ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS JNTU PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER FOR 2nd YEAR BE 2nd SEMESTER UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS

ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS JNTU PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER FOR 2nd YEAR BE 2nd SEMESTER UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS

ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS JNTU PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER FOR 2nd YEAR BE 2nd SEMESTER UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS

II B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2008

ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS

( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics &

Telematics)

Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80

Answer any FIVE Questions

All Questions carry equal marks

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1. (a) With necessary expressions, waveforms and spectrums, Explain AM for an
arbitrary baseband signal m(t).
(b) The output power of an AM transmitter is 1KW when sinusoidally modu-
lated to a depth of 100%. Calculate the power in each side band when the
modulation depth is reduced to 50%. [10+6]
2. (a) Draw the circuit diagram for balanced ring modulator and explain its operation
indicating all the waveforms and spectrums.
(b) In an AM-SC system, modulating signal is a single tone sinusoid 4 cos 2 103t,
which modulates a carrier signal 6 cos 2 106t. Write the equation of modu-
lated wave. Plot the two sided spectrum of the modulated wave. Calculate
the amount of power transmitted. [8+8]
3. (a) Describe the time domain band-pass representation of SSB with necessary
sketches.
(b) Find the percentage of power saved in SSB when compared with AM system.
[12+4]
4. (a) Explain the operation of the balanced slope detector using a circuit diagram
and draw its response characteristics. Discuss in particular the method of
combining the outputs of the individual diodes. In what way is this circuit an
improvement on the slope detector and in turn what are the advantages?
(b) Compute the bandwidth requirement for the transmission of FM signal having
a frequency deviation 75 KHz and an audio bandwidth of 10KHz. [12+4]
5. Explain how S/N ratio is a figure of merit incase of performance of a communication
channel. [16]
6. (a) Draw the block diagram of an SSB - SC transmitter employing sideband sup-
pression filter and explain.
(b) Why are limiters and preemphasis filters used in FM radio. [16]
7. (a) With the aid of the block diagram explain TRF receiver. Also explain the
basic superheterodyne principle.
(b) List out the advantages and disadvantages of TRF receiver. [16]
8. (a) Describe the synchronization procedure for PAM, PWM and PPM signals.
(b) Discuss about the spectra of PWM and PDM signals. [16]
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II B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2008

ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS

( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics &

Telematics)

Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80

Answer any FIVE Questions

All Questions carry equal marks

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1. (a) What are the main objectives of a communication system design? What are
the primary resources of any communication system.
(b) The RC load for a diode envelope detector consists of a 1000 pF capacitor
in parallel with a 10-K
resistor. Calculate the maximum modulation depth
that can be handled for sinusoidal modulation at a frequency of 10 KHz if
diagonal peak clipping is to be avoided.
(c) A broadcast AM transmitter radiates 50 KW of carrier power. What will be
the radiated power at 85 % of modulation and what is the side band power?
[6+6+4]
2. Considering the modulating and carrier waves as sinusoids, Explain the single tone
modulation and demodulation of DSB-SC wave with necessary expressions, wave-
forms and spectrums and explain how only one side band is necessary for transmis-
sion of information. [16]
3. A synchronous detection of SSB signal shows phase and frequency discrepancy.
ConsiderS(t) =
N
P
i=1
cos [(ωct) cos(ωit + i) − sin(ωct) sin(ωit + i)]is an SSB signal.
The signal is multiplied by the locally generated carrier cosωct and then passed
through a low-pass filter.
(a) Prove that the modulating signal can be completely recovered if the cut-off
frequency of the filter is fN < fo < 2fc. (b) Determine the recovered signal when the multiplying signal is cos[ωc + ]. (c) Determine the recovered signal when the multiplying signal is cos[(ωct+ ω)t]. Give << i where ωc = 2 fc, ω = 2Q f. [16] 4. Explain demodulation of FM signal with the help of PLL. [16] 5. Compare noise performance of PM and FM system. [16] 6. (a) Draw the block diagram of an SSB - SC transmitter employing sideband sup- pression filter and explain. (b) Why are limiters and preemphasis filters used in FM radio. [16] 7. (a) Explain the working of TRF receiver with its block diagram. 1 of 2 Code No: R05220405 Set No. 2 (b) A TRF receiver is turned to 1000 KHz AM radio broadcast signal by a variable tuned circuit with 1 KHz bandwidth. Find the bandwidth when receiver is returned to 1550 KHz and 550 KHz. Determined the recovered baseband. [16] 8. (a) Describe the generation and demodulation of PPM with the help of block diagram and hence discuss its spectral characteristics. (b) Define and distinguish between PTM and PAM schemes. Sketch and explain their waveform for a single tone sinusoidal input signal. [16] ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ 2 of 2 Code No: R05220405 Set No. 3 II B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2008 ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS ( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics & Telematics) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ 1. (a) Draw the one cycle of AM wave and calculate the modulation index of it in terms of Vmax and Vmin voltages. (b) A modulating signal consists of a symmetrical triangular wave having zero dc component and peak to peak voltage of 12V. It is used to amplitude modulate a carrier of peak voltage 10V. Calculate the modulation index and the ratio of the side lengths L1/L2 of the corresponding trapezoidal pattern. (c) The rms antenna current of an AM transmitter is 10 A when un-modulated and 12 A when sinusoidally modulated. Calculate the modulation index. [6+6+4] 2. (a) Explain about the quadrature null effect of coherent detector. (b) In DSB-SC, suppression of carrier so as to save transmitter power results in receiver complexity - Justify this statement. [8+8] 3. (a) Why SSB transmission is the preferred than DSB-SC? (b) i. Prove that the signal s(t) = NP i=1 cos [(ωct) cos (ωit + i) − sin (ωct) sin (ωit + i)] is an SSB signal (fc >> fN), where ωc = 2fc, carrier angular frequency


