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Experiment 3 Frequency Modulator: 1 Theory

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EED3014 Analog Electronics- 2013 Spring

Experiment 3

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Experiment 3
Frequency Modulator
Preliminary Work
1. Obtain the datasheet of LM565 PLL integrated circuit. Groups without datasheet will
get less credit.
2. No other preliminary work will be submitted for this laboratory.
ATTENTION
Each group will submit only one report which will be completed on this experiment
document.

THEORY

In amplitude modulation, the amplitude of the carrier is modulated by a message signal, hence
the amplitude variations of the message signal directly changes the modulated wave. Since
noise is modelled as additive noise, this property of AM becomes a disadvantage. However, in
frequency modulation, the information signal is impressed on the carrier signal frequency.
FM generation is relatively easy. A linear voltage-to-frequency is needed in order to obtain
FM signal. This can be achieved using a voltage controlled oscillator. In this experiment LM565
PLL integrated circuits internal VCO will be used. In Fig. 1, a frequency modulator circuit
can be seen. The frequency of the VCO output of LM565 is given as:
f=

2.4(Vcc Vc )
Rt Ct Vcc

(1)

where Rt is the timing resistance on pin 8, Ct is the timing capacitance on pin 9,V (cc) is the
power supply voltage and V (c) is the control voltage on pin 7.
When the datasheet of LM565 is examined, it is observed that the voltage of pin 7 must be
between 4 and 5 V. Thus the information signal must have a DC offset. The capacitor C3 and
resistor R3 , which constitute a DC block, control pin 7 voltage. Observing the Eq. 1, the VCO
frequency decreases as DC voltage rises and increases as DC voltage falls.
Considerable amount of RF signal from VCO may leak out of pin 7 of LM565. Components
R6 and C4 form a low-pass filter to prevent this RF energy from passing back to the audio
input.
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Figure 1: Frequency modulator employing LM565

Vaverage
LM565 Pin 7
voltage

Modulator Sensitivity
The modulator sensitivity of frequency with respect to the control voltage can be found by differentiating the Eq. 1 with respect to control voltage Vc where Vc = vm (t) + DC control voltage.
K0 =

2.4
dF
=
(Hz/V)
dVc
Rt Ct Vcc

(2)

The minus sign indicates that positive message voltage decreases VCO frequency.

Frequency Deviation
The amount of frequency deviation produced by VCO is proportional to the amplitude of the
message signal. The amount of deviation can be predicted using the following equation.
= Vm K0 Hz

(3)

where K0 is the modulator sensitivity in Hz/Volt, Vm is the peak value of message signal and
is the deviation or peak frequency swing.

PROCEDURE
a. Build the circuit in Fig. 1. Do not connect anything to the AF INPUT yet.
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b. Connect the FM output of the circuit to the oscilloscope. Adjust R3 until a 100kHz carrier
wave is obtained. The shape of output of VCO must be a square wave.
c. Calculate K0 , the modulator sensitivity using Eq. 2(Show all necessary calculation steps.)

K0 (calculated)=
d. Now connect a signal generator to the AF INPUT. Adjust it for 5kHz frequency, and
correct peak voltage for 10 kHz deviation. (Use the result from step c). Calculate and
note the peak value below.(Show all necessary calculation steps.)

vpeak =
e. Connect scope channel 1 to the AF INPUT, and scope channel 2 to the FM OUTPUT.
Record the graph below. Do not forget to indicate the important points like peak voltage
and period on the figure. Can you see the frequency deviation?

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Volt/div=
time/div=
Figure 2: AF Input versus FM Output

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