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What is Modulation ?
Modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a high-frequency periodic waveform, called the carrier signal, with a modulating signal which typically contains information to be transmitted.
Modulation is of two types : Analog modulation:the modulation is applied continuously in response to the analog information signal. Digital modulation: In digital modulation, an analog
Digital Modulation:
Pulse Modulation: A periodic pulse train is used as a carrier. The
following parameters of the pulse are modified in accordance with the message signal. Signal is transmitted at discrete intervals of time. Pulse amplitude modulation Pulse width modulation Pulse position modulation Message signal represented in a form that is discrete in both amplitude and time.The signal is transmitted as a sequence of coded pulses. No continuous wave in this form of transmission.This is called Pulse code modulation.
In natural sampling the top of each modulated rectangular pulse varies with the message signal, whereas in PAM it is maintained flat.
For minimum distortion,the sampling rate should be more than twice the signal frequency.
Natural Sampling
PAM Signal Where s(t) denote the sequence of the flat-top pulses generated and m(t) is the message signal recovered from s(t).
When the CLOCK signal is high, the circuit behaves as Emitter follower and the output follows the input (modulating) signal, when the CLOCK is low, the transistor is cut off and the output is zero. In this way, at the output we get PAM signal
Advantages of PAM :
It has simple transmitter and receiver designs.
It is used to carry information as well as to generate other pulse modulations. Disadvantages of PAM :
Due to amplitude variation peak power of receiver also varies with it.
It can be classified as :
Trailing edge PWM :In this type, the trailing edge of the pulses in varied according to the amplitude of the modulating signal.The leading edges of the pulses, however remains at a fixed rate w.r.t. each other, the timing between each leading pulse edge therefore is constant.
Leading edge PWM :In this type of PWM, the leading edge of each pulse changes according to the amplitude of the modulating signal, the trailing edge of each pulse however is fixed and timing in between the trailing edges is constant.
Symmetrical PWM :In this type, the trailing as well as leading edges of the pulses are varied in accordance with the amplitude of the modulating signal. When the modulating signal is zero,the pulse is at reference width. So long the signal is positive,the pulse width increases. When the signal is negative the pulse width decreases, however the spacing between the pulses remains constant.
PWM Modulators :
A saw tooth waveform whose period is equal to the largest pulse width to be produced is added to the information signal. A level detector and a.c. pulse shaper are used to produce PWM wave.
Another method to generate PWM is by IC 555. It is basically a monostable multivibrator. The information (modulating signal)is given at pin 5. The carrier pulse is given at pin 2 and output is obtained at pin 3. The modulating signal changes the control voltage and hence the threshold voltage level. As a result, the time period required to charge the capacitor C to the threshold voltage changes that gives the PWM output.
Advantages of PWM : Noise is less in PWM as the amplitude is kept constant. The signal and noise separation is easy. The PWM does not require synchronization between transmitter and receiver. Disadvantages of PWM : Large bandwidth is required for PWM communication as compared to PAM. The transmitter should be able to handle more power (equal to the power of the maximum width pulse).
PPM Modulator
For generating a PPM signal (Figure) the modulating signal is first converted into the pulse width modulation (PWM) signal by sending it through a PWM converter. The PWM signal is then fed to a differentiator. At the output, positive and negative spikes are obtained. These spikes are passed through a positive clipper which removes the positive spikes and gives negative spikes at the output. The negative spikes are now made to trigger a monostable multivibrator and finally the PPM signal is obtained.
Advantages of PPM As the amplitude and width is kept constant, the transmitter handles constant power.
Due to constant pulse width and amplitude the transmitted power for each pulse is same.
Disadvantages It needs synchronization between transmitter and receiver. Large bandwidth is required as compared to PAM.
Analog signal is converted into digital signal by using a digital code. Analog to digital converter employs three techniques: 1. Sampling: The process of generating pulses of zero width and of amplitude equal to the instantaneous amplitude of the analog signal. The no. of pulses per second is called sampling rate. 2. Quantization: The process of dividing the maximum value of the analog signal into a fixed no. of levels in order to convert the PAM into a Binary Code. The levels obtained are called quanization levels. 3. Encoding : Encoding maps the quantized values to digital words that are bits long. The mapping is one-to-one so there is no distortion introduced by encoding.
PCM Sampling :
The function of a sampling circuit in a PCM transmitter is to periodically sample the continually changing analog input voltage and convert those samples to a series of constantamplitude pulses that can more easily be converted to binary PCM code.
There are two basic techniques used to perform the sampling function : Natural sampling : when tops of the sample pulses retain their natural shape during the sample interval. Flat top sampling
For a sample to be reproduced accurately in a PCM receiver, each cycle of the analog input signal (fa) must be sampled at least twice.
The minimum sampling rate is equal to twice the highest input frequency, fs 2fa where fs is minimum sampling rate.
Sampling :
Quantization
Quantization is the process of rounding off a sample according to some rule. E.g. suppose we must round to the nearest tenth, then: 3.752 --> 3.8 0.001 --> 0 Quantizing makes the signal discrete in amplitude and round off the Value to one of q discrete levels. The error from the true value to the quantum value is called quantization distortion.
Nonuniform quantization can provide fine quantization of the weak signal and coarse quantization of the strong signal
Encoding:
Mapping of quantized values to digital words.
No distortion introduced.
For the sine wave example at left, we can verify that the quantized values at the sampling moments are 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 14, etc. Encoding these values as binary numbers would result in the following set of nibbles: 0111 (230+221+211+201= 0+4+2+1=7), 1001, 1011, 1100, 1101, 1110, 1110, 1111, 1111, 1111, 1110, etc.
Noise in PCM system Channel noise: which is introduced anywhere between transmitter output and the receiver input, channel noise is always present, once the equipment is switched on. Quantization noise: which is introduced in transmitter and is carried all the way along to the receiver output.
Limitations of PCM:
Choosing a discrete value near the analog signal for each sample leads to quantization error. Between samples no measurement of the signal is made; the sampling theorem guarantees non-ambiguous representation and recovery of the signal only if it has no energy at frequency fs/2 or higher (one half the sampling frequency, known as the Nyquist frequency); higher frequencies will generally not be correctly represented or recovered. As samples are dependent on time, an accurate clock is required for accurate reproduction. If either the encoding or decoding clock is not stable, its frequency drift will directly affect the output quality of the device
Conclusion:
Digital Modulation techniques simplifies storing and transmission of signals. Mixing the signals is easy. All signals look alike after conversion to digital form independent of the source (or language!). Hence they can easily be multiplexed (and demultiplexed) Coding the message sequence to take care of the channel noise,encrypting for secure communication can easily be accomplished in the digital domain.