Principles of Communications

Worksheet on dB Calculations

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Using format paper.
Convert the ff power ratios in dB:
a. 5
d. 0.008
Convert the ff decibel values to power ratios:
a. 26 dB
c. -36 dB
Convert the ff powers to dBm
a. ) 0.0001μW
b.) 1.4 x 10-16 W
Convert the ff dBm to watts
a. -110 dBm
b. 60dBm
Problem 1
A two-stage amplifier has an input power of 25 μW and an output power of 1.5 mW. One stage has a gain of 3.
What is the gain in dB of the second stage?

Problem 2
A circuit consists of two amplifiers with gains of 6.8 and 14.3 dB and two filters with attenuations of 216.4 and
22.9 dB. If the output voltage is 800 mV, what is the input voltage in volts?

Problem 3
Three amplifiers with gains of 15, 22, and 7 are cascaded; the input voltage is1205 μW . What are is overall gain
and the output voltages of each stage?

ECE Board Exam April 1997

If voltage change equal to twice its original value, what is its corresponding change in dB?
ECE Board Exam April 1997
If you have available number of power amplifiers with a gain of 100 each, how many such amplifiers do you
need to cascade to give an overall gain of 60 dB?