waveformgeneratorisequalto50ohms.Forthewaveformgeneratortooutputawaveformwiththe
correctamplitudeacrosstheloadZ
L
,weneedtoenterthevalueofZ
L
intothesignalgenerator.
IftheinputimpedanceoftheDUT,isveryhigh(infinity)thenweshouldenteravalueof“HighZ”
(infiniteimpedance)intothewaveformgenerator.Notethatinourlabwewillsettheinput
impedanceoftheoscilloscopeto20MegaOhmswhichforallpracticalpurposescanbeconsideredto
beinfiniteimpedance.Thereforewewillalwayssetthesignalgeneratorto“HighZ”whenweconnect
ittoanoscilloscope.Mostdevicesweconnecttothesignalgeneratorinourlabswillhaveinfiniteinput
impedances.
IftheinputimpedanceoftheDUTequals50Ohmsthenweshouldenteravalueof50Ohmsintothe
signalgenerator.
ToenterthevalueoftheinputimpedancegothroughModes/Functions:Utility‐>CH1(orCH2).You
canselect“HighZ”,50OhmsorentertheappropriatevalueoftheimpedanceoftheDUT.Defaultis
“HighZ”.
AMmodulation
Amplitudemodulationiswidelyusedinthefieldofcommunications(thistopicwillbecoveredinclass
lectures).
TogenerateanAMmodulationsignalweneedacarriersinusoid
cos
cc
At
.Thesignaltobe
modulatedwillvarytheamplitudeofthecarriersinusoidproportionaltoitsamplitude.Ifthesignaltobe
modulatedis
cos
s
t
,thentheAMmodulatedsignalisdefinedas
1cos cos
100
sc c
depth
tA t
where
depth
isinunitsof%.
MakesurethatnoneofthebuttonsinMode/Functionsgroupislitup.Setupthecarrierfrequency
followingnormalproceduresforsettingupwaveforms.ThenpressModbuttoninMode/Functions
group.TheLCDscreenwillgiveyouoptionsforType,SrcExt/SrcInt,Depth,AMFreqandShape.
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