PCM | Pulse Code Modulation Important Formulas

PCM | Pulse Code Modulation Important Formulas


Pulse code modulation is used to convertor samples sample analog signal to digital signal.



1.      Quantization error = m(t) – mq(t)

2.    Quantization error  ≤ S/2

3.     Step size = (VH – VL)/m
                 =  (VH – VL)/2n


Quantization noise is uniformly distributed in each quantization interval then the probability density is (-s/2 to s/2 with amplitude of 1/s)



The quantization noise power =No= E[Q2(t)]

 = -∞ (Q2 (t)* fQ(Q)) dq

 =-s/2s/2 (Q2 * 1/s) dq

= (1/s )*(2*[Q3/3]s/2)

No= S2/12
4.   bit rate rb= n * fs

5.     bandwidth = rb* ½ = (n * fs)1/2

6.   signal power is = (A2m/2 )

              Here message signal m(t)= Amsinwt

7.    Signal to Noise ratio (S/N): (2Am/2n) / (S2/12)

8.   Signal to noise ratio = 3/2 (22n)

          10 log10 (3/2 (22n)) = 10[log10 (3/2) + 2nlog2]

        = (1.76 + 6N) DB

9.    Bandwidth = (Rb/2)(1+α)  here α is roll of factor