Answers to Tutorial 1

4. We want to add three signals P1, P2 and P3 with levels of 0 dBm, +3 dBm and -6 dBm. What is the total
power? [Answer: 3.25mW or 5.12dBm]
Solution:
- Convert each signal into Watts(or miliwatt) then ADD.
- Answer: 3.25mW; or you can convert back to decibel;-5.12dBm

7. The receiver systems have three stages comprised of two amplifiers and one filter with an input of

Pin =7 .55 mW and absolute power gains of

A p 1 =75 , A p2 =1 .5 and
A p 3 =100 , determine:
a. The input power in dBm and the total gain.[Ans: Pin=8.78dBm; 11250]

b. Output power (
Pout ) in watts and dBm.[Ans: Pout=84.94W; or 49.29dBm]
 c. The dB gain of each of the three stages and the overall gain in dB.
Ans:
A p 1 =18.75 dB , A p 2=1.76 dB , A p 3=20 dB A T =40 .51 dB
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A p 1 =10 log75=18.75 dB
A p 2 =10 log1 .5=1 .76 dB
A p 3 =10 log100=20 dB
A T =18. 75 dB+1 .76 dB+20 dB=40 .51 dB

8. Given a three-stages system with an input power Pin = -26 dBm and power gains of the three stages of
Ap1 = 23 dB, Ap2 = -3 dB, Ap3 = 16 dB, determine the output power (Pout) in dBm and watts

Total gain, AT = 23dB + (-3dB) + 16dB = 36dB

Pout (dBm) = -26dBm + 36dB = 10dBm
Pout (watts) = 1010/10 = 10mW

11. Describe the meaning of each term in the following expression:

vam (t) = 10 sin(2π500kt) – 5 cos(2π515kt) + 5 cos(2π485kt)

The peak amplitude of the modulated carrier is 10 V p and the upper and lower side frequency voltage is
5 Vp. The upper side frequency is 515 kHz and the lower side frequency is 485 kHz.

12. Given an audio signal x (t )=2 cos1000 πt +cos2000 πt and a carrier of 10 cos 105 πt . Write
down the expression for the upper sideband terms of the product signal for AM.

Signal: x (t )=2 cos1000 πt +cos 2000 πt

5
Carrier: c (t) = 10 cos 10 πt

The product signal:

v(t )=x(t )c(t )
5
= ( 2 cos1000 πt+cos 2000 πt )( 10 cos10 πt )
3 5 5
= 20 cos10 πt cos10 πt +10 cos2000 πt cos10 πt

= 10 (cos10 .1×104 πt +cos9 . 9×10 4 πt )+5(cos10 . 2×104 πt +cos9 . 8×104 πt )

The upper sideband term:

v (t )=10cos 10. 1×10 4 πt+5 cos10. 2×10 4 πt