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On the Similarity between Feedback/Loopback Amplitude and Frequency Modulation

Authors: Smyth, Tamara

AES Convention 147 · Paper 10223 · October 2019

Abstract

This paper extends previous work in loopback frequency modulation (FM) to a similar system in which an oscillator is looped back to modulate its own amplitude, so called feedback amplitude modulation (FBAM). A continuous-time closed-form solution is presented for each, yielding greatly improved numerical properties, reduced dependency on sampling rate, and a more accurate representation of the feedback by eliminating the unit-sample delay required for discrete-time implementation. Producing similar waveforms, it is shown that FBAM for a known input frequency, is actually a scaled and offset version of loopback FM having a different carrier frequency but same sounding frequency. Two distinct representations are used to show mathematical equivalence between systems while validating the closed-form solution for each.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 147
AES Convention
147
Paper number
10223
Publication date
October 6, 2019
Session subject
Audio Signal Processing
Affiliation
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper