Transmitting digital data using analog signals.
▪Thismethodisusedtosendcomputerinformationovertransmission
channelsthatrequireanalogsignals,likeafiberopticnetworks,computer
modems,cellularphonenetworks,andsatellitesystems.
▪Ineachofthissystems,anelectromagneticcarrierwaveisusedtocarrythe
informationovergreatdistancesandconnectdigitalinformationusersat
remotelocations.
▪Thedigitaldataisusedtomodulateoneormoreoftheparametersofthe
carrierwave,Thisbasicprocessisgiventhename"shift-keying"to
differentiateitfromthepurelyanalogsystemslikeAMandFM.
▪Aswithanalogmodulation,therearethreeparametersofthecarrierwaveto
varyandthereforethreebasictypesofshiftkeying:
•AmplitudeShiftKeying(ASK)
•FrequencyShiftKeying(FSK),and
•PhaseShiftKeying(PSK).
▪In PSK, the phase of the carrier signal is shifted to represent data.
▪Two-Level PSK →The simplest scheme uses two phases to represent the two binary digits and is known as
binary phase shift keying. The resulting transmitted signal for one bit time is
▪Because a phase shift of 180°is equivalent to flipping the sine wave or multiplying it by the rightmost
expressions in the above Equation can be used.
▪LetPSKsignalbe where arethevaluesofthePCMsignalduringthebit
interval.
▪Thesquaringofthesignalgives
▪TheoutputoftheBPFyields whichbecomes afteritisfrequencydivided.
▪The output of the mixer is
▪WithalowpassfilteronlytheDCtermremainsandhencewegettheoriginalPCMsignalwhichiseither
positiveornegativevaluedependingonthebitvaluesoneorzero.
▪A block diagram of a QPSK modulator is shown in the Figure. Two bits (a dibit)
are clocked into the bit splitter. The Q channel get the odd bit and the I channel is
the even bit.
▪After both bits have been serially inputted, they are simultaneously parallel
outputted.
▪The I bit modulates a carrier that is in phase with the reference oscillator (hence
the name ”I” for ”in phase” channel), and the Q bit modulate, a carrier that is 90◦
out of phase.
▪For a logic 1 = + 1 V and a logic 0 = -1 V, two phases are possible at the output of
the I balanced modulator (+ cos(??????
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possible at the output of the Q balanced modulator (+ sin(??????
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▪When the linear summer combines the two quadrature (90◦out of phase) signals,
there are four possible resultant phasors given by these expressions: +cos(??????
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▪For demodulation, the incoming QPSK signal may be any one of the four possible output phases.
▪To illustrate the demodulation process, let the incoming QPSK signal be +cos(??????
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▪Looking at the figure above, and for the I branch