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Department of Electrical Engineering

EE 322 – Analog and Digital Communication

Lab – 5

Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation

Student Name Student ID Marks

Date: _______________________

Instructors: Zulaikha Kiran, Qaseem Sajjad

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Introduction
The purpose of this lab is to enable the students to simulate a simple amplitude modulator and
envelop detector and implement it on hardware using discrete components.

Course Learning Outcomes

CLO1: Perform hardware experiments for Analog modulation/ demodulation techniques as
well as sampling of Analog signals.
CLO2: Develop software simulations to observe the performance of communications
systems
CLO3: Report desired results proofs and calculations.

Equipment
 Hardware
o Components
 Resistors (assorted)
 Capacitors (assorted)
 Diodes
 Transistors
 OpAmp
o Instruments
 DMM
 Oscilloscope
o Supplies
 DC Power supply
 Function Generator

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Given Circuit:

Figure 1: Circuit 1 – Single transistor AM Modulator with Envelop Detector using RC filter

Figure 2: Circuit 2 – Single transistor AM Modulator with Envelop Detector using Active filter

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Task 1 – Simulation
 Implement the given circuit 1 on PSPICE (or Proteus)
 Observe the signal at different nodes to understand the working of the circuit.
 Then implement circuit 2 in which the simple RC filter of circuit 1 has been replaced
with an Active low-pass filter. Note that there is also a coupling capacitor at the
output to remove the DC content of the demodulated signal.
 In you report, you must divide the circuit into different blocks and explain the
function and working of each.
 Add a coupling capacitor and load resistor at the output of circuit 1 and explain why it
doesn’t work properly?

Task 2 – Hardware
 Implement circuit 2 on hardware. Note that there is one function generator per
workstation, which should be used to generate carrier signal. Trainer can be used for
the message signal input.
 Record the values of voltages and currents, and copy/save the oscilloscope outputs at
different nodes for your report.
 Show both the simulation and hardware outputs to the instructor.

Report (To be submitted by 12:30 PM on Friday 1 March 2019)

Your report should contain:
Introduction:
A summary of Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation
Procedure:
Function and working of both circuits
Actual values of components used.
Results and Discussion:
Simulation and hardware outputs
Comparison of circuit 1 and 2 with advantages and disadvantages of both
Conclusion

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ADC Lab 5 Rubric

 Method of Evaluation: Lab report, In-lab marking by instructors
 Measured Learning Outcomes: CLO1: Perform hardware experiments for Analog modulation/ demodulation techniques as well as sampling of Analog signals.
CLO2: Develop software simulations to observe the performance of communications systems
CLO3: Report desired results proofs and calculations.
Excellent Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor Marks
10 9-7 6-4 3-1 0 Obtained
Viva Answered all questions Answered most questions Answered some questions Answered very few Did not know
(CLO3) correctly with confidence. correctly. Slightly nervous. correctly. questions correctly. what the lab
was about.
Simulation All simulation tasks All simulation tasks Some simulation tasks Most simulation tasks Circuit not
(CLO2) successfully performed with successfully performed but with missed. Slight difficulty in missed. Difficulty in implemented
clean and easy to understand not very clean and slightly understanding connections understanding on software.
circuits in given time. difficult to understand circuits for the instructor. connections for the
in given time. instructor.
Hardware Circuit successfully Circuit successfully Some hardware tasks Most hardware tasks Circuit not
Implementatio implemented on hardware implemented on hardware with missed. Slight difficulty in missed. Difficulty in implemented
n with correct output and a correct output but not very neat understanding connections understanding on hardware.
(CLO1) neat circuit in given time. circuit in given time. for the instructor. connections for the
instructor.
Lab Report Lab report filled-in neatly Lab report filled-in neatly with Some correct/ meaningful Answers not Report/ Hand-
(CLO3) with meaningful answers to meaningful answers to most answers and conclusions understandable/ not out not
all questions, proper questions, and proper with some irrelevant ones. relevant to questions. submitted
grammar and punctuation conclusions drawn with some Some parts of the Conclusions not based on
with proper conclusions grammar mistakes document not neat or some results. Illegible writing
drawn grammar mistakes with no proper
grammar/punctuation
Total

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