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Lecture12: GenerationandDetectionofFMandPM
Thislecture: DirectFMandVCO PhaseModulatorsandIndirectFM OpticalPhaseModulatorsandindirectAM FrequencyDetection
Ref: Carlson,Chapter5;Haykin,Chapter2.7

PhaseModulation(PM)
c (t ) = c t + (t )

PMdefined:Phasemodulationis thatformofanglemodulationin (t ) = x(t ); 180o whichtheanglec(t)isvaried linearlywiththemessagesignalx(t) I Instantaneous phase h varies i directly di l withthemodulatingsignal Ph modulation Phase d l ti index i d orphase h deviation isthemaximumphase x (t ) = A cos[ t + x(t )] c c c shiftproducedbyx(t) 180o < <180o

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FrequencyModulation (FM)

Totalphaseangleconsistsofthe constantrotationaltermct and(t)

c (t ) = c t + (t )

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Instantaneousrateofrotation 1 d c (t ) 1 d (t ) orinstantaneousfrequency f(t) f (t ) = = fc + 2 dt 2 dt isgivenby FMdefined:Frequency f c + f x(t ), f < f c modulationisthatformofangle f (t ) = modulationinwhichthe instantaneousfrequencyf(t)is variedlinearlywiththemessage signalx(t) NB:instantaneousfrequency f isfrequencydeviation or f(t) isnotthespectral maximumshiftfromcarrierfc frequencyf

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GenerationandDetectionof fFMandPM

Todaywewilldiscussthebasicmethodsforgenerationanddetection ofFMandPM Communicationsystemsareelectrical(RFandMicrowave)and optical.Differentenablingtechnologyisinvolvedforangle modulationinthesetwofields. fields However,operationprinciplesareexactlythesame. Inbothcasesweneedtoestablishamethodforlinearchangeofthe instantaneousphase(PM)orfrequency(FM)withthemessagesignal Thisrequiresdevicesthatwillproducephaseorfrequency deviationinalinearfashion. fashion Suchdevicesaretypicallyhardtoobtaininpractice,especiallyover awideoperatingrange(freq.). However,constantamplitudepropertyisadvantagetohardware implementation Constantpowerinputsignal Canuselimiters/zerocrossingdetection

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FMProcessing gwithhardlimiter
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(a) ( )Signal g (b) ( )Signal g +noise(c) ( )output p oflimiter(d) ( )output p ofLPF

Hardlimiter (0vcomparator)
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DirectFM voltage g andcurrentcontrolledoscillators

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frequency eque cyof o the t equantum qua tu oscillator osc ato (laser) ( ase )ca canbechanged c a gedby changingthecurrentthroughthedevice.Thisfrequentlyoccursas asideeffectoftheAMcausingfrequencychirp. directFMmodulationisstraightforward;itrequiresonlyavoltage controlledoscillator(VCO) whoseoscillationfrequencyisalinear functionoftheappliedvoltage

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Theoutputvoltageneedstobeoftheform:

V0 (t ) = V0 cos(c t + K v Vmessage (t )dt )

Th i The instantaneousf frequencyis i then: h as f (t ) =

d (t ) = (c t + K v Vmessage (t )dt ) = c + K v Vmessage (t ) dt f (t ) = f c + f Vmessage (t )

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1 dc (t ) 2 dt

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DirectFMandVCOs

InRF/microwaveregionthiscanbedoneusingavariable reactance elementasp partoftheLCresonantcircuit.

RFC=RFchoke(blockshighfrequencies) VB =VoltagebiassoCv(t) = Cx(t) - voltagecontrolledcapacitor

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DirectFMandVCOs
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Thisisdirectfrequencymodulationwithf=(C/2C0)fc Theapproximationisgoodto1%when C/C0<0.013; <0 013;theattainable frequencydeviationis C i.e.,Cx(t) issmall f = f c 0.006 f c IfW <<fc then h 2C0 Cx(t) isslow COMS3100

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DirectFMandVCOs

TypicalvaractorVCcurve isfarfromlinearandcan beapproximatedby Below:aHartleyoscillator withtuningbetween74 and105MHz

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DirectFMof fasemiconductorlaser

Mostofthetimethisisexactlywhatyouwanttoavoid

Detrimentaltolonghaulopticalcommunications causeswavelength chirp hi

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However,FMoflasercarrierfrequencycanbeefficientlyusedinlaser rangefinders

Lasercurrentmodulationis appliedtochangethelaserpower andatthesametimethe instantaneousfrequency Differentiatedpowerwaveform producesseriesofsharppeaks duetointerferencewithreflection Distanceisproportionaltothe averagetimeseparationbetween thepeaks Notabsolute(liketimeof flight)
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PhaseModulation/IndirectFMmodulation

Implementationisrelativelyeasy Carriercanbesuppliedbyafixedfrequencysource, source e e.g., g a microwavePLLsynthesiser/distributedfeedback(DFB)laser Integratingtheinputsignaltoaphasemodulatorproduces theFMoutput

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fc = | |nf fc1 fLO|

f1 (t ) = f c1 + x(t ) 2 T

f 2 = nf1 = nf c1 + f x(t ),

f = n 2T

Theintegratorandthephasemodulatorconstitutea narrowband b dfrequency f modulator d l

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NarrowbandPhaseModulator
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Basedonapproximation xc(t) Ac cos(wct) - Ac x(t) sin(wct) validif| x(t) | << 1 radian

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Switching gcircuitPM
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FlipflopPMsquarewave BPFisPMoutput

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Frequency q yDetection

Frequencydetector(discriminator),producesanoutput voltagethatshouldvarylinearlywiththeinstantaneous frequencyoftheinput. Discriminatorcircuitscanbetypicallyclassifiedasoneofthe following

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FMtoAMconversion Phaseshiftdiscrimination Zerocrossingdetection Frequencyfeedback

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FMtoAMconversion
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AM

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