Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission (DSB-SC) is
transmission
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in which frequencies produced by
amplitude modulation (AM) are symmetrically spaced above and below the
carrier frequency
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and the carrier level is reduced to the lowest practical level, ideally being completely suppressed.
In the DSB-SC modulation, unlike in AM, the wave carrier is not transmitted; thus, much of the power is distributed between the side bands, which implies an increase of the cover in DSB-SC, compared to AM, for the same power use.
DSB-SC transmission is a special case of
double-sideband reduced carrier transmission. It is used for
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s. This mode is frequently used in
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voice communications, especially on High-Frequency bands.
Spectrum
DSB-SC is basically an
amplitude modulation wave without the carrier, therefore reducing power waste, giving it a 50% efficiency. This is an increase compared to normal AM transmission (DSB) that has a maximum efficiency of 33.333%, since 2/3 of the power is in the carrier which conveys no useful information and both sidebands containing identical copies of the same information.
Single Side Band Suppressed Carrier (SSB-SC) is 100% efficient.
Spectrum plot of a DSB-SC signal:
Generation
DSB-SC is generated by a mixer. This consists of a message signal multiplied by a carrier signal. The mathematical representation of this process is shown below, where the
product-to-sum trigonometric identity is used.
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Demodulation
For DSBSC, Coherent Demodulation is done by multiplying the DSB-SC signal with the carrier signal (with the same phase as in the modulation process) just like the modulation process. This resultant signal is then passed through a low pass filter to produce a scaled version of the original message signal.
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Distortion and attenuation
For demodulation, the demodulation oscillator's frequency and phase must be exactly the same as the modulation oscillator's, otherwise, distortion and/or attenuation will occur.
To see this effect, take the following conditions:
*Message signal to be transmitted:
f(t)
*Modulation (carrier) signal:
V_c\cos(\omega_c t)
*Demodulation signal (with small frequency and phase deviations from the modulation signal):
V'_c\cos\left \omega_c+\Delta\omega)t + \theta\right/math>
The resultant signal can then be given by
:f(t) \times V_c\cos(\omega_c t) \times V'_c\cos\left \omega_c+\Delta\omega)t + \theta\right/math>
::=\fracV_c V'_c f(t) \cos\left(\Delta\omega\cdot t+\theta\right) + \fracV_c V'_c f(t) \cos\left 2\omega_c+\Delta\omega)t+\theta\right/math>
::\xrightarrow \fracV_c V'_c f(t) \cos\left(\Delta\omega\cdot t+\theta\right)
The \cos\left(\Delta\omega\cdot t+\theta\right) terms results in distortion and attenuation of the original message signal. In particular, if the frequencies are correct, but the phase is wrong, contribution from \theta is a constant attenuation factor, also \Delta\omega\cdot t represents a cyclic inversion of the recovered signal, which is a serious form of distortion.
How it works
This is best shown graphically. Below is a message signal that one may wish to modulate onto a carrier, consisting of a couple of sinusoidal components with frequencies respectively 800 Hz and 1200 Hz.
The equation for this message signal is
s(t) = \frac\cos\left(2\pi 800 t\right) - \frac\cos\left( 2\pi 1200 t\right).
The carrier, in this case, is a plain 5 kHz (
c(t) = \cos\left( 2\pi 5000 t \right)) sinusoid—pictured below.
The modulation is performed by multiplication in the time domain, which yields a 5 kHz carrier signal, whose amplitude varies in the same manner as the message signal.
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The name "suppressed carrier" comes about because the carrier signal component is suppressed—it does not appear in the output signal. This is apparent when the spectrum of the output signal is viewed. In the picture shown below we see four peaks, the two peaks below 5000 Hz are the lower sideband (LSB) and the two peaks above 5000 Hz are the upper sideband (USB), but there is no peak at the 5000 Hz mark, which is the frequency of the suppressed carrier.
References
External links
*A DSBSC generation and demodulation instrument is described as side application of a commercial lock-in amplifier i
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