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INSTITUTEOF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY A

HAAC
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Autonomous Institution, Accredited by NAAC with A" Grade

Date:25.09.2024
Reg No: 402210bl12 4 A4 A broad cast radio transmitter radiates 10 KW when the [EPI]
Continuous Internal Test-I modulation percentage is 60 calculate the carrier power in
V semester B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering the transmitted modulated
21EC501 Analog Communication Engincering SignalsK-b
5 B1 Which type of modulation depicted in figure 2 ? furnish [UP1]
Time: 1hour 30minutes Maximum: 50 Marks the reason for your answer

Instruction : Every concept in the syllabus is having three types of questions to be asked
with mark split ofl. 2,7(3+4) mapped to Revised Blooms Taxonomy. Students have one choice M
question in each group. Answer any three complete questions of 10 marks from Group Aand 6 B2 If a FM signal having modulation index mf is passed [EP1]
hwo complete questions from Group B.Thus total 30 marks from group Aand 20 marks from through a frequency tripler, then the modulation index of
Group B output of frequency tripler is 3mm
Part A(5*1 =5 Marks) B3 FM signals have a broader bandwidth, allowing for higher audio
fidelity and more information to be transmitted. Draw the (An P1
On. Group Questions RBT frequency spectrum of FM wave for modulation index 3
No No
Level
Part -B (5*2 = 10 Marks)
1 Al Qn. Group Questions RBT
Figure 1 represents a demodulation System. Which [An/P, No No
application of Diode is used to extract Information signal11 Level
from the modulated signal. What role does the capacitor
play in this demodulating circuits Al (Directions to question number a to d ) Figure 2 [AP2]
represents the basic block diagram of a simplex analog
Detector Diode
communication system. Here A is speaking and B is
listening.
AM wave
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Input Modulator
Transducer
Diode ad ch. Rol- opan contuit hot cl Channel
2 A2 What is the Minimum length of antenna required to E/P1]
transmit the Amplitude modulated signal of centre Output
frequency 20 MHz NA b -2.Rba Transducer
Demodulator
3 A3 Which mode of communication is used in Walkies talkie[U/P1]
used by police? Justify your answer B Figure 2
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8) devalon
maximum EP3)
a)What bype of transducers are used in the input side and 13 B2 An FM transmitter is designed to get a
output side? What are the fanctions of these transducers? deviation of 90 KHz and the Information signal has a
b)ln which part of the system contributes noise effect? frequency of 15 KHz. Calculate the deviation ratio and
c)What is the difference in the strength of the signal Bandwidth of the system
received by B if the signal is modulated compared to un 14 B3 Compare Narrow band FM and Wide band FM (AP2)
modulated signal ?
D)Based on the types of the channels, What are the Part - C(5*7= 35 Marks)
different types of communication system? Questions RBT
Qn. Group
Level
No No
9 A2 Figure 3 represents Amplitude modulated waveform of [A/P2]
different message and carrier signals of various amplitude. 15 A1 Spectrumn of Transmitted TV signal Using VSB
Find the over modulated, Critically modulated and Under Modulations shown in Figure 4 [EP3
modulated Signals. What is the reason for getting this
type of variation Justify your answer with respect to
modulation index
Relatvmp
A
0.5

Bokb
1.25 Rolative channel frequency 625675

a) How much Bandwidth is allotted for picture(video )

transmission and Audio (transmission )?
b)What are the range of frequencies for audio and video?
Figure (3) c)How much bandwidth is allotted for guard band ? what is
it's range
[An/P2
10 A3 Compare the performance of SSB, DSSBFC and DSSB d)Why Vestigial Side band modulation is preferred over
Conventional AM and SSB transmission for TV Signal.
Justify your answer
E/P2]
11 A4 AM radio channel bandwidth is 10 KHz. What is the e)If modulation is done by using VSB, hat is the
maximum modulating frequency bandwidth required for Complete TV signal Transmission
12 BI Design a circuit to generate PM from FM signal [C/P2]
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16 A2 Two identical AM modulators are connected as shown in [A/P3]

