MRSE Oral Exam Questions

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Heterodyne Rx block diagram

Why do we need variable gain LNA?
Where does the image arise in heterodyne Rx architecture?
What is the difference between band select filter and channel select filter
Why is band select filter important in heterodyne Rx and not in homodyne
Rx?
6. What is the bandwidth of BPF used in duplexer and band select filter used
after LNA? If both bandwidths are the same why do we need both of them?
7. What is the bandwidth of the channel select filter?
8. Why is phase noise specification important for a Tx?
9. How do we differentiate users in the same channel in CDMA, GSM, UMTS,
LTI?
10.What is the difference between 3rd and 2nd order nonlinearity?
11.Why is 3rd order IM critical in Heterodyne Rx and 2nd order IM critical in
Homodyne?
12.Which components in heterodyne Rx need to be designed carefully for
handling the 3rd order IM properly?
13.Where does channel selection takes place in heterodyne Rx and where
does it take place in Homodyne Rx?
14.How does the Rx at a base station look like? What is IF sampling, digital IF?
15.Explain mobile communication principle using frequency axis if you are
the only one with a cellphone in Karlsruhe, will you see intermodulation
products on the frequency axis?
16.What is desensitization? How big the interference signal has to be in order
to cause desensitization ( Hint : where exactly should you look in an
Amplifier data sheet )
17.Which blocks need to be removed from the heterodyne Rx block diagram
in order to obtain a Homodyne Rx?
18.Why is Homodyne Rx popular now days or why wasnt it popular before?
Your phone has which Rx architecture?
19.What are the major challenges in designing a Homodyne Rx?
20.Explain FMCW radar principle and draw its block diagram for monostatic
and bistatic cases
21.How does the FMCW radar signal look like after ADC and after FFT
22.Why do we need up and down chirp in automotive radars whereas in
applications like level measurement in tanks, only up chirp (sawtooth
modulation) is sufficient?
23.In which part of the FMCW signal is distance and Doppler measured?
24.How does the ADC signal change if the target moves farther or closer w.r.t.
the radar
25.How to determine the SNR of a FMCW radar equation
26.How can we improve the SNR of FMCW radar
27.What is dynamic range? How is the implementation of dynamic range
different in a communications system and in radar?
28.How many ADC bits are needed when the radar dynamic range is specified
as 120 dB