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Amplitude Modulator and Demodulator Trainer Kit

By s_a_h_a (/member/s_a_h_a/) in Circuits (/circuits/) > Electronics (/circuits/electronics/projects/) 8,213 39 8 Featured

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•Modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform

(carrier signal) with a modulating signal (information) to be transmitted.

•A modulator is a device that performs modulation.

•A demodulator is a device that performs demodulation, the inverse of modulation.

•In AM, the amplitude (signal strength) of the carrier wave is varied in proportion to the
waveform being transmitted.

•That waveform may, for instance, correspond to the sounds to be reproduced by a

speaker, or the light intensity of television pixels.

Things that are required:-

For AM Modulator :-

1.1N4148 Diode
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3.Inductor : 10 µH

4.Trimmer : 3-40 pF

For AM Demodulator :-

1.1N34 Diode

2.Resistor : 10K

3.Capacitor : 10nF advertisement

Others:-

Box : 6”x8”

Banana Socket : Red-Black (5 pairs)

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Step 1: Modulator Overview

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Modulation is a process generally used for radiating the low frequency audio signals for
longer distances. Here the low frequency audio signal is superimposed with the high
frequency carrier wave.The amplitude modulation is that where the amplitude of high
frequency carrier wave is changed accordance with the intensity of the signal but the
frequency of the modulated wave will be the same.

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modulation at low signal levels. Constants are shown for a carrier frequency of about 10
MHz, but, with a suitable tank, the circuit will give good results at any frequency at which
the diode approximates a good switch. To extend frequency above that for which the
IN4148 is suited, a hot-carrier diode (HP2800, etc.) can be substituted.

A shunt resistor across the tank circuit can be used to reduce the circuit Q so as to permit
high percentage modulation without appreciable distortion.

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Step 3: Demodulator Overview

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Recovering the original message from a modulated carrier is called demodulation and this
is the main purpose of communications and telecommunications receivers. The circuit that
is widely used to demodulate AM signals is called an envelope detector.

As you can see, the recti er stage chops the AM signal in half letting only one of its
envelopes through the upper envelope in this case but the lower envelope is just as good.
This signal is fed to an RC LPF which tracks the peaks of its input. When the input to the
RC LPF is a recti ed AM signal, it tracks the signal's envelope. Importantly, as the envelope
is the same shape as the message, the RC LPF's output voltage is also the same shape as
the message and so the AM signal is demodulated.

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Envelope detector circuit uses a diode, a capacitor and a resistor and it is just like a half
wave recti er followed by a low-pass lter. It is a linear detector which takes high
frequency RF signal as input and gives an output which is the envelope of the input signal.
A diode detector is a type of envelope detector and is used for the detection of AM signal.

Here the input signal is recti ed by the series diode D. The combination of capacitor C and
resistor R behaves like a low-pass lter. The input signal contains both the original
message and the carrier wave where the capacitor helps in ltering out the RF carrier
waves. The capacitor gets charged during the rising edge and discharges through the
resistor R in falling edge. Thus the capacitor helps in giving an envelope of the input as
output.

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The nal kit is here.The drill machine can be used to create holes according to banana
sockets size and tightly tted with nuts so that patch cords can be adjusted.

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(/member/IqraM16C/) IqraM16C (/member/IqraM16C/) Question 5 months ago on Step 5

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As there is no battery in the circuit so how the carrier aplitude is 14V? do we we have to add a battery for
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(/member/KarlS95/) KarlS95 (/member/KarlS95/) Question 1 year ago on Introduction

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(/member/Swansong/) Swansong (/member/Swansong/) 1 year ago

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Thanks for sharing :)

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(/member/NabilF12/) NabilF12 (/member/NabilF12/) 1 year ago

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hello, can i know how to make the carrier signal for this am circuits

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