For Amplitude Modulation, it is understood that the bandwidth of a

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In amplitude modulation (AM), the bandwidth of a passband signal is always twice that of the baseband signal. For instance, if the baseband signal has a bandwidth of 1 kHz and is modulated with a carrier frequency of 1 MHz, the resulting passband bandwidth is 2 kHz. In contrast, for frequency modulation (FM), the bandwidth is determined by the modulation index and frequency deviation, making it less straightforward than AM. A high modulation index results in a bandwidth that is double the frequency deviation.

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For Amplitude Modulation, it is understood that the bandwidth of a passband signal is always twice as much as that of a baseband signal, for example
if the bandwidth/max frequency of a message/baseband signal is 1 kHz and a carrier of 1 MHz is modulated with this baseband, then a "sum" frequency is produced at 1 MHz + 1 kHz, and a difference frequency is produced at 1 MHz - 1 kHz. Hence, the passband bandwidth is 2 KHz.
Now, My question is what would have been the bandwidth of the baseband signal, if it were a Frequency Modulation (FM)? Consider the frequency remains same, i.e. Baseband signal is 1 KHz and Carrier signal is 1 MHz.

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For FM the bandwidth is not quite as clear cut. If the modulation index is high, then the bandwidth will be what the frequency swing is, which is double of what the deviation is. Not familiar with these terms? Wiki should clue you in a bit.
 


I also seem to recall explaining it on this forum a while ago. You may want to do a search.
 

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