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Tutorial 2: Amplitude Modulation
                                               Solutions
1. (a)(b) m(t) = 25cos(21000t) and sc(t) = 75cos(2150000t)
                                           c
       AM modulated signal is A [1+mcos(21000t)]cos(2150000t)
            m                 c                max      c       m           min      c   m
       A = 25 V and A = 75 V, A                      = A + A = 100 V, A           = A  A = 50 V
       Modulation index,
                s(t)
                100
                50
                                                                                                                             t
            50
            100
                                                                                                     0.5Ac = 37.5V
                                                        |S(f)| (AM)
                                                                                    0.25mAc = 6.25V             0.25mAc = 6.25V
                 fcfm           fc       fc+fm                       0                    fcfm         fc        fc+fm       f
        c                 c            m                    c       m
       f = 150 kHz, f + f = 151 kHz and f – f = 149 kHz
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   (c) For DSB-SC = Full AM – Carrier
                                              |S(f)| (DSB-SC)
                                                                         0.5mAc = 12.5V
          fcfm         fc          fc+fm                   0                 fcfm      fc       fc+fm
                                                                                                                 f
2. Let the audio signal be bandlimited to f
                                         f                                                                   f
              m      0               m
                                                                                                m
         -f                      f                                                           2f
                                              m                Passband signal’s spectrum: BW = 2fm (+ve freq)
   Baseband signal’s spectrum: BW = f (+ve freq)
                                                                        Bandpass signal BW = 2fm
                                                                            6 x 2fm = 90 kHz
                                                                                 fm = 7.5 kHz
                                                          Total BW
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                                                                                         f
                                                     m
                                                2f
3.
Given m = 0.85
Ac = 148.45
4. (i)
                                                                      SDSB(f)
                                                         M ( 0)
                                                          2
                 Spectrum of SDSB
                                                                                     f
                                          -fc                     0             fc
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                                                                       V(f)
                                               M ( 0)
                                                2
                                                                                              f
     Spectrum of v(t)                                    -fm                   fm
                                       -2fc                        0                2fc
                                              M (0)                R(f)
                        Spectrum of r(t)       2
                                                                                          f
          m       cut        c     m               -fm         0          fm
     (ii) f < f         < 2f - f
5.
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   The power of the information is only 106.2 W in AM compared to 800 W in SSB