FM provides noise immunity, whereas AM is easily affected by noise.
With FM, the amplitude of the sound is converted into a shift in frequency. So the volume is limited by the bandwidth, but the frequency of the sound can vary as much as it likes, giving a higher fidelity sound.
Spikes induced on the signal usually affect the amplitude of the signal. The amplitude of an FM signal is not used in the demodulation process and is therefore immune to spikes in the signal.
AM was first used in radio because it is very easy to achieve using basic components. A single rectifier only, is needed to recover the audio.
FM is quite a complicated process and could only be achieved once electronics had progressed.
because noise usually changes the amplitude not frequency.
In Frequency Modulation (FM), if the modulation frequency is doubled, the modulation index does not necessarily double; it depends on the amplitude of the modulating signal. In Amplitude Modulation (AM), the modulation index is defined as the ratio of the peak amplitude of the modulating signal to the carrier amplitude, so it remains unchanged with varying modulation frequency. For Phase Modulation (PM), similar to FM, the modulation index is influenced by the amplitude of the modulating signal and does not inherently double with the modulation frequency. Thus, modulation frequency and modulation index are not directly linked in this way for FM, PM, or AM.
the frequency range of an am wave is 20herz to 20kilo herz
Frequency modulation Phase modulation
modulation
AM - Amplitude Modulation FM - Frequency Modulation
Normal frequency range for amplitude modulation is 550kHz to 1610kHz
Frequency modulation have some advantages over amplitude modulation, FM is not sensitive to the amplitude noise, and have high efficient use of transmitted power
am is amplitude modulation, fm, frequency modulation
because noise usually changes the amplitude not frequency.
Amplitude of the (high frequency) Carrier signal is varied with respect to low frequency of message signal is called amplitude modulation. Frequency of the carrier signal is varied with respect to low frequency of message signal is called frequency modulation.
In Frequency Modulation (FM), if the modulation frequency is doubled, the modulation index does not necessarily double; it depends on the amplitude of the modulating signal. In Amplitude Modulation (AM), the modulation index is defined as the ratio of the peak amplitude of the modulating signal to the carrier amplitude, so it remains unchanged with varying modulation frequency. For Phase Modulation (PM), similar to FM, the modulation index is influenced by the amplitude of the modulating signal and does not inherently double with the modulation frequency. Thus, modulation frequency and modulation index are not directly linked in this way for FM, PM, or AM.
Amplitude Modulation (AM) Frequency Modulation (FM)
In frequency modulation (FM) the amplitude does not remain constant. Instead, the amplitude varies according to the modulation index and the frequency of the modulating signal. This is in contrast to amplitude modulation (AM), where the amplitude of the carrier signal is modulated while the frequency remains constant.
amplitude modulation & frequency modulation
amplitude modulation
amplitude modulation is where we modulate our signal with a carrier signal amplitude changes but frequency remains constant in amplitude modulation