706 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
LPF
0–4.2 MHz
mY(t) fY(t)
Matrix LPF
Color camera
0–1.6 MHz 2.0–4.2 MHz
mI(t) sI(t) fI(t)
LPF BPF
BPF
B
G
R
B
G
R
0–0.6 MHz 3.0–4.2 MHz
Color-carrier
oscillator
Visual-carrier
oscillator
Horizontal sweep rate
Audio
Vertical (field) sweep rate
Aural carrier
Cameras for R, G, B
Color filters for (R, G, B)
Sync
generator
Visual
modulator
Transmitted
signal sTV(t)
Standard
AM signal
DSB signal
DSB
DSB
Composite
baseband fc(t)
Frequency
modulator
LSB
filter
VSB
VSB
2
−π
2
÷^455
2
÷^525
3.579545 MHz
mQ(t)
mR(t)
mG(t)
mB(t) sQ(t) fQ(t)
ΣΣ
+
+
+
++
+
Figure 15.2.28Color TV transmitter in a TV-transmitting station.
- fI(t): Nearly a VSB signal, when the DSB signal is filtered by the BPF of passband 2–4.2
MHz to remove part of the USB in the DSB. - fQ(t): DSB signal that is produced when the other chrominance signal modulates a quad-
rature-phase version of the color subcarrier. This DSB signal passes directly through the
BPF with passband 3–4.2 MHz without any change. - fY(t): Filtered luminance signal ofmY(t)byanLPF.
- fc(t): Composite baseband waveform by addingfY(t),fI(t),fQ(t), and sync pulses. This has
a bandwidth of about 4.2 MHz and modulates a visual carrier by standard AM.
The standard AM signal is then filtered to remove part of the lower sideband. The resulting
VSB signal and the audio-modulated aural carrier are added to form the final transmitted signal
STV(t). Figure 15.2.29 illustrates the spectrum of a color television signal.
Acolor television receiveris shown in Figure 15.2.30 in block diagram form, indicating only
the basic functions. The early part forms a straightforward superheterodyne receiver, except for
the following changes: - The frequency-tuning local oscillator is typically a push-button-controlled frequency syn-
thesizer. - IF circuitry in television is tuned to give a filter characteristic required in VSB modulation.
The filter shapes the IF signal spectrum so that envelope detection is possible. The output
of the envelope detector contains the composite visual signalfc(t) and the frequency-modulated
aural carrier at 4.5 MHz. The latter is processing in a frequency demodulator to recover the
audio information for the loudspeaker. The former is sent through appropriate filters to separate