and ωi = 2 fi is modulating angular frequency. Identify the side band.
ii. Obtain an expression for missing side band.
iii. Obtain an expression of the total DSB-SC signal. [4+12]
4. (a) Describe generation of FM carrier by Transistor reactance modulator with
necessary diagrams.
(b) Compare the phasor diagram of narrow band FM signal and AM signal and
discuss about the similarities and differences of the two signals. [8+8]
5. (a) Derive the expression for figure of merit of AM system for large case.
(b) Given an analog base band communication system with additive white noise
having power spectral density
2 and a distorting channel having the frequency
response. The distortion is equalized by a receiver filter having the frequency
response
Hc (w) = 1
1+Jw/w
Heq (w) = 1
Hc(w) 0 |w| w
0 otherwise
Obtain an expression for the output SNR.
[16]
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6. (a) Classify radio transmitters based on the type of modulation and Service in-
volved.
(b) Explain AM transmitters with modulation at high carrier power level with the
help of its block diagram. [16]
7. (a) With the aid of the block diagram explain TRF receiver. Also explain the
basic superheterodyne principle.
(b) List out the advantages and disadvantages of TRF receiver. [16]
8. (a) How is PDM wave converted into PPM system.
(b) Explain why a single channel PPM of system requires the transmission of
synchronization signal, where as a single channel PAM or PDM system does
not it. [16]

II B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2008

ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS

( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics &

Telematics)

Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80

Answer any FIVE Questions

All Questions carry equal marks

⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆

1. (a) Draw the one cycle of AM wave and calculate the modulation index of it in
terms of Vmax and Vmin voltages.
(b) A modulating signal consists of a symmetrical triangular wave having zero dc
component and peak to peak voltage of 12V. It is used to amplitude modulate
a carrier of peak voltage 10V. Calculate the modulation index and the ratio
of the side lengths L1/L2 of the corresponding trapezoidal pattern.
(c) The rms antenna current of an AM transmitter is 10 A when un-modulated and
12 A when sinusoidally modulated. Calculate the modulation index. [6+6+4]
2. (a) Explain the DSB-SC generation by balanced modulator using diodes.
(b) The modulating signal in an AM-SC system is a multiple-tone signal given by
m(t) = A1 cos ω1t + A2 cos ω2t + A3 cos ω3t. The signal m(t) modulates a
carrier Ac cos ωct. Plot the single-sided spectrum and find the bandwidth of
the modulated signal. Assume that ω3 > ω2 > ω1 and A1 > A2 > A3 . [8+8]
3. (a) Why VSB system is widely used for TV broadcasting - Explain?
(b) An AM transmitter of 1KW power is fully modulated. Calculate the power
transmitted if it is transmitted as SSB.
(c) Calculate the filter requirement to convert DSB signal to SSB Signal, given
that the two side bands are separated by 200HZ. The suppressed carrier is 29
MHZ. [6+4+6]
4. (a) Give the procedure to determine the effective bandwidth of an FM signal.
(b) Which method of FM signal generation is the preferred choice, when the sta-
bility of the carrier frequency is of major concern? Discuss about the method
in detail. [8+8]
5. (a) Find the output SNR in a PM system for tone modulation.
(b) A phase modulation (PM) system, with the modulated wave defined by S (t) =
Ac Cos [2π fct + kpm(t)]
where kp is a constant and m(t) is the message signal. The additive noise n(t)
at the phase detector input is
n(t) = nI(t) cos (2πfc t)−nQ (t) sin 2πfc t Assuming that the carrier-to-noise
ratio at the detector input is high compared with unity, determine
i. the output signal-to-noise ratio and
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ii. the figure of merit of the system. [16]
6. (a) Classify radio transmitters in detail.
(b) Compare low level modulation and high level modulation of radio transmitters.
[16]
7. (a) Describe the circuit of an FET amplitude limiter, and with the aid of the
transfer characteristic explain the operation of the circuit.
(b) What can be done to improve the overall limiting performance of an FM
receiver ? Explain the operation of the double limiter and also AGC in addition
to a limier. [16]
8. (a) What is the fundamental difference between pulse modulation, on the one
hand, and frequency and amplitude modulation on the other?
(b) What is pulse width modulation? What other names does it have? How is it
demodulated? [16]
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