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Analog Communication | |
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Analog Communication System | |
Analog vs. Digital |
The signal is an electromagnetic wave that carries information from one point to another. It can travel through different mediums, such as air, vacuum, water, and solid. In electronics, the signal is defined as a current, voltage, or wave carrying information and traveling long distances. The speed of a signal wave is equal to the speed of light.
There are two types of signals, analog and digital. Analog refers to the data transmission in analog or continuous form, while digital refers to the data transmission in the form of bits. The bits are represented by 0 (LOW) and 1 (HIGH).
Analog signals are continuous time-varying signals. It means that these signals are the function of time.
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An Analog signal is a signal whose characteristics, such as voltage, amplitude, or frequency, vary with time. The common shape of an analog signal is the sinusoidal wave.
It is shown below:
Examples of analog signals are electrical signals, light signals, speech signals, etc. Radio signals are also categorized as analog signals. Every signal requires a medium to propagation. For example,
Electrical signals require cables to propagate from one place to another.
Speech signals or voice requires free space to propagate. We can also say that speech signal uses air as a propagation medium. But, noise and distortion in analog signals during transmission are greater than digital signals.
Example: The distance of a car travelling with constant time with a specific time can be considered as an example of an analog signal.
The graph representing will be an inclined line, as shown below:
It is continuous in nature.
Types of analog signals
A signal is a type of energy that carries information, like an electrical signal. It is electrical energy that carries information from one source to the other. The analog signals are categorized as periodic signals and non-periodic signals.
1. Periodic signals: An analog signal that repeats over a period of time is known as the periodic signal, such as sine wave and cosine wave. Periodic signals can be easily represented using mathematical equations.
The cosine wave is shown below:
2. Aperiodic signals: An analog signal that does not repeat over a period of time is known as an Aperiodic signal, such as noise signals. It is a continuous signal but not of the repeated pattern. It isn't easy to represent an aperiodic signal using mathematical equations.
An example of the aperiodic analog signal is shown below:
Digital signals are the signal that represents the data in the form of discrete values. It takes only two values 0 and 1, which is known as bits. The data is transmitted in the form of these bits.
For example,
01000110
It is an 8-bit or 1 byte data.
A common example of the digital signal is shown below:
Let's consider another example of a digital signal.
Example: The average marks of the 30 students in a classroom in five subjects can be considered as an example of a digital signal.
The graph is shown below:
Types of Digital Signals
Digital signals are also categorized as periodic signals and non-periodic signals.
1. Periodic signals: A digital signal that repeats over a period of time is known as periodic signals, such as square wave.
The square wave is shown below:
2. Aperiodic signals: A digital signal that does not repeat over a period of time is known as an Aperiodic signal. It is also a discrete signal, but not of repeated pattern.
A common example of the Aperiodic digital signal is shown below:
The analog communication system refers to a model that helps the data to transmit from one end to the other. It combines elements that work together to establish a network between the sender and receiver. It consists of transducers, transmitter, channel, and receiver. The function of transducers is to convert one form of energy to the other. The channel acts as a medium to transmit electrical information from the transmitter to the receiver.
The block diagram of an analog communication system is shown below:
Let's discuss the function of each component in detail:
1. Input transducer
2. Transmitter
3. Communication channel
Communication channel is a medium to transmit the electrical signal from transmitter to the receiver. The communication can be broadcast or point to point. Broadcast refers to a single sender and multiple receivers, such as radio. Point to point communication refers to the communication between a single sender and a single receiver, such as a telephone. The essential parameter for suitable transmission is bandwidth. The greater the bandwidth, the better will be the transmission.
The communication channel is further categorized as:
(i) Wired channel: The examples of wired channel are twisted pair cables, waveguide, cables, and optical fiber.
(ii) Wireless channel: It is the communication in the form of EM (Electromagnetic waves) from one antenna to the other in space. The transmission depends on the frequency of the EM waves.
4. Interference factors: The interference in the channel is termed as noise and attenuation.
5. Receiver: The receiver receives information from the channel. It extracts the necessary information from the signal required by the output transducer. The receiver performs the opposite of modulation and multiplexing, i.e., demodulation and demultiplexing. It also amplifies and removes noise from the signal.
6. Output transducer
The primary differences between the two communications are that analog communication uses analog signals, which are continuous time varying signals. The digital communication uses digital signals, which are present in discrete form.
Let's discuss some differences between analog and digital communication:
The advantages of analog communication are as follows:
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