Question 1 (2 points)

Draw block diagram of a generic RF transceiver. Describe the function of each block. (1 point)
Answer:

Draw the block diagram of a Sliding-IF Receivers. Describe the function of each block. (1 point)
Answer:

Question 2 (1 point)
An amplifier senses a sinusoidal signal and delivers a power of 1 dBm to a load resistance of 50 Ω.
Determine the peak-to-peak voltage swing across the load.
Answer:
1dBm = 100.1 mW
Vpp2/8RL= 100.1 mW
Vpp ≈ 0.71 V

Question 3 (2 points)

Figure 1: An analog multiplier.

An analog multiplier “mixes” its two inputs below, ideally producing y(t) = kx 1(t)x2(t), where k is a
constant.
Assume x1(t) = A1cos ω1t and x2(t) = A2cos ω2t.
a. If the mixer is ideal, determine the output frequency components. (1 point)
b. If the input port sensing x2(t) suffers from third-order nonlinearity, determine the output
frequency components. (1 point)
Answer
 a. y(t) = k * A1cos ω1t * A2cos ω2t = (k A1A2/2) cos(ω1+ ω2)t + (k A1A2/2) cos(ω1 - ω2)t.
b. y(t) = k * A1cos ω1t * ( A2cos ω2t + (a3 A23/4)*cos3ω2t)
= (kA1A2/2) cos(ω1+ ω2)t + (kA1A2/2) cos(ω1 - ω2)t + (ka3A1A23/8) cos(ω1+ 3ω2)t +
(ka3A1A23/8) cos(ω1- 3ω2)t

Question 4 (1 point)

Figure 2
Design the matching network of Figure 2(a) so as to transform R L = 50 Ω to 25 Ω at a center
frequency of 2.5 GHz.
Answer
Re{Zin} = 25 = RL/(1 + QP2) => QP = 1
Beucause QP = RL*C1*ω => C1= 1/( RL*ω) = 1.27 pF
L1= RL2C1/(1+QP2) = 1.6nH
Question 5 (1 point)
Plot the output of a QPSK modulator if the input bits are 00101101 and the carrier is V C cos(ωCt).
Answer
The assumption is that phase 0 for code 00, phase 90 for code 01, phase 180 for code 10 and phase
270 for code 11, we have the following QPSK output

Question 6 (3 points)

Figure 3
Given a circuit in Figure 3.
a. What is the function of this circuit ? (1 point)
b. Given the input Vin = 10 sin (2πft) (V), f = 10 MHz, R = 4700 Ω, C = 47nF, calculate Vout. (1
point)
c. What is the cut frequency of this circuit ? (1 point)
Answer
a. Low pass filter/ Passive Low Pass Filter
b. ZC = 1/ (47nF * 2π * 10 MHz) = 0.34 (Ω)
Vout = Vin * ZC/(ZC+R) = Vin * 7.23*10-5 (V)
c. fC = 1/2πRC= 720.5 (Hz)