Homework 3

Exercise 1:
1) A digital signal represents data as a set of finite discrete values. The signal at any given
time can hold only one value from a defined set of possible values. The physical quantity
captured to represent the information can be an electric current, voltage, temperature, etc.
2) Techniques used to improve the accuracy and quality of digital communication are called
Digital Signal Processing (DSP). It mitigates the impact of quality reduction due to noise and
aliasing impact on the signal.
3) Digital Signal Processing is used in multiple areas, namely audio signal, speech and voice
processing, RADAR, seismology, etc. It is used in mobile phones for speech compression and
transmission. Other appliances where it is used are Mp3, CAT scans, computer graphics,
MRI, etc.
4) Sampling is the first step towards converting Analog-to-Digital signal. Each signal value is
quantified at a specific time interval to the nearest possible discrete digital value. Finally, the
discrete values captured are converted to binary values and sent to the system to be
processed/stored as a digital signal.
5) Digital Visual Interface (DVI-D) supports only digital signals.

Exercise 2:
The signal is a function that carries information in the form of data from one point to another
by the varying quantities of current or voltage or electromagnetic waves.
A digital signal represents information as a sequence of discrete finite values.
Digital signals are preferred as digital processing helps in analyzing analog data, digitizing
and processing them for better quality, storage, flexibility, and reproducibility.
The rate of transmission is better, cheaper, and flexible when compared to analog signals. The
Filters, Fourier Transform tools DFT, FFT, etc. are some of the tools, which help in digital
processing.
Most of the modern appliances used in daily life use digital processors like computers,
electronic gadgets, digital phones, etc.
ADC converters, digital processing, and DAC converters play a significant role in these
appliances to facilitate data storage, transmission, and reproducibility for human usage.
Exercise 3:
- The signal is again amplified after rectified by the detector after fed to a loudspeaker after
mixed with a signal from the oscillator to give a standard intermediate frequency after desired
signal is fed to the acceptor circuit after amplified.
- The whole RF receiver system consists of acceptor, mixer, oscillator and composed of
detector, audio amplifier.