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Envelope Detector

The document discusses the envelope detector used for demodulating Double Sideband Full Carrier (DSB-FC) signals, describing its operation and construction using a diode and capacitor. It explains how the output follows the envelope of the modulated signal and the effects of the time constant RC on the demodulated signal. Additionally, it highlights the limitations of amplitude modulation and suggests alternative modulation methods to improve efficiency.

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Envelope Detector

The document discusses the envelope detector used for demodulating Double Sideband Full Carrier (DSB-FC) signals, describing its operation and construction using a diode and capacitor. It explains how the output follows the envelope of the modulated signal and the effects of the time constant RC on the demodulated signal. Additionally, it highlights the limitations of amplitude modulation and suggests alternative modulation methods to improve efficiency.

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Demodulation of DSB-FC:

Envelope Detector
(Non Coherent Detection)
 Any circuit whose output follows the
envelope of the input signal waveform will
serve as an envelope detector

 The simplest form of an envelope detector is


a non-linear circuit with a fast charge time
and a slow discharge time.

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Demodulation of DSB-FC: Envelope
Detector
It can be constructed using a diode in series with a
capacitor, as shown below.

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Envelope Detector

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Envelope Detector

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Envelope Detector
 In an envelope detector, the output of the detector follows
the envelope of the modulated signal.
 On the positive cycle of the input signal, the diode conducts
and the capacitor C charges up to the peak voltage of the
input signal. As the input signal falls below this peak
value, the diode is cutoff, because the capacitor voltage
(which is very nearly the peak voltage) is greater than the
input signal voltage, thus causing the diode to open.
 The capacitor now discharges through the resistor R at a
slow rate (with a time constant RC).
 During the next positive cycle, the same procedure repeats,
when the input signal becomes greater than the capacitor
voltage.
 The capacitor again charges to the peak value of this (new)
cycle. The capacitor discharges slowly during the cut off
period, thus changing the capacitor voltage very slightly. 5
During each positive cycle, the capacitor charges up
to the peak voltage of the input signal and then
decays slowly until the next positive cycle. The
output voltage vc(t), thus closely follows the envelope
of the input. Capacitor discharge between positive
peaks causes a ripple signal of frequency ωc in the
output. This ripple can be reduced by increasing the
time constant RC so that the capacitor discharges
very little between the positive peaks
 RC  1 
 c 

Making RC too large, however, would make it
impossible for the capacitor voltage to follow the
envelope.
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Effect of RC on demodulated AM signal

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Effect of RC on demodulated AM signal

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Effect of RC on demodulated AM signal

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The envelope detector is simple, efficient, and
cheap to build. It is almost universally used
for the purpose of detecting DSB-LC
signals.

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AM Limitations and Improvements
• AM has two major limitation:
1. Amplitude modulation is wasteful of power (only a fraction of the total
transmitted power is affected by m(t).

• These limitations can be overcome using:


1.Double sideband-suppressed carrier (DSB-SC) modulation,
2.Vestigial sideband (VSB) modulation,
3.Single sideband (SSB) modulation.

• In DSB-SC transmitted power is saved through the suppression of the


carrier wave, the channel bandwidth is still the twice the message
bandwidth.

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