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Modulated Signals

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 450-4002/01
Abbreviation MoSi
Course title Modulated Signals
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Zdeněk Macháček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1.Introduction: Modulated Signals and the Bandpass Signaling, the classification and the content of the course. Coherence of the theme to the courses from bachelor's study.
2.Mathematical representation of the bandpass waveforms - modulated signals. Basic definitions. Complex envelope representation.
3.Typical amplitude modulations. Mathematical formulas. Graphical characteristics of amplitude modulated signal in time and in frequency domain AM, DSB-SC, SSB-AM.
4.Typical phase and frequency modulations, QM modulation. Mathematical formulas. Graphical characteristics of phase and frequency modulated signal in time and in frequency domain PM, FM, QM.
5.Bandpass signal filtering. Equivalent baseband filters. Distortionless transmission. Transfer characteristics of a distortionless bandpass channel. The group delay and the phase delay.
6.Bandpass dimensionality theorem. The sampling theorem for the bandpass waveform. Bandpass dimensionality theorem for nonuniformly spaced time samples of the waveform.
7.Spectrum of bandpass signals. PSD of standard bandpass signals. SHV. Evaluation of power. Autocorrelation function of modulated signal.
8.Components of bandpass systems – filter, amplifier, limiter, mixer, frequency multiplier, envelope detector.
9.Components of of bandpass systems – multiplicative detector, FM signal detector, phase locked loop, transmitter, receiver.
10.Basic digital modulations basic frequency spectrum. Impulse and digital signal processing. Impulse amplitude modulation PAM. Impulse code modulation PCM.
11.Principles and types of A/D converters, D/A converters.
12.Digital bandpass modulation. Constelations. Principles and characteristics. Digital Modulation – Binary signaling - OOK, 2-ASK, BPSK, 2-FSK.
12.Digital bandpass modulation – Multilevel signaling - ASK, FSK, PSK, DPSK, QAM, APSK, OFDM.
14.Summarize lessons of Modulated signals


Laboratories:
1.The introductory laboratory lecture. The project of the laboratory communication system. The assignment of the laboratory tasks.
2.Generating and analyzing of baseband signal with parameters setting by AGILENT measurement instruments usage.
3.Matematical representation of a bandpass signal. The model verification by the measurement of signal parameters, implementation by MATLAB software
4.Modelating and measuring of analogue modulated signal AM, DSB-SC, SSB-AM, PM, FM, QM, implementation by MATLAB software.
5.Modelating and measuring of analogue modulated signal by LABVIEW software implementation
6.Measuring of bandpass analogue modulated signals with parameters setting by AGILENT measurement instruments usage.
7.Measuring and analyzing of signal modulation and signal demodulation with complex envelope detection by AGILENT software 89600VSA.
8.Frequency spectra measuring and analyzing of bandpass modulated signals by AGILENT measurement instruments usage.
9.Modelating of digital modulated signal OOK, 2-ASK, BPSK,2-FSK, ASK, FSK, PSK, DPSK, QAM, APSK, OFDM in time and frequency domain, implementation by MATLAB software.
10.Computation and mathematic simulation of chosen systems with implementation by MATLAB and LABVIEW software.
11.Measuring and analyzing system by frequency spectra transfer function characteristics and other parameters of the system..
12.Bandpass signal filtering. Equivalent baseband filters. Measurement of the filtered signal parameters. Distortionless transmission. Amplifiers. Measurement of an amplifier fequency response. Measurement of group delay and the phase delay of a bandpass signal.The sampling theorem. The sampling theorem for the bandpass waveform. Implementation by MATLAB and LABVIEW software and AGILENT measurement instruments usage.
13.Remote control and processing of measured and analyzed data from measuring instruments technology by software IO EXPLORER and VEE usage.
14.Final Laboratory Test.

Projects:
Project No.1 (10hours) - consists of modulated signal processing and signal generating in MATLAB and LabVIEW software, baseband signal generating and modulated signal generating with analyses, students have the opportunity to build transmitter and receiver.
Project No.2 (10hours) - consists of modulated signals processing and analysis by signal analyzer, students develop and analyze a system using a vector network analyzer, virtual instrumentation software VEE, students have the opportunity to build transmitter and receiver.

Literature

Machacek Z., Nevriva P. : textbook - Modulated signals, saved in server smak.vsb.cz, Ostrava 2014.
Leon W. Couch: Digital & Analog Communication Systems (8th Edition). Prentice Hall, New Jersey,2012. ISBN 978-0132915380 .
B. P. Lathi, Zhi Ding: Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems. Oxford University Press; 4 edition, 2009. ISBN 978-0195331455 .
Weiji Wang: Introduction to Digital Signal and System Analysis. BookBoon 2012. ISBN 978-8740301588 .

Advised literature

Macháček Zdeněk: Modulated signals. Materials at WWW pages of department and at server smak.vsb.cz,2014