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    L16: Noise Performance of SSB & AM: (P&S Pp. 220-225 C&C 10.2)

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    This document summarizes key concepts about the noise performance of SSB and AM modulation: 1) SSB modulation results in an output SNR of Ac2/N0W, which is better than DSBSC but equivalent to baseband transmission for the same received power and noise PSD. 2) AM modulation has a figure of merit of approximately 0.075 compared to other linear modulations, representing an 11dB SNR loss, due to its typical modulation index values. 3) AM is subject to a "threshold effect" where output SNR decreases linearly with signal power until Ac2 is around N0W, at which point quality suddenly decreases rapidly to zero.

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    This document summarizes key concepts about the noise performance of SSB and AM modulation: 1) SSB modulation results in an output SNR of Ac2/N0W, which is better than DSBSC but equivalent to baseband transmission for the same received power and noise PSD. 2) AM modulation has a figure of merit of approximately 0.075 compared to other linear modulations, representing an 11dB SNR loss, due to its typical modulation index values. 3) AM is subject to a "threshold effect" where output SNR decreases linearly with signal power until Ac2 is around N0W, at which point quality suddenly decreases rapidly to zero.

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    This document summarizes key concepts about the noise performance of SSB and AM modulation: 1) SSB modulation results in an output SNR of Ac2/N0W, which is better than DSBSC but equivalent to baseband transmission for the same received power and noise PSD. 2) AM modulation has a figure of merit of approximately 0.075 compared to other linear modulations, representing an 11dB SNR loss, due to its typical modulation index values. 3) AM is subject to a "threshold effect" where output SNR decreases linearly with signal power until Ac2 is around N0W, at which point quality suddenly decreases rapidly to zero.

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    L16: Noise Performance of SSB & AM

    (P&S pp. 220-225; C&C 10.2)

    Last lecture

     In-phase + quadrature representation of bandpass processes


     Output SNR of DSBSC
     DSBSC modulation does not improve SNR compared to
    baseband transmission

    Today
    – SSB vs. DSBSC
    – Approximate noise analysis of AM with envelope detection
    – AM Threshold Effect

    L16 1
    SSB with Noise

    SSB signal at front end of receiver is

    S(t)  Ac M (t) cos(2f ct)  Ac M̂ (t)sin(2f ct)  N (t)

    where {N (t)}is mutually uncorrelated bandpass noise with psd


    N 0 / 2 W/Hz over the frequency band [ f c , f c  W ].

    Expressing the noise in terms of in-phase & quadrature


    components, multiplying by a local oscillator and passing through
    an LPF, the demodulator output is

    Y (t)  0.5Ac M (t)  0.5N c (t)

    L16 2
    SNR of SSB

    As {M (t)},{N c (t)} are uncorrelated, the output power is just the


    sum of the powers of the message term + noise term. Hence
    SNR is a meaningful measure of signal quality.
    We know that
    S N ( f  f c )  S N ( f  f c )  N 0 / 2 if  W  f  W
    SNc ( f )   .
     0 otherwise
    So, PN c  N 0W and

    2 2
     
    S 0 .25 A P Ac PM
       c M
     - better than DSBSC…?
     N o 0.25 N 0W N 0W

    L16 3
    SNR in Terms of Received SSB Power

    Finding power of received SSB in time domain is tricky…

    Easier approach – remember that SSB = DSBSC on a double


    amplitude carrier, passed through unity gain ideal sideband filter.
    2 2
    We know (?) DSBSC signal power is 0.5(2Ac ) PM  2Ac PM .
    Sideband filter removes symmetric lower sidebands of the
    DSBSC signal psd. So received SSB power PR  Ac2PM .

     S P
       R
     N o N 0W

    L16 4
    Figure of Merit for Linear Modulation

    Recall that S 0.5 Ac2 PM PR S


          
     N o , DSBSC N 0W N 0W  N b

    Hence, for the same received signal power & noise psd over the
    transmitted signal frequency band, DSBSC, SSB & baseband
    transmission have the same output SNR.

    So their figure of merit  S   S 


        =1.
     N  o  N b

    L16 5
    Noise Analysis of AM with Asynchronous Detection

    Received signal: S(t)  Ac 1  M (t) cos(2f ct)  N (t)

    where {N (t)}is mutually uncorrelated bandpass noise with psd


    N 0 / 2 W/Hz over transmission band [ f c  W , f c  W ] .

    Putting {N (t)} into in-phase+quadrature form, the envelope


    detector output is

    Y (t)  Ac 1  M (t)   N c (t)


    2 2
     N s (t) .

    L16 6
    Approximate Analysis

    If 2N 0W  E[N s (t) 2 ]  Ac2 , the 2nd term under the square root is
    much smaller than the 1st, with high probability.

     Y (t)  Ac 1  M (t)   N c (t)

    Applying an ideal notch filter to remove the DC term.

    Y '(t)  Ac M (t)  N c (t)

    SNR…?

    L16 7
    Figure of Merit for AM

    The received AM signal power is 0.5 Ac2 1   2 PM 


    From this, we can show that for AM,

    S S  2 PM
          1.
     N o  N b 1   PM
    2

    Typically, modulation index is 0.8-0.9 & speech power’s about


    0.1W.

     FoM =0.075 = 11dB loss compared to other linear, or no,


    modulation.
    Reason…?

    L16 8
    AM Threshold Effect

    If 2N 0W  Ac2 , then with prob.  1 N c (t), N s (t)  Ac , yielding


    Y (t)  N c (t) 2  N s (t) 2  2N c (t) Ac 1  M (t)   Ac21  M (t) 2
     N (t) Ac 1  M (t) 
     N c (t) 2  N s (t) 2 1  c 
     N c
    (t) 2
     N s
    (t) 2

     N (t) 2  N (t) 2  N c (t) Ac
    1  M (t)
    N c (t)  N s (t)
    c s 2 2

     No meaningful SNR (why?)


    Output SNR decreases linearly with signal power until Ac2 is
    around N 0W . Around this point, signal quality suddenly decreases
    much more rapidly to zero – threshold effect.

    L16 9

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