Week 08

ASK, FSK, and PSK

I use the saved course file to reconnect sampling, baseband transmission, digital modulation, and error-rate analysis.

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Course visual for this study sequence.

What I connect in this unit

ASK maps bits to amplitude, FSK to frequency, and PSK to phase. Coherent detection uses a carrier reference, while constellation distance and waveform orthogonality determine error susceptibility for a given bit energy.

Concept map

  1. Coherent detection
  2. Signal constellations
  3. Orthogonality
  4. Bit energy

Technical anchor

Coherent BPSK points lie at ±√Eb with distance 2√Eb, whereas coherent orthogonal BFSK signals are separated by √(2Eb).

How I review it

Draw basis-function coordinates for ASK, orthogonal FSK, and BPSK, compare energy and minimum distance, and list the carrier or frequency references each receiver needs.

Connection to the full course

Unit 8 of 12. Unit numbers expand topics from the saved file into a concept sequence, not an attendance-week record.

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