaxy, solar noise and hot spot due to oxygen and water vapour resonance in the earth‘s
atmosphere. These sources can seriously affect all forms of radio transmission and the design of a
radio system (i.e. radio, TV, satellite) must take these into account.The diagram below shows
noise temperature (equivalent to noise power, we shall discuss later) as a function of frequency for
sky noise.
Naturally occurring internal noise or circuit noise is due to active and passive electronic devices
(e.g. resistors, transistors ...etc) found in communication systems. There are various mechanism
which produce noise in devices; some of which will be discussed in the following sections.
  THERMAL NOISE (JOHNSON NOISE):
This type of noise is generated by all resistances (e.g. a resistor, semiconductor, the resistance of a
resonant circuit, i.e. the real part of the impedance, cable etc).
Free electrons are in contact random motion for any temperature above absolute zero (0 degree K,
~ -273 degree C). As the temperature increases, the random motion increases, hence thermal
noise, and since moving electron constitute a current, although there is no net current flow, the
motion can be measured as a mean square noise value across the resistance.

FIGURE 4.1 Circuit Diagram of Thermal Noise Voltage

Experimental results (by Johnson) and theoretical studies (by Nyquist) give the mean square noise
_2
2
voltage as V  4 k TBR (volt )
Where k = Boltzmann‘s constant = 1.38 x 10-23 Joules per K
T = absolute temperature
B = bandwidth noise measured in (Hz)
R = resistance (ohms)
The law relating noise power, N, to the temperature and bandwidth is
N = k TB watts
These equations will be discussed further in later section.
The equations above held for frequencies up to > 10 13 Hz (10,000 GHz) and for at least all
practical temperatures, i.e. for all practical communication systems they may be assumed to be
valid.Thermal noise is often referred to as ‗white noise‘ because it has a uniform ‗spectral
density‘.
Note – noise power spectral density is the noise power measured in a 1 Hz bandwidth i.e. watts
per Hz. A uniform spectral density means that if we measured the thermal noise in any 1 Hz
bandwidth from ~ 0Hz → 1 MHz → 1GHz …….. 10,000 GHz etc we would measure the same
amount of noise.
From the equation N=kTB, noise power spectral density is
I.e. Graphically following figure is shown as noise power spectral density,
po  kT watts per Hz.

This is found to hold for large bandwidth (>1013 Hz) and large range in temperature.
This thermal noise may be represented by an equivalent circuit as shown below.

FIGURE 4.7 Equivalent Circuit of Thermal Noise Voltage

i.e. equivalent to the ideal noise free resistor (with same resistance R) in series with a voltage
source with voltage Vn.
Since
 2
V  4 k TBR (volt (mean square value , power)
2
)

____
then VRMS =
V 2 = 2 kTBR Vn in above
i.e. Vn is the RMS noise voltage.
The above equation indicates that the noise power is proportional to bandwidth.
For a given resistance R, at a fixed temperature T (Kelvin)

2
We have V  (4 k TR) B , where (4 k is a constant – units watts per Hz.
TR)

A) System BW = B
Hz Vrms
N= Constant B
 2
(watts) = KB 2
Since average power =

Then V2
N   kTBn
R
i.e. Noise Power 
kTBn watts

For a matched system, N represents the average noise power transferred from the source to the
load. This may be written as
 N
p  kT watts per Hz
0
Bn

where p0 is the noise power spectral density (watts per Hz)

Bn is the noise equivalent bandwidth (Hz)

k is the Boltzmann‘s constant

T is the absolute temperature K.
  SHOT NOISE:
Shot noise was originally used to describe noise due to random fluctuations in electron emission
from cathodes in vacuum tubes (called shot noise by analogy with lead shot). Shot noise also
occurs in semiconductors due to the liberation of charge carriers, which have discrete amount of
charge, in to potential barrier region such as occur in pn junctions. The discrete amounts of charge
give rise to a current which is effectively a series of current pulses.
For pn junctions the mean square shot noise current is

Shot noise is found to have a uniform spectral density as for thermal noise.

 LOW FREQUENCY OR FLICKER NOISE:

Active devices, integrated circuit, diodes, transistors etc also exhibits a low frequency noise,
which is frequency dependent (i.e. non uniform) known as flicker noise or ‗one – over – f‘ noise.

The mean square value is found to be proportional to  1  n where f is the frequency and n= 1.
 f
Thus the noise at higher frequencies is less than at lower frequencies. Flicker noise is due to
impurities in the material which in turn cause charge carrier fluctuations.
 EXCESS RESISTOR NOISE:
Thermal noise in resistors does not vary with frequency, as previously noted, by many resistors
also generates as additional frequency dependent noise referred to as excess noise. This noise also
exhibits a (1/f) characteristic, similar to flicker noise.
Carbon resistor generally generates most excess noise whereas were wound resistors usually
generates negligible amount of excess noise. However the inductance of wire wound resistor limits
their frequency and metal film resistor are usually the best choices for high frequency
communication circuit where low noise and constant resistance are required.

