The modulation index of amplitude modulation system is limited to unity because
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An important characteristic of amplitude modulation is that it works well for modulation index below 1, which prevents distortion during envelope detection.
transmission requires higher power for higher values of modulation index
modulated signal bandwidth is higher for higher values of modulation index
demodulated signal is distorted while coherent receiver is used
demodulated signal is distorted while envelop detector is used as receiver
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The modulation index in amplitude modulation (AM) is limited to unity because if it exceeds 1, it leads to overmodulation and distortion of the signal in a standard envelope detector. This distortion makes the demodulated signal at the receiver unreliable, making it difficult to recover the intended signal.