University of Bahrain

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

EENG372
Communication Systems I

Dr. Sana Almansoori and Dr. Mohab Mangoud

Topic 2: Receivers
Receiver
Q: What is a Receiver?
It is the circuit that receives (selects), amplifies and
detects the communication signal.
Q: What are the requirements of a Receiver?
1. Selectivity: the ability of the receiver to select a
desire communication signal and reject other
frequencies.
2. Sensitivity: the ability of the receiver to pick up
weak signals. (in the presence of Noise)

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Frequency Mixer or Converter (Ex 4-2)

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Tunable Band Pass filter
Q: What is the response of
this tuned circuit?
0dB
-3dB

1
fr =
2p LC
X L 2pf r L
Q= =
R R

f fr
BW =
f1 fr f2 Q
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Tunable Band Pass filter
Example: Find the resonance frequency, Quality Factor and BW
of the following tuning circuit where L=10µH, RL = 20W and
C=101.4pF?
0dB
-3dB

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Filter / Tuned Circuits (more selectivity)
Filter/
Tuned
circuits

To get better selectivity several tank circuits are used

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Superheterodyne Analog AM/FM Receiver
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Superheterodyne Receiver
The IF amplifier than selects the
Q: Design the tank circuit for BW = 10kHz ?
Using a tuning circuit with the
following response

f diff = f LO - f RF
f IF = 455kHz f r = f diff = f IF =
1
0dB 2p LC
-3dB
X L 2pf r L
Q= =
R R

fr
BW =
Q
f
f1 fIF f2
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Superheterodyne Receiver (why RF Filter ?)
Q: Why do we need the RF Amplifier /Filter ?
f LO = f RF desired + 455kHz = 1000 + 455 = 1455kHz
Image frequency

f RF 1000kHz 1910kHz
f diff f diff = 455kHz f diff = 455 kHz

f Sum f Sum = 1910kHz f Sum = 3365kHz

So the RF filter removes image frequencies

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Superheterodyne Analog AM/FM Receiver
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