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This document contains instructions and questions for a fourth year examination in Communication Electronics II. It includes 5 questions, with parts (a) through (g) covering topics such as signal modulation, transmitter and receiver components, analogue and digital modulation techniques, wave propagation modes, and quadrature demodulation. Students are instructed to answer Question One and any two other questions.

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Phys 419 Comm Electronics

This document contains instructions and questions for a fourth year examination in Communication Electronics II. It includes 5 questions, with parts (a) through (g) covering topics such as signal modulation, transmitter and receiver components, analogue and digital modulation techniques, wave propagation modes, and quadrature demodulation. Students are instructed to answer Question One and any two other questions.

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PHYS 419

CHUKA UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

FOURTH YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF BACHELOR


OF SCIENCE (GENERAL) AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (SCIENCE)

PHYS 419: COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS II

STREAMS: B.Sc. (GENERAL) & B.ED (SCIENCE) Y4S1 TIME: 2 HOURS

DAY/DATE: TUESDAY 11/12/2018 8.30 A.M. – 10.30 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS:

 Answer Question ONE and ANY Other TWO Questions.

Question One (30 marks)


(a) Explain why a signal is modulated before transmitting (3marks)

(b) NTV station uses FSK carrier signal withmark and space frequencies of 99.6 MHz and
101.2 MHz respectively. Determine for the transmitting carrier signal;
(i) The peak frequency deviation (3marks)
(ii) Minimum bandwidth (2marks)
(iii) Baud for binary FSK signal (2marks)

(c)Discuss the three type of digital modulation (6marks)

(d)With the aid of a well labeled block diagram, describe a simple transmitter of a
communication system. (5marks)

(e) What are the functions of the following elements in a receiver circuit?
(i) BPF
(ii) ADC
(iii) LPF
(iv) Antenna
(4marks)
(f) Differentiate between analogue and digital modulation (2marks)

(g) Define the term modulation and give two examples of digital modulation (3marks)

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Question Two (20 marks)


(a) Citizen TV station uses an ac carrier signal with a voltage given by the relation;

y = 300 sin(3 x 1014t +𝝅/2)

Determine for the transmitting carrier signal;


(i) Peak voltage (2marks)
(ii) Frequency of transmission (3marks)
(iii) Phase angle (2marks)

(b) Discuss the three type of analogue modulation (9marks)

(c) Discuss the TE and TM modes of wave propagation (4marks)

Question Three (20 marks)


(a) With the aid of a well labeled block diagram, describe the elements of a communication
system. (12marks)

(b) Differentiate between carrier and message signal.(2marks)

(c) What are the functions of limiters in a communication system? (5marks)

Question Four (20 marks)


(a) The circuit in figure 4.1 is an example of a one transistor, low power CW transmitter.
Describe briefly, how it operates. (10marks)

Figure 4.1. A one transistor low power CW transmitter.

(b) Discuss the basic electronics implemented to achieve sharing the communication channel
through frequency division. (5marks)

(c) Explain the work of discriminators in a communication system. (5marks)

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Question Five (20 marks)


(a) Cross over distortion is usually observed in transistor amplifiers. Describe this phenomenon
and explain how it affects audio signal in a receiver. (10marks)

(b) Figure 5.1 is a block diagram of quadrature demodulator. Discuss how it works while
highlighting baseband and bandpass models. (10marks)

Figure 5.1.Quadrature demodulator.

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