figure (5). How does this configuration help to suppress the
carrier signal in the resultant amplitude modulated signal? Modulating
Amplitude
How much power is saved by using this AM generator Signal
compared to conventional method of AM generation? Why
it is called as a product modulator . wwww Carrier
Signal

m(t) s(t)
AM
Modulator
Modulated
Time
Signal
figure (6)
LOcal s(t) a)ldentify the type of Modulation scheme .Furnish the
Oscllator c(t)=A,cos(2mf, ) reason for your answer. AM
b)Calculate the percentage of Modulation
c)What are the different frequencies present in the
-m(t) AM modulated signal
Modulator
s2(t) d) Draw the power spectrum for the modulated Signal and
calculate the minimum bandwidth required to transmit the
signal
17 A?
figure (5) E)Prove that total bandwidth required for AM
With Neat sketch Explain the Generation of Double side transmission is 2fim (hint V= Ve cos wet & Vm= Vm
band Suppressed carrier using Diode ring modulator. Split [An/P cos Wm t)
your answer into two parts. The first part should cover the 31
circuit operation for the positive half cycle of the carrier. 19 B1 With respect to the following parameters, Sound quality,
the Second part Should cover the circuit operations for Interference Power consumption Bandwidth Complexity of [An/P
negative half cycle of the carrier receiver and transmitter, Frequency range compare the 3]
18 A4 Go through the graphical representation of Modulation [E/P3 performance of FM and AM.
scheme depicted in figure 6 and answer the following1 Represent FM signal and AM signal in time domain as well
questions ( Given Maximum message signal frequency is in frequency Domain
(fim) 75Hz, Carrier signal Frequency(fc) is 30KHz , Vc=
40V, Maximum amplitude of modulated Signal( Vmax )is
70 V, Minimum amplitude of Modulated signal(Vmin) is
10 V)
 [E/P3

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Calculate
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 SRISHAKTHI
INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY A
COIMBATORE-641062
Autonomous Institution, Aceredited by NAACwith "A" Grade

26.10.2024 Reg No: A4 The noise figure of the individual stage of two stage [EP1]
Continuous Internal Test-2 amplifier is 2.03 and 1.54 respectively. The available
V semester B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering power gain of first stage is 62. Evaluate the overall noise
21EC501 Analog Communication Engineering figure?
Ihour 30 minutes Maximum: 50 Marks BI Which electronic component is more susceptible to [An/PI
partition noise? Justify your statement
Instruction : Every cancept in the syllabus is having three types of questions to be asked
tmark split of 1. 2, 73+4) mapped to Revised Blooms Taxonomy. Students have one choice (a) (b)
sion in each group. Answer any two complete questions of 10 marks from Group Aand wo
plete questions from Group B Thus total 30 marks from group Aand 20 marks from Group PNPE

6 B2 Noise present in high frequency are [UP]

Part - A(5*1 =5 Marks) Noise present in low frequency are
On Group Questions RBT B3 What is Shot noise? What is the source of shot noise? How
No No Level do youcalculate current produced by shot noise? (An Pl
Al Output of the system given in the figure is [AnP,

Base-band Part - B(5*2 = 10 Marks)

Integrator Phase
Signal
m(t) Jm() Modulator Qn. Group Questions RBT
No No Level
A.coso

Carrier 8 Al FM signal having a frequency deviation of 90kHz is[AP2]

Generator passed through squrae law device . The message frequency
is 5 KHz . Determine the bandwith and modulation index
A)AM signal, b) NBEM signal C) PM signal d)WBFM of the signal at the output
2 A2 What property of varactor diode is used to generate FM [An/PI A2 Why frequency modulation is called constant bandwidth [AP2]
signal in reactance Modulator ? system justify your result by increasing the modulating
frequency from 50 Hz to 5000 Hz.take frequency
3 A34 What are the different types of external noise that will [UP1] deviation is 75 KHz
effect the overall performance of communication system ? 10 A3 EP2)
An amplifier operating over the frequency range from 28
to 25 MHz, has a 20KQ input resistor. What is the rms
 noise voltage at the input to this amplifier. If the
ambient 16 A2 Consider the Narrow band FM s(t)-20 cos (2[I 10° t+0.4 sin [EP3
temperature is 27C? two frequency ))
11 A4 From the following Relative amplitude vs Frequency plot, 211 10°t ) the signal passed through
[An/P2 multipliers in cascade nl-2, n2-7 determine the carrier
identify the type of noise which the sections A, B, C&D
frequency modulation index and bandwidth at the output
of First multiplier and Second Multiplier

