
Chapter 18
Project 9: MPSK and QAM
Digital Transmitters
18.1 Theory
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N Chapter 16, we reviewed a few of the concepts involved in digital communications and
developed an impulse modulated (IM), binary phase shift-keying (BPSK) transmitter.
In this chapter, we will extend those concepts to increase the system’s spectral efficiency
(that is, squeeze more data into the same bandwidth). The system’s spectral efficiency will
be increased by adding a second dimension to the signal’s constellation diagram, similar to
a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system in x and y. This added dimensionality will
result in each symbol representing multiple bits. Specifically ...