Exp LAB 4
Exp LAB 4
Experiment No. 4
Double Side Band Suppressed Carrier Modulation (DSB-SC)
Objective: To visualize the message modulating the carrier frequency using Double side band
suppressed carrier modulation (DSB-SC).
Useful References:
• Lecture Notes of the course,
• Signal processing & Linear Systems, (B. P. Lathi, ©2004, ISBN: 978-0-19-568583-1).
• Communication Systems, (Simon S. Haykin, © 2000, ISBN: 978-0-47-117869-9).
Theory :
The DSB-SC system modulates a signal m(t) by multiplying it by a sinusoidal signal called
the carrier signal 𝑐𝑐(𝑡𝑡) = 𝐴𝐴𝑐𝑐 cos(𝜔𝜔𝑐𝑐 𝑡𝑡)
𝐴𝐴𝑐𝑐
𝑀𝑀𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷−𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 (𝜔𝜔) = [𝑀𝑀(𝜔𝜔 − 𝜔𝜔𝑐𝑐 ) + 𝑀𝑀(𝜔𝜔 + 𝜔𝜔𝑐𝑐 )] Ex 4.2
2
From Ex 4.2, the bandwidth 𝐵𝐵𝑇𝑇 of the transmission is twice wider m(t).
Where W is the bandwidth of the message signal. Further, it can be seen that the carrier signal
alone did not appears in the spectrum equation, Ex 4.2, that is why this amplitude modulation
called AM-Suppressed Carrier.
2
𝑦𝑦 = 𝑚𝑚𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷−𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 (𝑡𝑡) × cos(𝜔𝜔𝑐𝑐 𝑡𝑡) = 𝑚𝑚(𝑡𝑡) + 2𝑚𝑚(𝑡𝑡) cos(2𝜔𝜔𝑐𝑐 𝑡𝑡) Ex 4.4
𝐴𝐴𝑐𝑐
1 1
𝑌𝑌 = 𝑀𝑀(𝜔𝜔 − 2𝜔𝜔𝑐𝑐 ) + 𝑀𝑀(𝜔𝜔) + 𝑀𝑀(𝜔𝜔 + 2𝜔𝜔𝑐𝑐 ) Ex 4.5
2 2
We can see that the message signal has been translated to its original frequency, which can be
recovered by low pass filter.
Use the following MATLAB program to implement the DSB-SC AM-modulation, write the
program in your PC and run it. The program will ask you to input the carrier amplitudes, and will
ask you to input the carrier frequencies.
% simulates DSB-AM
clear all, close all; clc;
Ac=input('Carrier Amplitude Ac = '); % Carrier Amplitude
fc=input('Carrier Frequency [in Hz] Fc = '); % Carrier Frequency
wc=2*pi*fc;
Tb=0.1; % Bit interval time
T=1/fc/8; % Sampling period
Fs=1/T; % Sampling frequency
Nb=Tb/T; lt=2^(nextpow2(3*Nb)); t=[1:lt]*T; % time vector
m= ones(Nb,1)*[4 -8 -4]; m=m(:).'; % message signal m(t)
m=[m, zeros(1,lt-length(m))];
m_dsb=Ac*m.*cos(wc*t); % AM-DSB signal
y_dsb=m_dsb*2/Ac.*cos(wc*t); % Demodulated signal
N=20; Bd= fir1(N,fc*T); Ad=1; % 20th-order FIR LPF
y_dtr=filter(Bd,Ad,y_dsb); % Detected with LPF
plot_MOD(T,lt,m,m_dsb,y_dsb,'DSB-AMSC',y_dtr,Bd,Ad)
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Department of Communication Engineering/College of Engineering University of Diyala
Dr. Montadar Abas Taher Double Side Band Suppressed Carrier Modulation
Discussion:
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Dr. Montadar Abas Taher