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Angle Modulation
"All of RF is Truly FM"
SIGA2800Basic SIGINT Technology
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Objectives
1. Identify which modulations are also
known as angle modulations.
2. Given a maximum modulating frequency
and either a frequency of deviation or
deviation ratio of a frequency modulated
signal, determine signal bandwidth as
given by Carson's rule.
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Objectives
3. Given a bandwidth and either a maximum
frequency deviation or deviation ratio,
compute the maximum modulating
frequency that will comply with Carson's
rule.
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Objectives
4. Given a carrier being frequency
modulated by a sine wave at a fixed
deviation ratio, compute:
a. Average signal power
b. Bandwidth in accordance with Carson's rule.
c. Signal power present at the carrier frequency,
any frequency harmonic, and at a frequencyequal to the frequency deviation.
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Objectives
5. For angle modulated signals, identify what
factors drive overall power in the signal.
6. State what factors affect the bandwidth of
signals modulated using angle modulation.
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Sinusoids
Sinusoid
waveform
Cosinusoid
waveform
A sinusoid, meaning a sine wave -or- a cosine wave, is the basic
building block of all signals.
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Sinewave Characteristics
Amplitude
PeriodPhase
Period
1Frequency
A sinusoid has three properties .These are its amplitude, period
(or frequency), and phase.
Amplitude
Time
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Types of Modulation
Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Phase Modulation
With very few
exceptions, phase
modulation is used fordigital information.
)t*sin(V
)t*sin(V
)t*sin(V
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Types of Modulation
Carrier Variations
Amplitude
Frequency Phase
Types of Information
Analog
Digital
These two
constitute angle
modulation.(Objective #1)
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Modulation Process
ModulatingSignal
ModulatorInformation /
Baseband Modulated
Signal
The modulation general process is the same regardless of the how
the carrier is modulated. For our purposes, modulation means the
variation of a carrier wave in order to transfer information.
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What is Angle Modulation?
phase)tfsin(2V(t)v cc
Angle modulation is a variation
of one of these two parameters.
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Understanding Phase vs. Frequency
phaseV
To understand the difference
between phase and frequency,
a signal can be thought of
using a phasor diagram. Thedistance from the center is the
signal's amplitude. The angle
from the positive horizontal
axis is the phase.
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Understanding Phase vs. Frequency
The change in the phase over
time (the phase velocity) is
the signal's frequency.
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Understanding Phase vs. Frequency
t
Frequency
Phase
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Signals vs NASCAR
In NASCAR, we track each car
by its position on the track.
In signals, we track the signal by
its phase. This is its position on
the phasor diagram.
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Signals vs NASCAR
In NASCAR, we track a car's
velocity by how fast it goes
around the track.
In signals, we track the signal's
velocity by its frequency. This
is how fast it goes around the
phasor diagram.
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Understanding Angle Modulation
Angle modulation, either PM or FM,
varies the frequency or phase of thecarrier wave. Because of the
practicalities of implementation, FM
is predominant; analog PM is only
used in rare cases.
)t*sin(V
Vary one of these
parameters
Frequency Modulation
Phase Modulation
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Understanding Angle Modulation
In either analog FM or PM, theamplitude remains constant.
)t*sin(V
This remains
constant!
Frequency Modulation
Phase Modulation
V
V
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Understanding Angle Modulation
Frequency Modulation
V
2
VPower
Envelope
The envelope, meaning the difference between
the maximum and minimum of the carrier, is
constant in an FM signal. That's why FM is
called a constant envelopesignal. The power
of an FM signal is shown at right. It does not
depend upon the modulating signal or the
amount of deviation (Objectives #4a, 5).
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Calculating Total Power
The total power of an FM signal is simply V2. Therefore, the total
power of an FM signal is the power of the carrier. Period. This is
regardless of the information or the deviation ratio (Objectives
#4a, 5).
))t(tfsin(2V(t)v cc
2VPowerTotal
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Varying the Frequency
VCOInformationSignalFrequency
Modulation
The voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is a device whose outputfrequency changes with the amplitude of the modulating signal. The
amount of change, called its deviation constant, is dependent upon
its design.
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Understanding Terms
Center
Frequency
An FM signal has its energy spread over an infinite number of
spectral components. It's center frequency is the average center
of the energy.
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Understanding Terms
Deviation
The deviationis the maximum frequency change from the
center frequency.
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Understanding Terms
Excursion
The excursionis the difference between the maximum and
minimum frequency changes. This is also called the maximum
deviationor total deviation.
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Amplitude vs Angle Modulation
))t(tfsin(2V(t)vcc
)tfsin(2V(t)(t)v cc Amplitude Modulation
Angle Modulation
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Calculating FM Bandwidth
The Fourier transform for an FM signal modulated by a real signalwould be extremely difficult. Instead, engineers use the special case
of an FM signal modulated by sinusoid, which boils down to:
-
sin(x))-xj(n- dxe21
This integral cannot be solved in closed form. In order to figure
out actual numerical answers, we use Bessel functions,
specifically Bessel functions of the first kind of order nand
argument .
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Calculating FM Bandwidth
t)sin((t) m
))t(tfsin(2V(t)v cc Angle Modulation
For PM
dtt)sin((t) mFor FM
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Calculating FM Bandwidth
m
d
f
Vf
))t(tfsin(2V(t)v cc Angle Modulation
The beta value, called the modulation index, is
the ratio of the deviation of the modulator, fd,
multiplied by the amplitude of the modulating
signal and divided by the modulating frequency,fm(Objectives 2, 3, 4b, 6).
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Understanding FM Bandwidth
b=0.5 b=1
b=5 b=10
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Calculating FM Bandwidth
W
VfD d
))t(tfsin(2V(t)v cc Angle Modulation
The designator when looking at real signals is
the deviation ratio, D, which is the product of
the modulator deviation, fd, multiplied by the
amplitude of the modulating signal, V, dividedby the maximum frequency of the modulating
signal, W (Objectives 2, 3, 4b, 6).
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Carson's Rule
)f(f2
1)(f2BW
devmax
max
Carson's Rule, named after an engineer who did not think that
FM would provide any improvement over AM, provides a
rough calculation of the bandwidth of an FM signal basedupon its design parameters and the parameters of the
modulating signal (Objectives 2, 3, 4b, 6).
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FM Broadcast Signal
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FM Spectrum
The spectrogram of an FM signal shows how the spectrum varieswith time. Note how it is asymmetric.
This is the spectrum of an AM signal modulated with the same
information as above. But it has a symmetric spectrum.
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FM Signal
This shows anFM signal.
Note the
constant
envelope(amplitude).
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FM Signal
This is a constellationdiagram of an FM
signal. Note how it has
a constant amplitude
(distance from the
center).
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Why FM and not PM?
Broadcast analog television chrominance(color)
Apollo spacecraft communications
AM stereo
For practical implementation reasons, analog FM is easier togenerate than analog PM, and FM provides better performance in
most common environments. However, analog PM has been (and
continues to be) used for a few, isolated systems.
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Using Analog Phase Modulation
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Calculating FM Bandwidth
n 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 2 5
0 0.997 0.99 0.938 0.765 0.224 -0.178
1 0.05 0.1 0.242 0.44 0.577 -0.3282 0.001 0.005 0.031 0.115 0.353 0.047
3 0.129 0.365
4 0.391
5 0.261
6 0.131
bValue
S
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