Description
1 Preliminaries
In this week, we continue amplitude modulation with single sideband amplitude modulation (SSB-AM)
method. In laboratory works, we will construct the message and carrier signals as we did in the previous
labworks. In order to construct a signal in Matlab, it is essential to generate a time vector by using various
parameters such as the sampling period (Ts) which is given by Ts = 1/fs where fs is the sampling frequency,
message frequency (fm) and the signal duration (d). Then, the message and carrier signals can be generated
by using this time vector.
In SSB-AM, only the upper or lower sideband is transmitted. Firstly, we generate a DSB-SC modulated
signal by using a product modulator. Then, we filter the modulated signal with a filter that is designed to
pass one of the sidebands and suppress the other. The designed filter should have a passband that includes
the desired sideband, a stopband that includes the unwanted sideband and a transition band that is twice the
the lowest frequency component of the message signal. A coherent detector can be employed to demodulate
a SSB modulated signal. The overall block diagram of SSB modulation and demodulation is given in figure
1.
Figure 1: SSB Modulation and Demodulation System Design
EE 352 – Lab 5: Single Sideband Modulation & Demodulation
2 Labwork
Read the preliminaries given above carefully before doing the experiment given below.
2.1 SSB Modulation
a. Construct a message signal m(t) = 3 cos(2πfmt) with fm = 450Hz and a carrier signal c(t) = cos(2πfct)
with fc = 5kHz. The sampling frequency Fs = 20kHz and the duration is 30ms.
b. Obtain the DSB-SC modulated signal s(t) by applying the operations given in the modulation part of
figure 1.
c. Design two Butterworth filters. Order of the first filter should be n1 < 5 and order of the second filter
should be n2 > 20. For both of them, decide filter type (HPF or LPF), cutoff frequency and filter
order to obtain a upper sideband (USB) modulated signal.
d. Plot the magnitude response of the filters that you designed above on the same Figure with hold on
command.
e. Obtain the upper sideband modulated signals susb1(t) and susb2(t) by appying the filters designed in
(c).
f. Plot the frequency responses of s(t), susb1(t) and susb2(t) by using subplot() function. You should
choose a suitable fft length. Compare and comment on the frequency content and magnitudes of the
signals.
2.2 SSB Demodulation
a. Comment on the modulated signals susb1(t) and susb2(t) and choose the one to have SSB modulated
signal. The overall SSB system is presented in figure 1. Follow the block diagram to obtain the
demodulated signal v(t) (before filtering).
b. Construct an ideal low pass filter (LPF) to obtain the message signal. Decide filter order and cutoff
frequency for LPF in order to obtain message signal correctly. Comment on your filter design.
c. Obtain the demodulated signal mdemod(t) after filtering.
d. Plot the frequency response of m(t), v(t) and mdemod(t) by using subplot() function. Compare and
comment on the frequency content and magnitude of the signals.
e. Plot the message signal, m(t), and the demodulated signal after filtering, mdemod(t), in time
domain in the same figure by using hold on command. Compare and comment on the signals.