Subcarrier

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005738",
  "term": "Subcarrier",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A secondary carrier wave modulated onto a main carrier wave to transmit additional information without interfering with the primary signal. This technique allows for the multiplexing of multiple data streams over a single communication channel. In FM stereo broadcasting, a 38 kHz subcarrier is used to carry the difference signal between the left and right audio channels.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Subträger",
    "es": "subportadora",
    "fr": "sous-porteuse"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/subcarrier/"
}