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How is pulse width modulation generated most simply?

  • A.By integrating the signal and clipping the accumulated output
  • B.By comparing the signal against a ramp waveform
  • C.By differentiating the signal and rectifying the result
  • D.By multiplying the signal with a train of narrow pulses

Answer: B

A comparator fed with the message and a sawtooth switches whenever the two cross, so the output's duty cycle follows the message amplitude. That is why the same circuit appears in switching power supplies and motor drives as well as in communication. Differentiating extracts edges rather than creating them, multiplication by a pulse train gives amplitude modulation, and integrating with clipping describes neither. A comparator against a periodic reference is the standard way to turn an amplitude into a time, and recognising the pattern makes many pulse circuits immediately readable.

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