Relative
WBFM
Amplitude
NBFM
Multiplier Multipler
nl=2 n2=7
D
101
How a Zero crossing detector is used to demodu<ate the FM
10-3 10-1 100 101 102 10 104 10s 106 signal.
17 A3 Figure represents the frequency response of De emphasis
circuit. [An/P
12 BI Design a circuit to generate narTOW band FM using [An/P2 db 3))
variable reactance modulator
en
13 B2 The noise figure of a receiver is 16dB at 17°C. Calculate (E/P3]
Equivalent noise temperature -3db

14 B3 Write short notes on internal noise [/P2]

25 Hz 3180 Hz 15kHz
1. Calculate the time constant of De emphasis circuit
Part C (5*7=35 Marks) 2. Which type of filter Response is similar to De emphasis
Questions RBT
On. Group circuit response?
Level
No No 3.Where it is used and what is the need of De emphasis
circuit ?
15 Al Design a circuit to generate Frequency modulated Signal 4. With neat sketch, explain the inverse operation of De
which has modulation index grater than 1. Use frequency [C/P3 emphasis
multipliers and mixer to increase the deviation as well as
modulation index. The given Figure shows a typical microwave receiver usedEP3
in satellite communication. D)
18 A4 (a) Evaluate the overall noise figure of the receiver
(b) The overall equivalent temperature of the receiver
 assume the ambient temperature is 17°C 20 B2 A front end of a receiver system is composed by
receiving antenna at a temperature of 290 K. calculate [EP3
the signal power Pi at the input of the receiver in order
to obtain an output signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 45
dB. Assume the equivalent noise bandwidth Bn-10
Microware Mixer and IF
Invelling vave tube amollier
MHz
Anpltiecr
To the Decoder
Antenna G-J0dB G3-30d8 Amplifier 1 Ampl1fier 2
GI=30dB NE, =4 dB
F2-6dB F3-12d8 NE, =9 dB Recerer
S1=12dB 91=30dB Output

19 B1 Three amplifiers are connected in cascade where F1, F2, F3 21 B3 For the circuit shown below calculate equivalent Noise [EP
represents the the noise factor of each stage .Similarly GI, [E/P3 Yesistance for cascadcd Systen1 3]
G2 , G3 represent the gain of each stages. Calculate theJ
Overall noise factor of the System Amplifier 1 Ampl1fier 2
Gain=A1 Gain A2
F1, G1 F2, G2 F3, G3
OUT R R2 R

n1) vn2 vn3

What is the equivalent noise temperature and Gain of the

system.
An amplifier with 10dB noise figure and 4dB power gain is Calculate the effective noise voltage for
cascaded with second amplifier which has 10dB power Rl=105,R2-20R,R3=40Q and Al-20 A2-30 ,calculate
gain. What is the overall noise figure and power gain of two rms noise voltage take bandwidth 20Mhz and value of
stage cascaded amplifier the Boltzmann constant has a defined value of 1.380649 x
1025 joule per kelvin
 SRISHAKTHI
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
COIMBATORE-641 062
Autonomous Institution, Accredited by NAAC with "A' Grade

Date: 09.12.2024
Reg No:
Continuous Internal Assessment Test-|
Vsemester B.E Electronics and
Communication Engineering
21EC501 :Analog Communication Engineering
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Maximum 50 Marks
Instructions:

Section A: Contains 4 questions. You are required to answer any 3 of these questions.
Section B: Contains 3 ques tions. You are required to answer any 2 of these questions.
QNo* Questions

