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RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, SAMAYAPURAM

(Autonomous)
DEPARTMENT OF ECE
(Accredited by NBA)
EC8491-COMMUNICATION THEORY
CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT – I
DATE:06.03.2021 MAX.MARKS:100
YEAR/SEM:II / IV/ A, B & C TIME:1.00 p.m – 4.00 p.m
Knowledge K1 – Remembering K3 - Applying K5- Evaluating
Levels (KL) K2 – Understanding K4 – Analyzing K6- Creating

PART-B (5*10=50)
S No Question Marks KL CO
11. a) Consider a two-stage product modulator with a Band Pass Filter (BPF) after 10 K1 CO1
each product modulator in Figure 1, where input signal consists of a voice signal
occupying the frequency band 0.3 to 3.4 kHz. The two oscillator frequencies
have values f1 = 100 kHz and f2 = 10 MHz. Specify the following:
a. Sidebands of DSB-SC appearing at the two product modulator output
b. Sidebands of SSB appearing at BPF outputs
c. The pass bands of the two BPFs

Figure 1 Two-stage Product Modulator

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11. b) 1 1 10 K1 CO1
The signal x  t   cos  2 70t   cos  2 120t  is input to the square law
2 3
modulator with a carrier frequency of 10 kHz as shown in Figure 2. Assume
Vout  a1vin  a2 vin2 .

Figure2 Square law modulator

(a) Calculate the centre frequency and bandwidth of the filter such that this
system will produce a standard AM signal.
(b) Determine the values of a1 and a2 such that carrier amplitude Ac =10 V
and modulation index is 0.5.
12. a) A carrier wave of amplitude 10 V and frequency 100 MHz is frequency 10 K5 CO1
modulated by a sinusoidal voltage. The modulating voltage has an amplitude of
5V and frequency of 20 kHz. The frequency deviation constant is 2 kHz/V.
Draw the frequency spectrum of FM wave.

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12. b) Figure 3 shows the block diagram of WBFM modulator that is used to 5+5 K4 CO1
transmit audio signals containing frequencies in the range 100 Hz to 15 kHz.
The desired FM signal at the transmitter output is to have a carrier frequency
of 100 MHz and a minimum frequency deviation of 75 kHz. Assume the
modulation index is 0.2 radians for NBFM. Find the frequency multiplier
values N1, N2 and values of carrier frequency and frequency deviation at the
various points in WBFM modulator.

m(t) Integrator NBPM Frequency Mixer Frequency

Multiplier N1 Multiplier N2

Crystal Crystal
Controller Controller
Oscillator Oscillator
(0.1 MHz) (9.5 MHz)

Figure 3 Block diagram of WBFM modulator

13. a) i) Describe briefly about square law modulator 10 K4 CO2

(ii) Explain the Hilbert transform with an example

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13. b) (i)The tuned circuit of the oscillator in a simple AM transmitter employs a 40µH 10 K4 CO2
coil and 12nF capacitor. If the oscillator output is modulated by audio frequency
of 5KHz, formulate lower and upper sideband frequencies and the bandwidth
required.

(ii) Inference the need for carrier suppression in AM? Draw & explain the
functioning of such system.
14. a) Explain the concept of SSB-SC wave using phase shift method 10 K4 CO2

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14. b) Explain the FM demodulation process using Foster seeley discriminator with 10 K4 CO2
the phasor representation

15. a) Explain the operation of weaver’s method with the help of neat circuit diagram 10 K4 CO2

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15. b) Explain with diagram the generation of FM Using direct and indirect method 10 K1 CO2