Block diagram:-

All the modulation information necessary for signal transmission & recovery is present in each of the sidebands of an amplitude-modulated signal. At 100% sinusoidal modulation only 1/6 of the total power was present in one sidebands while 2/3 of its carrier signal which contains no information. Thus, if the carrier can be eliminated from the signal before transmission, only 1/3 of the total power need to be transmitted for the same signal level & thus efficiency is increased. It is called as Double sideband suppressed carrier (DBSSC) or balanced modulator. The signal spectra is as shown in figure

Ordinary sinusoidal modulated signal contains three components, at an upper sideband frequency, at a lower sideband frequency & and at the carrier frequency. Further this signal is equivalent of the carrier sinusoid being multiplied by the modulation signal with a de component added to it.

The two side frequencies are entirely due to the product of the carrier & modulation signal. While the carrier term is due to only the presence of the de offset in the modulation signal. Therefore, if the modulation circuit can be balanced so that the de term cancels, but the product term does not cancel, the alp will contain only the two sideband term, as shown.

Sue" a circuit is called as "Balanced Modulator ". In our kit we have used one Integrated circuit Balanced Modulator (lC MC 1496). The Internal circuit is as shown in figure. The carrier may be considered to be a switching voltage which Alternately switches transistors Q I, Q4 & Q2, Q3 on & off, each pair being switched together,. Assuming that base currents are negligible in all cases, summing the currents at junction A & B gives.

Which shows that the O/p contains upper & lower side frequencies. The other components, which are side frequencies around the other harmonics of the carrier frequency, are easily filtered out. The carrier itself & its harmonics do not appear in the O/p. The advantage 01' the integrated circuit type of balanced modulator are that the section can be made more nearly identical (i.e. matched for characteristics) than is the case with discrete components. Also the circuit does not require the use of transformers like other circuits. Procedure: 1) Switch on the power supply. 2) Adjust carrier amplitude to 300 m v p.p using amplitude adjust pot.

3) Adjust modulating signal amplitude to 300 mv p.p. using amplitude adjust pot & frequency 1 KHz. 4) Connect carrier signal & modulating signal to DSB GEN 1 i/p. 5) Observe o/p of DSB GEN 1 & observe effect of carrier adjust pot on o/p 6) Connect DSB GE 1 O/p to power amplifier lip & observe O/p across antenna. DSB Receiver 1) Switch on the power supply of DSB-SSB Receiver. Make sure that 2 Pin relimate connector or MW radio receiver is properly connected to 2pin relimate from DSB receiver box 2) Make sure that 3 Pin relimate connector of DSB transmitter box is properly connected to other 3pin relimate from DSB receiver box 3) Observe IF olp on CRO. You will observe DSB waveform at IF freq. ( if not properly tune radio receiver.) 4) Connect O/p of DSB block to lip of demodulator & O/p of carrier block to carrier l/p FC OF demodulator. 5) Connect Gnd. Point DSB receiver box to Gnd point of DSB Transmitter Box. 7) Observe O/p.