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DHANALAKSHMI SRINIVASAN
INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
PERAMBALUR- 621212
EC6402 – COMMUNICATION THEORY
QUESTION BANK
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
2013 REGULATION
16 MARKS
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UNIT-I AMPLITUDE MODULATION
16 MARK QUESTIONS
1. Explain the generation of AM signals using Square Law Modulator.

(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
2. Explain the detection of AM signals using Envelope Detector.

(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
3. Explain about balanced modulator to generate DSB-SC signal.

(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
4. Discuss about coherent detector to detect SSB-SC signal

(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
5. Explain about the generation of SSB using Balanced Modulator.

(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
6. Draw the circuit diagram of Ring Modulator and explain with its operation?
(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
7. Discuss the coherent detection of DSB-SC modulated wave with a block diagram of
detector and explain.
(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
8. Draw the block diagram for the generation and demodulation of a VSB signal and
explain the principle of operation.
(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
9. Explain the method of generating AM waves using linear time invariant circuits.
(i) block diagram
(ii) operation
10. Explain the method of generating AM waves using Non-Linear circuits.
(i) block diagram

(ii) operation
UNIT-II ANGLE MODULATION
16 MARK QUESTIONS
1. Explain the indirect method of generation of FM wave and any one method of
demodulating an FM wave.
(i)generation
(ii)waveform
(iii)bandwidth
(iv)operation
2. Discuss the indirect methods of generating a wide-band FM signal.

(i)generation
(ii)waveform expression
(iii)bandwidth
(iv)operation
3.Draw the circuit diagram of Foster-seeley discriminator and explain its working.
(i)generation
(ii)waveform&blockdiagram
(iii)bandwidth
(iv)operation
4.Derive an expression for single tone FM wave and Narrowband FM wave?

(i)generation
(ii)waveform expression
(iii)bandwidth
(iv)operation
5.Discuss the working FM using Armstrong method.
(i)generation
(ii)waveform&blockdiagram
(iii)bandwidth
(iv)operation
UNIT-III RANDOM PROCESS
16 MARK QUESTIONS
1. Discuss the noise performance of different types of AM receivers in detail.
(i)types of AM receivers
(ii) expression
2. What is noise temperature? Deduce the expression for effective noise temperature for a
cascaded system.
(i)noise expression
(ii)operation
3. What is narrowband noise discuss the properties of the Quadrature components of a
narrowband noise.
(i)inphase representation of n(t)

(ii)narrow band noise using figure
(iii)generate n(t) & properties explain
4. Derive the noise figure for cascade stages.

(i)noise figure formula
(ii)expression
5. Explain about thermal noise.

(i)define
(ii)diagram
(iii)operation
UNIT-IV NOISE CHARACTERIZATION
16 MARK QUESTIONS
1. Discuss the noise performance of AM system using envelope detection.
(i)output signal to noise

(ii)channel signal to noise ratio
(iii)figure of merit
2. Compare the noise performance of AM and FM systems.
(i)SNR
(ii)BW
(iii)noise performance
(iv)Threshold effect
3. Explain the significance of pre-emphasis and de-emphasis in FM systems.
(i)psd of noise & signal

(ii)block diagram
(iii)operation
4. Derive the noise power spectral density of the FM demodulation and explain its
performance with diagram.
(i)psd of noise & signal

(ii)expression
(iii)diagram
(iv)operation
5. Explain the FM threshold effect and capture effect in FM?
(i)define botheffect
(ii)operation
(iii)expression
6. Draw the block diagram of a superheterodyne receiver and explain the function of each
block.
(i)block diagram
(ii)operation
7. Explain the characteristics of superheterodyne receiver.
(i)sensitivity
(ii)fidelity
(iii)SNR
UNIT-V INFORMATION THEORY
16 MARK QUESTIONS
1. Discuss source coding theorem, give the advantage and disadvantages of channel
coding in detail, and discuss the data compaction.
(i)advantage
(ii)disadvantage
(iii)two types of compression
->loss less compression
->lossy compression
2. Explain in detail Huffman coding algorithm and compare this with the other types of
coding.
(i)steps 1:splitting stage

(ii)steps 2:combined into a new source symbol
(iii)steps 3:procedure is repeat
3. Explain the properties of entropy and with suitable example, explain the entropy
of binary memory less source.
(i)properties of information
(ii)average information define
(iii)extension of a discrete memoryless source
4. Define mutual information. Find the relation between the mutual information and
the Joint entropy of the channel input and channel output. Explain the important
properties of mutual information.
(i)define
(ii)average mutual information
(iii)properties of mutual information
(iv)expression interns of entropies of channel i/p or o/p & conditional probabilities
5. Encode the source symbols with following set of probabilities using Huffman coding.
m = {0.4 0.2 0.12 0.08 0.0 0.08 0.04}

ANS:8
6. Derive the channel capacity theorem.
(i)information capacity theorem

(ii)step1:Gaussian noise of zero mean&variance
(iii)step2:channel capacity
(iv)step3:average mutual information
(v)expression
7. Explain the information capacity theorem.
(i)information capacity theorem

(ii)step1:Gaussian noise of zero mean&variance
(iii)step2:channel capacity
(iv) step3:average mutual information

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EC6402 – COMMUNICATION THEORY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

UNIT-I AMPLITUDE MODULATION

1. Explain the generation of AM signals using Square Law Modulator.

2. Explain the detection of AM signals using Envelope Detector.

3. Explain about balanced modulator to generate DSB-SC signal.

4. Discuss about coherent detector to detect SSB-SC signal

5. Explain about the generation of SSB using Balanced Modulator.

10. Explain the method of generating AM waves using Non-Linear circuits.

(i) block diagram

2. Discuss the indirect methods of generating a wide-band FM signal.

4.Derive an expression for single tone FM wave and Narrowband FM wave?

5.Discuss the working FM using Armstrong method.

UNIT-III RANDOM PROCESS

1. Discuss the noise performance of different types of AM receivers in detail.

(i)inphase representation of n(t)

4. Derive the noise figure for cascade stages.

5. Explain about thermal noise.

UNIT-IV NOISE CHARACTERIZATION

1. Discuss the noise performance of AM system using envelope detection.

(i)output signal to noise

2. Compare the noise performance of AM and FM systems.

3. Explain the significance of pre-emphasis and de-emphasis in FM systems.

(i)psd of noise & signal

(i)psd of noise & signal

7. Explain the characteristics of superheterodyne receiver.

UNIT-V INFORMATION THEORY

(i)steps 1:splitting stage

m = {0.4 0.2 0.12 0.08 0.0 0.08 0.04}

(i)information capacity theorem

7. Explain the information capacity theorem.

(i)information capacity theorem

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