SECTIONA GOURSE OUTCOME 2 MAXIMUM : 30 MARKS

A1 1 The Unwanted signal that can also produce the same intermediate frequency in radio
receiver is known as -- [Ap/P1, 1]
2 (iü) What are the key factors affecting fidelity of radio receiver
3
[UP1, 3]
(ii) Determine the recovered base band for a TRF receiver tuned to 1000 KHz AM radio
roadcast signal by a variable tuned circuit with 1KHz bandwidth. Find the bandwidth
when receiver is returned to 1550 KHz and 550 KHz EP2, 6]
A2 4 (0 Which of the following determines the tuning of a super heterodyne receiver? [UP1, 1]
A) The local oscillator frequency
B) The intermediate frequency filter
C) The power supply voltage
D) The antenna size
5 (ii) IfIF amplifier gain is 20 dB and conversion loss is 4dB, What is the the overall gain of
Super hetrodyne receiver [EP2, 3]
(ii) Compare TRF and super hetrodyne receiver [UP1,6]
A3 7 () refers to the minimum input signal power that a receiver can detect and still produce
a usable output.
8
[UPI, 1]
(i) For asuperheterodyne receiver , the intermediate frequency is 15 MHz and local oscillator
frequency is 3.5 GHz.Ifthe frequency of the received signal is greater than the local
oscillator frequency, calculate the image frequency? [EP2,3]
(i) Enumerate the various stages in super hetrodyne receiver with neat sketch to illustrate its
operation. [An P1, 6]
A4 10 Differentiate sensitivity and selectivity of a radio receiver [UP1, 2]
11 (i)
2
Asuperheterodyne receiver uses an intermediate frequency of 455 kHz, and its bandwidthis
determined by the F filter, which has a bandwidth of 10 kHz. What is the selectivity of the
receiver? [AnP, 3])
13
(i) For AM super heterodyne receiver with IF and Rf frequencies of 465 KHz and 950 KHz
respectively. Determine
A) Local Oscillator frequency
B)Image frequency

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 C) Image frequency rejection ratio [Ap/P1, 5]
Quality factor given is 80
ouRSEOUFCOME3 MAXIMUM:20 MARKS3
Theorem.
B1 14 (0) Specify the meaning of channel capacity. Define Shannon's ChannelCapacity [Ap/P1,2]
the average signal power
(ü) A communication system operates over a bandwidth of 2 kHz and
is 10 watts. The noise power is 2 watts.
a) Calculate the theoretical maximum data rate (capacity)of this system.
channel capacity?
b) If the SNR is increased by a factor of 10, what would be the new
[EPl, 3] probability of emission
16 () A DMS has six symbols x1, x2, x3, x4, x5,x6 with
0.3,0.2,0.18,0.11,0.05,0.16 encode the source with Huffman codes evaluate
Source entropy, Average codeword length and Redundancy. E/P1, 5]
what is their mutual information I(X;Y)?
B2 17 () If two random variables X and Y are independent, [UP1, 1]
bandwidth and signal to noise
18 (i) An ideal power limited communication channel has 4 kHz [EP1, 3]
ratio of 255. Calculate the channel capacity.
19 (ii) Define mutual information. How it is related toentropy
probability of occurrence of the
A message signal Mkis transmitted by the transmitter the
signal is 1/4. Calculate the information conveyed in terms of bits? EP1, 6]
approaches 1?
B3 20 () What happens when the error probability of a Binary Symmetric Channel
Define the error probability in a Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC) EP1, 2]
21 (ii) What are the properties of entropy? [U/P1,2]
C and D with
22 (in) Design a Shannon Fano code for the source emitting of the four symbols A, B, source are
probabilities 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 respectively and the emissions of symbols by the
statistically independent. Discover average code length and efficiency. EP1, 6]
***Endof Question Paper
RBT ANALYSIS

Apply Analyze Evaluate Section Total

Understa nd
A B C B A B ECS015 EC501.6
Section A
1 40 30
Factual 13 8
6 10 25
Conceptual 3
Procedural
Metacognitive
Section Total
7 35 70
16 12
Total

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