AMRUTVAHINI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, SANGAMNER

ELEX/AVE Experiment No.: 11 Aim:- Study of Digital TV Theory:- Digital television (DTV) refers to the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by means of discrete (digital) signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TVDigital television is more flexible and efficient than analog television. When properly used by broadcasters, digital television allows higher-quality images and sound and more programming choices than analog does. However, although DTV allows for superior technical quality, a digital signal does not necessarily carry a higher-quality image or sound than an analog signal.The current TV frequency allocations established in the dark ages of television assign a bandwidth of just 6 MHz for each TV channel for both VHF & UHF services. This 6 MHz bandwidth has to be accommodated 525 lines system. Its associated colour subscriber signals & stereo. But an increase in the number of lines per frame would mean an increase in each channels frequency bandwidth.A digital system may require frequency assignment increase of 30 MHz per channels but such wide channels bandwidth are perfectly feasible up at 12 MHz. Digital TV will still have conventional front end and LF sections. The signal demodulated by analog circuitry. Which have a bandwidth of 4 or 5 MHz. The signal processing, including the analog to digital conversion, will be done by VLSI chip. The modulating data: The input to your transmitter is an MPEG-2 transport stream in SMPTE 310M format. It may contain multiple channels of compressed video, audio, and other content, and various tables to sort the data when it is finally decoded at the destination. Your transmitter handles this data in a relatively straightforward manner, first processing the digital data for robust transmission, then modulating and band limiting that data to fit into the 6 MHz broadcast channel. Low-level stages of the transmitter, from program input through the IF DTV output, are generally referred to as the exciter. The up-converter processes the signal to the channel frequency, and may also be a physical part of the exciter. The on-channel DTV signal is then amplified by one or more high power linear amplifiers and finally filtered to meet stringent FCC spectral requirements. Z Technology manufactures several systems to help you set up, measure, document and maintain your DTV system. The key instrument for these tasks, installed at your transmitter or studio, operated locally or over your network, is the Z Technology DM1010 Measurement Demodulator.
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Figure 8, DM1010 DTV Measurement Receiver

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The DM1010 Measurement Receiver features a calibrated, high performance RF front end for NIST traceable RF signal level measurements and a comprehensive set of measurement functions for DTV transmitter plant setup and maintenance. The DM1010 may be operated locally, with or without the WinDM-PRO measurement graphic application, or over a network with WinDM-PRO running on a remote PC. Block diagram:-

Transmitter Site Measurement Installation: At the transmitter site, measurements are observed at several points in the transmission chain. The signal out of the DTV exciter would be monitored at the 44 MHz IF frequency, and later stages would be monitored on the channel frequency. By monitoring before and after the mask filter, you will see how hard the mask filter is working. By monitoring the feed to the antenna, you see the DTV signal being delivered to the community, and power reflected from the antenna reveals the location and amplitude of any reflections.

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Figure 9, System performance measurement setup at transmitter Connected to the Internet through a local area network, the DM1010 located at the transmitter site becomes a part of a nationwide monitoring and quality control network. Studio Site Monitoring Installation: The requirements are a little different at the studio site. Many parameters measured at the transmitter can also be measured off-air, with degradation expected due to lower signal level, environmental noise, reflections, and the presence of other signals. At the studio, the DM1010 provides a measurement quality frontend for an AV1010 Audio/Video Receiver. The DM1010 provides off-air measurements, and outputs a VHF DTV signal for the house monitoring system. It also outputs an SMPTE 310M transport stream for data analysis. As at the transmitter location, a DM1010 may be connected directly to a local PC or to the local area network for measurement and remote control using an internet-connected PC at any location. At the studio, the AV1010 Audio/Video Receiver may be configured to receive its input either as an IF signal from the DM1010, or connected to an outside antenna. The AV1010 allows selection of the appropriate program and access to guide, caption, and other information available to a home viewer.A DM1010 Measurement Receiver installed at your studio site will provide an NIST traceable measurement of signal power at its input. This establishes a reference monitoring point that can provide an indication of signal strength due to equipment or path variations. Z Technology measurement receivers such as the DM1010 include a Windows WinDM-Pro software application to display eye diagram, constellation, RF spectrum, echo profile, and measure and capture a clear-text data record of MER, EVM, SNR, signal strength, tap energy, SER, threshold of visibility, sync lock and equalizer lock.

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Figure 10, System monitoring setup at studio site Advantages of digital TVs:1] Better image quality. 2] The ability to zoom in one part of a picture, simultaneously viewing two stations signal. ] Ability to lock onto a synchronous signal to suppress interface. 4] It is expected to be of great help in the developed by DBS transmission. 5] It overcome incompatibility problem. 6] It permits processing of satellite transmission that has digital and multichannel sound transmission. Conclusion:DTV is a refinement of the traditional television signal broadcast direct to the home. The ATSC, 8VSB signal format is extremely efficient in terms of occupied spectrum and AC power consumption. The stability and efficiency of modern transmitter design makes DTV possible, but the DTV signal is much less tolerant of transmitter drift, mistuning, and component aging. Modern transmitter design has advanced to the point where DTV can be efficiently transmitted with NTSC reliability. DTV transmission should be no more difficult with a new transmitter than NTSC has been with a modern NTSC transmitter.

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