TELE3113 Analogue and DigitalCommunications
Angle Modulation
Wei Zhang
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
The University of New South Wales
Last two weeks ...
We have studied:
Amplitude Modulation:
s(t) = [1 + kam(t)]c(t).
Simple envelope detection, but low power/BW efficiency.
DSB-SC Modulation:
s(t) = m(t)c(t).
High power efficiency, but low BW efficiency.
SSB Modulation:
s(t) = 1
2Acm(t) cos(2πfct) ∓
1
2Acm̂(t) sin(2πfct).
VSB Modulation: Tailored for transmission of TV signals.
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Angle vs Amplitude Modulation
Amplitude modulation: amplitude of a carrier wave varies in
accordance with an information-bearing signal.
Angle modulation: angle of the carrier changes according to
the information-bearing signal.
Angle modulation provides better robustness to noise and
interference than amplitude modulation, but at the cost of
increased transmission BW.
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Definitions
Let θi(t) denote the angle of a modulated sinusoidal carrier
at time t.
Assume θi(t) is a function of the information-bearing signal
or message signal m(t).
The angle-modulated wave is
s(t) = Ac cos[θi(t)]
Instantaneous frequency of s(t) is defined as
fi(t) =1
2π
dθi(t)
dt
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PM
Two commonly used angle modulation: PM and FM.
Phase modulation (PM): The instantaneous angle is varied
linearly with m(t), as shown by
θi(t) = 2πfct + kpm(t),
where kp denotes the phase-sensitivity factor.
The phase-modulated wave is described by
s(t) = Ac cos[2πfct + kpm(t)].
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FM
Frequency modulation (FM): The instantaneous frequency
fi(t) is varied linearly with m(t), as shown by
fi(t) = fc + kfm(t),
where kf denotes the frequency-sensitivity factor.
Integrating fi(t) with time and multiplying 2π, we get
θi(t) = 2π
∫ t
0
fi(τ)dτ = 2πfct + 2πkf
∫ t
0
m(τ)dτ. (1)
The frequency-modulated wave is therefore
s(t) = Ac cos
[
2πfct + 2πkf
∫ t
0
m(τ)dτ
]
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PM versus FM
Phase Modulation Frequency Modulation
θi(t) 2πfct + kpm(t) 2πfct + 2πkf
∫ t
0m(τ)dτ
fi(t) fc +kp
2πddt
m(t) fc + kfm(t)
s(t) Ac cos[2πfct + kpm(t)] Ac cos[
2πfct + 2πkf
∫ t
0m(τ)dτ
]
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PM/FM Relationship
Integrator Phase
modulator
Modulating wave FM wave
)2cos( tfA cc π
Differentiator Frequency modulator
Modulating wave PM wave
)2cos( tfA cc π
(b) Scheme for generating a PM wave by using a frequency modulator.
(a) Scheme for generating an FM wave by using a phase modulator.
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AM/PM/FM Waves
0 0.5 1 1.5−1
0
1Carrier Wave
0 0.5 1 1.5−1
0
1Message Signal
0 0.5 1 1.5−2
0
2AM Wave
0 0.5 1 1.5−1
0
1PM Wave
0 0.5 1 1.5−1
0
1FM Wave
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Properties of Angle Modulation
Property 1 Constancy of transmitted power:The average power of angle-modulated waves is a constant,
as shown by
Pav =1
2A2
c .
Property 2 Nonlinearity of the modulation process:
Let s(t), s1(t), and s2(t) denote the PM waves produced by
m(t),m1(t) and m2(t). If m(t) = m1(t) + m2(t), then
s(t) 6= s1(t) + s2(t).
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Properties of Angle Modulation
Property 3 Irregularity of zero-crossings:
A “zero-crossing” is a point where the sign of a function
changes. PM and FM wave no longer have a perfect
regularity in their spacing across the time-scale.
Property 4 Visualization difficulty of messagewaveform:The message waveform cannot be visualized from PM and
FM waves.
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Example of Zero-crossings (1)
Consider a modulating wave m(t) as shown by
m(t) =
at, t ≥ 0
0, t < 0
Determine the zero-crossings of the PM and FM waves produced
by m(t) with carrier frequency fc and carrier amplitude Ac.
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Example of Zero-crossings (2)
The PM wave is given by
s(t) =
Ac cos(2πfct + kpat), t ≥ 0
Ac cos(2πfct), t < 0
The PM wave experiences a zero-crossing when the angle is an
odd multiple of π/2, i.e.,
2πfctn + kpatn =π
2+ nπ, n = 0, 1, 2, · · ·
Then, we get
tn =1/2 + n
2fc + kpa/π, n = 0, 1, 2, · · ·
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Example of Zero-crossings (3)
The FM wave is given by
s(t) =
Ac cos(2πfct + πkfat2), t ≥ 0
Ac cos(2πfct), t < 0
To find zero-crossings, we may set up
2πfctn + πkfat2n =π
2+ nπ, n = 0, 1, 2, · · ·
The positive root of the above quadratic equation is
tn =1
akf
(
−fc +
√
f2c + akf
(
1
2+ n
)
)
, n = 0, 1, 2, · · ·
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Example of Zero-crossings (4)
fc = 0.25, a = 1, kp = π/2 and kf = 1.
−8 −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6 80
2
4
6
8Message Signal
−8 −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6 8−1
−0.5
0
0.5
1PM Wave
−8 −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6 8−1
−0.5
0
0.5
1FM Wave
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Narrowband FM (1)
Consider a sinusoidal modulating wave defined by
m(t) = Am cos(2πfmt).
The instantaneous frequency of the FM wave is
fi(t) = fc + kfAm cos(2πfmt) = fc + ∆f cos(2πfmt)
where ∆f = kfAm is called the frequency deviation.
The angle of the FM wave is
θi(t) = 2πfct + β sin(2πfmt)
where β = ∆ffm
is called the modulation index of the FM
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Narrowband FM (2)
The FM wave is then given by
s(t) = Ac cos[2πfct + β sin(2πfmt)].
Using cos(x + y) = cos x cos y − sin x sin y, we get
s(t) = Ac cos(2πfct) cos[β sin(2πfmt)]−Ac sin(2πfct) sin[β sin(2πfmt)].
For narrowband FM wave, β << 1. Then, cos[β sin(2πfmt)] ≈ 1
and sin[β sin(2πfmt)] ≈ β sin(2πfmt). Therefore,
s(t) ≈ Ac cos(2πfct) − βAc sin(2πfct) sin(2πfmt).
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Generating Narrowband FM
Integrator Product
Modulator
Modulating wave Narrow-
band FM wave
∑
+
__
090− Phase-shifter
Carrier wave
)2cos( tfAcc
π
)2sin( tfA cc π
Narrow-band phase modulator
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Narrowband FM vs. AM
For small β, the narrowband FM wave is given by
s(t) ≈ Ac cos(2πfct) − βAc sin(2πfct) sin(2πfmt).
Using sin x sin y = − 1
2cos(x + y) cos(x − y), we get
s(t) ≈ Ac cos(2πfct)+1
2βAc[cos[2π(fc +fm)t]−cos[2π(fc−fm)t]].
Recall the AM of the single-tone message signal is [p.11, Aug-4,
TELE3113]
sAM(t) = Ac cos(2πfct)+1
2µAc[cos[2π(fc+fm)t]+cos[2π(fc−fm)t]].
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