Analog Modulation
GATE Electronics & Communication · 36 questions across 21 years (1992-2025) · 53% recurrence rate
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Consider a message signal $m(t)$ which is bandlimited to $[-W, W]$, where $W$ is in Hz . Consider the following two modulation schemes for the message signal: Double sideband-suppressed carrier (DSB-SC): $$ f_{\mathrm{DS...
Consider a frequency-modulated (FM) signal $$ f(t)=A_c \cos \left(2 \pi f_c t+3 \sin \left(2 \pi f_1 t\right)+4 \sin \left(6 \pi f_1 t\right)\right) $$ where $A_c$ and $f_c$ are, respectively, the amplitude and frequency...
An amplitude modulator has output (in Volts) $$s(t) = A \cos(400 \pi t) + B \cos(360 \pi t) + B \cos(440 \pi t)$$. The carrier power normalized to $1\Omega$ resistance is 50 Watts. The ratio of the total sideband power t...
Let a frequency modulated (FM) signal $$x(t) = A\cos ({\omega _c}t + {k_f}\int_{ - \infty }^t {m(\lambda )d\lambda )} $$, where $$m(t)$$ is a message signal of bandwidth W. It is passed through a non-linear system with o...
Consider a carrier signal which is amplitude modulated by a single - tone sinusoidal message signal with a modulation index of $50 \%$. If the carrier and one of the side bands are suppressed in the modulated signal, the...
Consider a super heterodyne receiver tuned to 600 kHz . If the local oscillator feeds a 1000 kHz signal to the mixer. The image frequency (in integer) is $\_\_\_\_$ kHz .
A sinusoidal message signal having root mean square value of 4 V and frequency of 1 kHz is fed to a phase modulator with phase deviation constant $2 \mathrm{rad} /$ volt. If the carrier signal is $c(t)=2 \cos \left(2 \pi...
The un-modulated carrier power in an AM transmitter is 5kW. This carrier is modulated by a sinusoidal modulating signal. The maximum percentage of modulation is 50%. If it is reduced to 40%, then the maximum un-modulated...
A modulating signal given By $$x\left(t\right)=5\sin\left(4\mathrm\pi10^3\mathrm t\;-\;10\mathrm{πcos}2\mathrm\pi10^3\mathrm t\right)$$ V is fed to a phase modulator with phase deviation constant k p =0.5rad/V. If the ca...
For a superheterodyne receiver, the intermediate frequency is 15 MHz and the local oscillator frequency is 3.5 GHz. If the frequency of the received signal is greater than the local oscillator frequency, then the image f...
A super heterodyne receiver operates in the frequency range of 58 MHz – 68 MHz. The intermediate frequency f 1F and local oscillator frequency f L0 are chosen such that f 1F $$\leq$$ f L0 .It is required that the image f...
Consider the signal $$s\left(t\right)\;=\;m\left(t\right)\;\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+\widehat m\left(t\right)\;\sin\left(2\mathrm\pi\;{\mathrm f}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)$$ where $$\widehat m\...
Consider an FM signal $$f\left(t\right)\;=\;\cos\left[2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\;+\;{\mathrm\beta}_1\sin\;2{\mathrm{πf}}_1\mathrm t\;+\;{\mathrm\beta}_2\sin\;2{\mathrm{πf}}_2\mathrm t\right]$$ . The maximum devia...
Consider an angle modulated signal x(t) = 6cos[2$$\mathrm\pi$$x10 6 t+2sin(8000$$\mathrm\pi$$t) + 4cos(8000$$\mathrm\pi$$t)] V. The average power of x(t) is.
The signal $$\cos\;\omega_ct\;+\;0.5\;\cos\;\omega_mt\;s\mathrm{in}\;\omega_ct$$ is
Consider the amplitude modulated (AM) signal $$A_c\cos\omega_ct\;+\;2\cos\omega_mt\;\cos\omega_ct$$. For demodulating the signal using envelope detector, the minimum value of A c should be
The diagonal clipping in Amplitude Demodulation (using envelope detector) can be avoided if RC time-constant of the envelope detector satisfies the following condition, (here W is message bandwidth and ω c is carrier fre...
