A balanced modulator outputs which type of signal?

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A balanced modulator multiplies the baseband (modulating) signal with a carrier in a way that cancels the carrier itself, so the output consists only of the two sidebands around the carrier frequency. This is called double sideband suppressed carrier modulation. The information is carried by those two symmetric sidebands, while no power sits at the center carrier frequency. That’s why this option is the best fit. In contrast, including a carrier at the output would be standard AM (full carrier), and producing only one sideband would require additional filtering to remove the other sideband (single sideband). An unmodulated carrier would have no information content.