Frequency Modulation
Ir. Muhamad Asvial, MSc., PhD
Center for Information and Communication Engineering Research (CICER)
Electrical Engineering Department - University of Indonesia
E-mail: asvial@[Link]
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Slide 1
FM-signal:
PM-signal:
Angle Modulated signal:
Slide 2 Angle Modulation
This leads to
The first equation is fullfilled if
Then the second equation leads to
Hence, it is reasonable to define the instantaneous frequency as
Slide 3 Angle Modulation
Phase of PM-signal
Frequency of FM-signal
Consequently, we obtain
Phase deviation and frequency deviation of FM:
Slide 4 PM and FM
Phase and frequency deviation of PM signal is also defined as
• Spectrum analysis of FM-signals
where
Remember AM-signal and try to find the difference.
Let us proceed with the case , which implies
, since for an FM-signal
Slide 5 FM spectrum analysis
By use of and
it follows
By use of Fourier transform leads to
Comparing with an AM-spectrum
Slide 6 FM spectrum analysis
Assume a sinusoidal test signal in order to calculate the FM-
bandwidth
It follows
Observe that
is periodic with period
Slide 7 FM signal
Fourier series expansion yields
with
Substituting and leads to
Slide 8
FM signal
where is the Bessel function of -th order with property
Slide 9 Bessel functions
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2 4 6 8 10
Slide 10 Bessel functions
Slide 11 FM signal
Slide 12 FM spectrum
Slide 13 FM spectrum
Now, we find spectral lines at with amplitudes
• Demodulation of FM
Can we stop
modulation here?
Slide 14 FM demodulation
• In broadcast radios FM is the most popular analog modulation
technique. Do you agree? Discuss.
• Envelope detection is possible in AM as well as FM. Comment.
• Envelope detection shows better performance in FM than AM.
Do you agree, why?
• AM bandwidth is not adjustable as FM band width. Give two
reasons.
• For better performance, FM adjusts the modulation index instead
of the transmitted power as in case of AM. Do you agree? If yes,
which trade-off could we face?
Slide 15 AM versus FM