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A square-law modulator produces AM by

  • A.Passing the sum of carrier and message through a nonlinear device
  • B.Multiplying the message by a locally generated carrier in a linear mixer
  • C.Switching the carrier on and off at the message rate
  • D.Varying the supply voltage of a linear amplifier with the message

Answer: A

The sum of the two signals is applied to a nonlinear device whose square term produces the product, and a band-pass filter then selects the modulated components around the carrier. It is the simplest low-level modulator. A linear mixer cannot generate new frequencies at all. Switching the carrier gives a chopper or switching modulator, a related but distinct method. And supply-voltage variation is high-level anode or collector modulation, used in transmitters rather than at low level.

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