Which of the following analog modulation scheme requires the minimum transmitted power and minimum channel bandwidth?
A device with input x(t) and output y(t) is characterized by: y(t) = x 2 (t). An FM signal with frequency deviation of 90 kHz and modulating signal bandwidth of 5 kHz is applied to this device. The bandwidth of the outpu...
A carrier is phase modulated (PM) with frequency deviation of 10 kHz by a single tone frequency of 1 kHz. If the single tone frequency is increased to 2 kHz, assuming that phase deviation remains unchanged, the bandwidth...
An AM signal is detected using an envelope detector. The carrier frequency and modulating signal frequency are 1 MHz and 2 KHz respectively. An appropriate value for the time constant of the envelope detector is
Two sinusoidal signals of same amplitude and frequencies 10 kHz and 10.1 kHz are added together. The combined signal is given to an ideal frequency detector. The output of the detector is
An AM signal and a narrow-band FM signal with identical carriers, modulating signals and modulation indices of 0.1 are added together. The resultant signal can be closely approximated by
A DSB-SC signal is to be generated with a carrier frequency f c = 1MHz using a nonlinear device with the input-output characteristic $$v_0=a_0v_i\;+\;a_1v_i^3$$.where a 0 and a 1 are constants. The output of the nonlinea...
Let $$m\left(t\right)\;=\cos\left[\left(4\mathrm\pi\times10^3\right)t\right]$$ be the message signal and $$c\left(t\right)\;=5\cos\left[2\mathrm\pi\times10^6t\right]$$ be the carrier. c(t) and m(t) are used to generate a...
Let $$m\left(t\right)\;=\cos\left[\left(4\mathrm\pi\times10^3\right)t\right]$$ be the message signal and $$c\left(t\right)\;=5\cos\left[2\mathrm\pi\times10^6t\right]$$ be the carrier. c(t) and m(t) are used to generate a...
A 1 MHz sinusoidal carrier is amplitude modulated by a symmetrical square wave of period 100 µsec. Which of the following frequencies will NOT be present in the modulated signal?
In an FM system, a carrier of 100 MHz is modulated by a sinusoidal signal of 5 KHz. The bandwidth by Carson’s approximation is 1 MHz. If y(t) = (modulated waveform) 3 , then by using Carson’s approximation, the bandwidth...
A modulated signal is given by s(t)= $${e^{ - at}}$$ cos $$\left[ {({\omega _c} + \Delta \omega )t} \right]$$ u (t), where a, $${\omega _c}$$ and $${\Delta \omega }$$ are positive constants, and $${\omega _c}$$ >>$${\Del...
A modulated signal is given by, $$s\left(t\right)=m_1\left(t\right)\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+m_2\left(t\right)\sin\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)$$, where the baseband signal m 1...
The image channel selectivity of super heterodyne receiver depends upon
A DSB-SC signal is generated using the carrier $$\cos\left(\omega_ct\;+\;\theta\right)$$ and modulating singal x(t). The envelope of the DSB-SC signal is
$$v\left(t\right)\;=5\left[\cos\left(10^6\mathrm{πt}\right)\;-\;\sin\left(10^3\mathrm{πt}\right)\times\sin\left(10^6\mathrm{πt}\right)\right]$$ represents
Which of the following demodulator(s) can be used for demodulating the signal $$x(t)\;=\;5\left(1+2\;\cos200\mathrm{πt}\right)\cos\;20000\;\mathrm{πt}$$ .
A superheterodyne radio receiver with an intermediate frequency of 455 KHz is tuned to a station operating at 1200 KHz. The associated image frequency is ______ KHz.
The maximum power efficiency of an AM modulator is