 SIGNAL – TO – NOISE :
The signal to noise ratio is given by
S Signal Power
N  Noise Power

since 10 log10 S = S dBm if S in mW

and 10 log10
N = N dBm

 NOISE FACTOR – NOISE FIGURE:

S
Consider the network shown below, in which  S  represents the  S  at the input and 
    N
 NIN N  OUT
S
represents the  N  at the output.
 

FIGURE 4.16 Block Diagram of S/N Ratio

  S  ≥ , i.e. the network ‗adds‘ noise (thermal noise tc from the network devices) so
In general 
N
 IN
that the output (S/N) is generally worst than the input.
The amount of noise added by the network is embodied in the Noise Factor F, which is defined by

F equals to 1 for noiseless network and in general F > 1.

The noise figure in the noise factor quoted in dB
i.e. Noise Figure F dB = 10 log10 F F ≥ 0 dB
The noise figure / factor is the measure of how much a network degrades the (S/N)IN, the lower
the value of F, the better the network.
The network may be active elements, e.g. amplifiers, active mixers etc, i.e. elements with gain > 1
or passive elements, e.g. passive mixers, feeders cables, attenuators i.e. elements with gain <1.
 NOISE FIGURE – NOISE FACTOR FOR ACTIVE ELEMENTS :
For active elements with power gain G>1, we have

FIGURE 4.17 Circuit Diagram of Noise Factor -1

If the
NOUT was due only to G times N the F would be 1 i.e. the active element would be noise
IN

free. Since in general F v> 1 , then

NOUT is increased by noise due to the active element i.e.
 FIGURE 4.17 Circuit Diagram of Noise Factor -2
Na represents ‗added‘ noise measured at the output. This added noise may be referred to the input
as extra noise, i.e. as equivalent diagram is

FIGURE 4.17 Circuit Diagram of Noise Factor -3

Ne is extra noise due to active elements referred to the input; the element is thus effectively
noiseless.

Hence F = N OUT G(N IN  N e

=F
GN )
=
Rearranging gives, IN G N IN
Ne  (F 1) N IN

 NOISE TEMPERATURE:
N IN
is the ‗external‘ noise from the source N = k TS B n
i.e. IN

TS is the equivalent noise temperature of the source (usually 290K).

We may also write

N e = k Te Bn , where Te is the equivalent noise temperature of the element

i.e. with noise factor F and with source temperature TS .

i.e. k Te Bn = (F-1) k TS Bn

or Te = (F-1) TS
The noise factor F is usually measured under matched conditions with noise source at ambient
temperature TS , i.e. TS
~ 290K is usually assumed, this is sometimes written as
Te  F290 1 290
This allows us to calculate the equivalent noise temperature of an element with noise factor F,
measured at 290 K.
For example, if we have an amplifier with noise figure FdB = 6 dB (Noise factor F=4) and
equivalent Noise temperature Te
= 865 K.
a) We have introduced the idea of referring the noise to the input of an element, this noise is
not actually present at the input, it is done for convenience in the analysis.
b) The noise power and equivalent noise temperature are related, N=kTB, the temperature T
is not necessarily the physical temperature, it is equivalent to the temperature of a
resistance R (the system impedance) which gives the same noise power N when measured
in the same bandwidth Bn.
c) Noise figure (or noise factor F) and equivalent noise temperature Te are related and both
indicate how much noise an element is producing.
Since,
Te = (F-1) TS

Then for F=1, Te = 0, i.e. ideal noise free active element.

 NOISE FIGURE – NOISE FACTOR FOR PASSIVE ELEMENTS :
The theoretical argument for passive networks (e.g. feeders, passive mixers, attenuators) that is
networks with a gain < 1 is fairly abstract, and in essence shows that the noise at the input,
N IN is

attenuated by network, but the added noise Na contributes to the noise at the output such that
N OUT = N IN .

Thus, since F = S NOUT and N =N .

IN
OUT IN
N IN SOUT
S IN 1
F= 
G S IN G
If we let L denote the insertion loss (ratio) of the network i.e. insertion loss
LdB = 10 log L

Then L = 1 and hence for passive network

G
F=L
Also, since Te = (F-1) TS
Then for passive network
 Te = (L-1) TS

Where Te is the equivalent noise temperature of a passive device referred to its input.
 REVIEW OF NOISE FACTOR – NOISE FIGURE –TEMPERATURE:
F, dB and Te
are related by FdB = 10 logdB F

 CASCADED NETWORK:
A receiver systems usually consists of a number of passive or active elements connected in series,
each element is defined separately in terms of the gain (greater than 1 or less than 1 as the case
may be), noise figure or noise temperature and bandwidth (usually the 3 dB bandwidth). These
elements are assumed to be matched.
A typical receiver block diagram is shown below, with example
 FIGURE 4.18 Circuit Diagram of Cascade System -1
In order to determine the (S/N) at the input, the overall receiver noise figure or noise temperature
must be determined. In order to do this all the noise must be referred to the same point in the
receiver, for example to A, the feeder input or B, the input to the first amplifier.
The equations so far discussed refer the noise to the input of that specific element i.e.

