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AM Transmitter: Mudit Agarwal

This circuit describes a basic AM transmitter that consists of an RF oscillator and modulator stage. The RF oscillator uses a Colpitts configuration with feedback to drive the modulator. Audio is fed to the modulator via a coupling capacitor and mixes with the RF signal, producing an AM signal. For full modulation, an audio voltage of about 0.7 times the modulator collector voltage is needed. The circuit demonstrates AM transmission principles but has limited modulation from conventional audio sources due to the high audio voltages required.

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AM Transmitter: Mudit Agarwal

This circuit describes a basic AM transmitter that consists of an RF oscillator and modulator stage. The RF oscillator uses a Colpitts configuration with feedback to drive the modulator. Audio is fed to the modulator via a coupling capacitor and mixes with the RF signal, producing an AM signal. For full modulation, an audio voltage of about 0.7 times the modulator collector voltage is needed. The circuit demonstrates AM transmission principles but has limited modulation from conventional audio sources due to the high audio voltages required.

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[CIRCUIT IDEAS]

MUDIT AGARWAL

AM Transmitter
Jayanto Deka

This transmitter is basic but allows transmission of short wire antenna. Audio is fed to modulator Q2
audio to an AM radio. It consists of an RF oscillator via C8 and isolation resistor R5 and mixes with the
operating in the AM broadcast band, together with RF signal in the collector circuit of Q2, producing a
a modulator stage, which mixes the incoming signal that has sum and difference frequencies. An
audio and the RF. A signal appears on the output, AM signal appears at the collector of Q2. Audio
which has an AM component that can be picked up
with an RMS voltage equal to about 0.7 times the
on a near by AM radio receiver.
collector voltage of Q2 is needed for full
The transmitter consists of oscillator stage Q1 and
modulation of the output. Because of the high level
modulator/buffer stage Q2. Q1 is biased via R1,
R2, and R3. L1, C3 and C4 form the tank circuit of audio needed, the modulation obtained from

+
+9V
R5 C8
+ 470 10uf/16V
C1 C6
0.1uf 10uf/16V +

L1 Modulation
400-500 uH Input
400-500 uH
C7
0.1uf
L2

R1
22K C9
C5
330pf
33pf
Q1
2N3904 RF
Output
C10
C3 330pf
150pf Q2
C2 2N3904
R4
0.1uf 2.2K

R2 R3 C4
4.7K 470 0.002uf

Fig.1:Circuit Diagram of AM Transmitter


this circuit is somewhat limited with conventional
audio sources because several volts of audio into a
with feedback network C3-C4 providing feedback few hundred ohms is needed. The circuit
to the emitter of Q1. RF voltage at the junction of demonstrates the principle of an AM transmitter,
C3 and L1 drives buffer/modulator stage Q2. Q2 however, and with a suitable audio drive level,
is biased by base current produced by RF produces a well modulated AM signal. L1 and L2
rectification in the base emitter junction of Q2. C6 are chosen to resonate with the circuit capacitances
is an RF and AF bypass capacitor. C9, C10 and L2 of about 150 and 165 pf, respectively, and in the
form the tank circuit for the collector of Q2. RF is test circuit, inductances of 400-500 uH were used
taken from the junction of C9 and C10 and fed to a to obtain the desired 600 KHz output frequency.

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