amplitude modulation
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modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave
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amplitude-modulation
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2. In a facsimile transmitter, a device that changes the signal modulation from amplitude modulation (AM) to frequency-shift keying (FSK).
A key consequence of the usual double-sideband amplitude modulation (AM) is that the range of frequencies the signal spans (its spectral bandwidth ) is doubled.
After some amplitude modulation experience with VHF, it was realized that FM radio was a much better alternative for VHF radio than AM.
In particular, all telephone modems faster than 300 bit/s use quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).
In radio transmission, an advantage of frequency modulation is that it has a larger signal-to-noise ratio and therefore rejects radio frequency interference better than an equal power amplitude modulation (AM) signal.
ITU designations In 1982, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) designated the types of amplitude modulation: History One of the crude pre-vacuum tube AM transmitters, a Telefunken arc transmitter from 1906.