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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTROMC A}TD ELECTRICAI ENGINEERING
SpriogSemester1998 (2 hours)

EEE2A6COMMUMCATION SYSTE}IS 2
EEE274SIGNALS AND COMI}IUMCATIONS SYSTEMS

Answer THRIE questions.No marks wiII be awarded for solutions to a fourth question.
Solutions will be consideredin the order that they are presented in the ansrverbook. Trial
answers wiil be ignored if they are clearly crossed out. The numbers given after each
section of a question indicate the relative weighting of that section.
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l- (a) List the advantaqesand @.fuantgggs of receiversof the tuned nr-die€eqry
*d ryth.t Ory"t.e) (4)

(b) A double zuperhetreceiver is tuned to receive signals at L45 MIIz. The first local
oscillator operatesbelow the signal frequency and the second operates above the
ftst I.F. If the I.F. frequenciesare 33lvfrfz and 10.7 l!fiIz, determine all possible
i-age frequencies. (8)

( c) When a single superhet receiver is tuned to 555 kl{a its local oscillator is set at
l0l0 kllz. The receiver antenna is connected to the mixer via a tuned circuit
whose loaded Q is 40. What will be 1ftsimage-frequencyrejection ratio in dB ? (8)

2. (a) Outline briefly why AM-SSB-SC is widely used in communication rystems. (3)
(b)
multiplier

AM.SSB-SC

multiplier

Figure 1
In Figure 1, PSN denotesa @ whose outputs are the input signal
phase-shiftedby t 45' Pstl
(i) Show analyically that the circuit given above will produce an AM-SSB-SC
signal and sketch its frequency spectrunc, including the position of the
zuppressedcarriercomponent. (12)

(ii) How could the circuit be modified to zuppresstle other sidebandcomponent


instead? (2)

Which are the most critical componentsin the circuit, and why ? (3)

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3. (a) Explainwhy FM is usedfor high-qualitysoundbroadcastingat VHF but not at
mediumwavefrequencies. (2)

(b) Explainbriefly, with the aid of diagrams,the operationof ttre following circuit elements:
(i) FrequencymultiPlier
(ii) Frequencymixer
(iii) FosterSeeleydiscriminator (9)

(c)

fc :400 kIIz
f6 :2L4.fityfi2
t=
^ r:2dt*
f. = ? t2.'fkt\"
fa :78L.25I12
Oscillator m f= ?
f:?
11.11X f. = 1.0208MI{z
,-
v {b : ?18't'Lri*z
mf : ?

fc:?
f a : 7 5 k llz
mf : ?
FM out

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows the outline circuit schematicof an Armstrong FM moduiator.Using


the numerical data supplied,calculatethe missingvalues of the oscillator frequency
{ the carrier frequency t, th. frequency deviation fO *d the modulation index m6 (9)

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q. (a) What are the advantagesand disadvantagesof transmitting ao analoguemessagein
digital form? (3)

Describe, with the aid of block diagrams and plots of frequency qpectra, how a
basebanddigital signalmay be transmitted over a radio link usine
(i) AFSK
(ii) binary PSK
(iii) FSK

A basebanddigital signal consistsof a seriesof binary pulses occurring at a rate of


1000 bits per second. This signal is to be transmitted over a commr:nication link
with binary,t ueing sentas a L.4krrztone and binary 0 as a 2.7 krrztone.
(i) what is the bandwidth ofthe transmitted signal and its signal-to-noiseratio ?
(ii) if the bit rate is reduced to 400 bits per second, and the link bandwidth is
reduced accordirgJy,what is the new signal-to-noiseratio ?
(iii) Comment on tl.e trade-offbetween signal-to-noiseratio and bandwidth for
this commurricationlink. (8)

END OF QTIf,STIONPAPER

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