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DSB-SC AM Signal Demodulation Guide

The document discusses demodulation of DSB-SC AM signals. It explains that the received signal is multiplied by a locally generated sinusoid and passed through a lowpass filter. This recovers the original baseband signal, but with reduced power. Synchronization is an issue, as the phase of the local sinusoid should match the received carrier. Two solutions presented are adding a pilot tone or using a phase-locked loop to generate the carrier without a pilot.

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DSB-SC AM Signal Demodulation Guide

The document discusses demodulation of DSB-SC AM signals. It explains that the received signal is multiplied by a locally generated sinusoid and passed through a lowpass filter. This recovers the original baseband signal, but with reduced power. Synchronization is an issue, as the phase of the local sinusoid should match the received carrier. Two solutions presented are adding a pilot tone or using a phase-locked loop to generate the carrier without a pilot.

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Demodulation of DSB-SC AM Signals

• Suppose that the DSB-SC AM signal ( ) is


transmitted through an ideal channel (with no
channel distortion and no noise).
• The received signal is equal to the modulated
signal, i.e.,
( )= ( )
= ( )cos(2π ).

Demodulation of DSB-SC AM Signals ……


• We demodulate the received signal by first
multiplying ( ) by a locally generated sinusoid
cos(2 + ), where is the phase of the
sinusoid.
cos 2 + = cos(2 + ) cos(2 + )
1 1
= cos − + cos(4 + + )
2 2

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• Then, we pass the product signal through an ideal lowpass
filter with the bandwidth .

• Consequently, the output of the ideal lowpass filter is


1
= cos( )
2
• Because ( ) is multiplied by cos( ); therefore, the power
in the demodulated signal is decreased by a factor of cos .

Demodulation of DSB-SC AM Signals –


Synchronization Issues
• The phase of the locally generated sinusoid should ideally be
equal to 0 (the phase of the received-carrier signal) – phase coherent
or synchronous demodulator
• One Solution:
– Add a carrier component into the transmitted signal, called as “a
pilot tone” of amplitude <
– The transmitted signal is a double sideband, but it is no longer a
suppressed carrier signal.
– At the receiver, a narrowband filter tuned to frequency fc filters
out the pilot signal component; its output is used to multiply the
received signal.
– However, presence of the pilot signal results in a DC component
in the demodulated signal; this must be subtracted out in order to
recover ( ).

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Demodulation of DSB-SC AM Signals –


Synchronization Issues …….
• One Solution ……

Demodulation of DSB-SC AM Signals –


Synchronization Issues …….
• Other Solution
– Adding a pilot tone to the transmitted signal has a
disadvantage:
• It requires that a certain portion of the transmitted signal
power must be allocated to the transmission of the pilot.
– As an alternative, we may generate a phase-locked
sinusoidal carrier from the received signal ( )
without the need of a pilot signal.
– This can be accomplished by the use of a phase-
locked loop.

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