Technological Institute of the Philippines

Electronics Engineering Department

SIGNAL CONSTELLSTIONS
Experiment No. 4

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OBJECTIVES:
1. To identify the differences between 8PSK & QPSK
2. To be able to describe the characteristics of an PSK signal.
3. Understand the principles of Phase Shift Keying (PSK).

Course Code/Section: EC51FC1

Group No.: 5
Members: Signature Interpretation of Data Conclusion Overall
and Results
Lab Grade

Gilo, Rhonel Nikko

Gonzales, Martin

Papistol, Lalaine

Planco, Bernabeth

Reyes, Verna

Data and Results Group Grade:

Question and Answer Group Grade:

Engr. Dennis Jefferson A. Amora

Instructor

Date Performed: January 16, 2019

Date Submitted: January 23, 2019
Data and Results:

Figure 1: The set-up of the 8PSK connection

Figure 2: The 8PSK constellation on the oscilloscope

Planco, Bernabeth O.

Interpretation of Data and Results:

In this experiment we used a sequence generator and a M-level Encoder. We

use the I and Q outputs for the two signals to oscilloscope X-Y display. As we adjust
the encoder the 8PSK constellations appeared on the oscilloscope. The 8PSK
modulation based its modulation on the carrier phase change. The 8PSK has eight
phases, and has a 3-bit number, it can be computed as 23 = 8. The difference of
8PSK and QPSK is that 8PSK transmits 3-bit symbols while QPSK transmits 2-bit
symbols per cycle. In QPSK by phase shift of 90 degree, here 2 bits are plotted on
each signal. In Multilevel PSK more than 2 bits are mapped using different phase
angles. In 8-PSK eight different phase angles are used to represent 3 bits,

Planco, Bernabeth O.

CONCLUSION
I conclude that Phase-Shift Keying has a finite number of phases of the carrier that
used for modulation. 8PSK transmits more bits compared to QPSK, In the 8 PSK it
transmits binary bits to the carrier by changing the phase of the carrier. It also has
8 different phase changes that changes according to the transmission of the 3 binary
bits. In the constellation diagram the carrier is created by adding different values
of the cosine wave which is from the "I" (in-phasecarrier), and from the sine wave,
which is from the inverter and shifted to 90 degrees° from the I carrier that is the
"Q" (quadrature carrier).