Te or N e is the noise referred to the input.

To refer the noise to the output we must multiply the input noise by the gain G.
For example, for a lossy feeder, loss L, we had
N e = (L-1) N , noise referred to input
IN

Or Te = (L-1)
TS
- referred to the input.

Noise referred to output is gain x noise referred to input, hence

1
N e referred to output = G Ne = (L-1) N
IN
L
1
N
= (1- ) IN
L
Similarly, the equivalent noise temperature referred to the output is
1
T T
e referred to output = (1- )S
L
These points will be clarified later; first the system noise figure will be considered.
 SYSTEM NOISE FIGURE:
Assume that a system comprises the elements shown below, each element defined and specified
separately.
 FIGURE 4.18 Circuit Diagram of Cascade System -2
The gains may be greater or less than 1, symbols F denote noise factor (not noise figure, i.e. not in
dB). Assume that these are now cascaded and connected to an aerial at the input, with
N IN  N from the aerial.
ae

FIGURE 4.18 Circuit Diagram of Cascade System -3

Note: - N for each stage is equivalent to a source at a temperature of 290 K since this is how
IN

each element is specified. That is, for each device/ element is specified
Now , N  G N  N 
OUT 3 IN 3 e3

 G3 N IN 3  F3 1 N IN 
Since N IN 3  G2 N IN 2  N e2   G2 N IN 2  F2 1N IN 

and similarly N IN 2 G1 N ae  F1 1N IN 

then
N OUT  G3 G2 G1 N ae  G1 F1 1N IN   G2 F2 1N IN   G3 F3 1N IN

The overall system Noise Factor is

 N IN

If we assume
N is ≈ N IN , i.e. we would measure and specify Fsy s under similar conditions as
ae

F1 , etc (i.e. at 290 K), then for n elements in cascade.

F2

The equation is called FRIIS Formula.

This equation indicates that the system noise factor depends largely on the noise factor of the first
stage if the gain of the first stage is reasonably large. This explains the desire for ―low noise front
ends‖ or low noise most head preamplifiers for domestic TV reception. There is a danger however;
if the gain of the first stage is too large, large and unwanted signals are applied to the mixer which
may produce intermodulation distortion. Some receivers apply signals from the aerial directly to
the mixer to avoid this problem. Generally a first stage amplifier is designed to have a good noise
factor and some gain to give an acceptable overall noise figure.
 SYSTEM NOISE TEMPERATURE:
Te sys
is the receiver system equivalent noise temperature. Again, this shows that the system noise
temperature depends on the first stage to a large extent if the gain of the first stage is reasonably
large.The equations for Te sys
and F sys refer the noise to the input of the first stage. This can best

be classified by examining the equation for Te sys in conjunction with the diagram below.
 FIGURE 4.18 Circuit Diagram of Cascade System - 4
Te1 is already referred to input of 1st stage.

T is referred to input of the 2nd stage – to refer this to the input of the 1st stage we must divide
e
2
Te 2 by G1.

T e is referred to input of third stage, (  G1G2) to refer to input of 1st stage, etc.
3

It is often more convenient to work with noise temperature rather than noise factor.
Given a noise factor we find Te from Te = (F-1)290.
1
Note: also that the gains (G1G2 G3 etc) may be gains > 1 or gains <1, i.e. losses L where L = .
G
See examples and tutorials for further classifications.
  ADDITIVE WHITE GAUSSIAN NOISE:
Noise in Communication Systems is often assumed to be Additive White Gaussian Noise
(AWGN).

 Additive
Noise is usually additive in that it adds to the information bearing signal. A model of the received
signal with additive noise is shown below.

FIGURE 4.20 Block Diagram of White Noise

The signal (information bearing) is at its weakest (most vulnerable) at the receiver input. Noise at
the other points (e.g. Receiver) can also be referred to the input.The noise is uncorrelated with the
signal, i.e. independent of the signal and we may state, for average powers
Output Power = Signal Power + Noise Power
= (S+N)
 White
As we have stated noise is assumed to have a uniform noise power spectral density, given that the
noise is not band limited by some filter bandwidth.
We have denoted noise power spectral density by p  f .
o

White noise =
po  f = Constant

Also Noise power =

po Bn
FIGURE 4.21 Spectral Density Diagram of White Noise
  GAUSSIAN
We generally assume that noise voltage amplitudes have a Gaussian or Normal distribution.