Phase modulation (PM) is a form of
modulation that represents information as variations in the instantaneous
phase of a
carrier wave.Unlike its more popular counterpart,
frequency modulation (FM), PM is not very widely used (except perhaps in the inappropriately named
FM synthesis for musical instruments, introduced by Yamaha around 1982.) This is because it tends to require more complex receiving hardware and there can be ambiguity problems with determining whether, for example, the signal has 0
° phase or 180° phase.
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