Module 12 - Modulation Principles
Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS)
Chapter 2:  Pages 2-61 through 2-64

Module 12 − Modulation Principles

Pages i, 1−1, 1−111−21, 1−31, 1−41, 1−51, 1−61, 1−71, 2−1, 2−11, 2−21, 2−31, 2−41, 2−51, 2−61, 3−1, 3−11, 3−21, 3−31, AI−1, Index, Assignment 1, 2

THYRATRON MODULATOR

 

In communications PULSE-MODULATION Systems, the modulating wave must be SAMPLED at 2.5 times the highest modulating frequency to ensure accuracy.

PULSE-Amplitude MODULATION (PAM) is modulation in which the amplitude of each pulse is controlled by the instantaneous amplitude of the modulation signal at the time of each pulse.

PULSE-Amplitude MODULATION (PAM)

 

PULSE-DURATION MODULATION (PDM) or PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) are both designations for a type of modulation. The width of each pulse in a train is made proportional to the instantaneous value of the modulating signal at the instant of the pulse.

PULSE-POSITION MODULATION (PPM) has the advantage of requiring constant transmitter power. The amplitude and width of the pulses are kept constant. At the same time, the position of each pulse, in relation to the position of a recurrent reference pulse, is varied by each instantaneous sampled value of the modulating wave.

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PULSE-POSITION MODULATION (PPM)

 

PULSE-Frequency MODULATION (PFM) is a method of pulse modulation in which the modulating wave is used to frequency modulate a pulse-generating circuit.

PULSE-Code MODULATION (PCM) refers to a system in which the standard value of a quantized wave is indicated by a series of coded pulses that give the modulating wave's value at the instant of the sample.

 

PULSE-Code MODULATION (PCM)

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Answers to Questions Q1. Through Q29.

 

A-1. Frequency and phase.

A-2. Frequency-shift keying.

A-3. Resistance to noise interference.

A-4. Instantaneous frequency.

A-5. As the ratio of the frequency deviation to the maximum frequency deviation allowable.

A-6. The number of significant sidebands and the modulating frequency.

A-7. By changing the reactance of an oscillator circuit in consonance with the modulating voltage.

A-8. Collector-to-emitter capacitance.

A-9. An LCR filter. A-10. Capacitance.

A-11. Phase.

A-12. a phase-shift network such as a variable resistor and capacitor in series.

A-13. CW and frequency-shift keying.

A-14. Pulse modulation.

A-15. Pulse-repetition time.

A-16. Rest time.

A-17. Peak power during a pulse averaged over pulse time plus rest time.

A-18. Either a fixed spark gap that uses a trigger pulse to ionize the air between the contacts, or a rotary gap that is similar to a mechanical switch.

A-19. Power source, a circuit for storing energy, a circuit for discharging the storage circuit, and a pulse transformer.

A-20. Some characteristic of the pulses has to be varied.

A-21. 2.5 times the highest modulating frequency.

A-22. Both are susceptible to noise and interference.

A-23. The time duration of the pulses or the time of occurrence of the pulses.

A-24. Either, or both at the same time.

A-25. It requires synchronization between the transmitter and receiver.

A-26. a method of pulse modulation in which a modulating wave is used to frequency modulate a pulse-generating circuit.

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A-27. Quantization.

A-28. 50.

A-29. Low susceptibility to noise.

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