706 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
LPF
0–4.2 MHzmY(t) fY(t)Matrix LPFColor camera0–1.6 MHz 2.0–4.2 MHzmI(t) sI(t) fI(t)LPF BPFBPFBGRBGR0–0.6 MHz 3.0–4.2 MHz
Color-carrier
oscillatorVisual-carrier
oscillatorHorizontal sweep rateAudioVertical (field) sweep rateAural carrierCameras for R, G, B
Color filters for (R, G, B)Sync
generatorVisual
modulatorTransmitted
signal sTV(t)Standard
AM signalDSB signalDSB
DSBComposite
baseband fc(t)Frequency
modulatorLSB
filter
VSBVSB2
−π2
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÷^5253.579545 MHzmQ(t)mR(t)mG(t)mB(t) sQ(t) fQ(t)ΣΣ++
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+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