“Cell Phone Signal Jammer”

A PBL Report submitted in partial

Fulfilment of the Requirements for
Graduate degree course in
Electrical Engineering
By

Pratik Surwade (S412015)

Karan Veer (S412016)
Harshad Ahire (S412017)
Sachin Badgire (S412018)

Under the guidance of

Chinmay Deshpande Sir
(Department of Electrical Engineering)

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 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ZEAL
EDUCATION SOCIETY’S

ZEAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH,

NARHE, PUNE-411041 Academic Year: 2022-2023

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Zeal College of Engineering & Research, Pune

Narhe. Pune-411041

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the PBL report entitled “Cell Phone Signal
Jammer” submitted by Mr. Pratik Surwade, Mr. Karan Veer, Mr.
Harshad Ahire, Mr. Sachin Badgire is the bonafide record of work
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 done by him/her under my supervision, in partial fulfilment of the
requirement for graduate degree course in Electrical Engineering
from Zeal College of
Engineering & Research, Narhe, Pune for the academic year of
2022-23.
Prof. Chinmay Deshpande Prof. Prashant Kumar
Guide Head of Department
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering
Z.E.S. ZCOER, Pune. Z.E.S. ZCOER, Pune.

Place: Pune
Date: / / 2023
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to express my deepest sense of gratitude to my guide Prof.

Chinmay Deshpande, who offered her continuous advice and encouragement
throughout the course of this PBL Report work. I thank her for the systematic
guidance and providing all the assistance needed to complete the work. She
inspired me greatly to work in this area. Her willingness to motivate me
contributed tremendously to my PBL Report. Her guidance and discussions
with me are invaluable in realization of this report.

I also thank our H.O.D. Prof. Prashant Kumar for their helpful
suggestions which led to improvement in my PBL Report. It is my pleasure to
express great thanks to our Founder Director Hon. Shri S. M. Katkar sir, and
Principal Dr. A. M. Kate for their support and encouragement.

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 Pratik Surwade
Karan Veer
Harshad Ahire
Sachin Badgire
Electrical Engineering
Z.E.S. ZCOER, Pune

----------Index----------

1. Abstract--------------------------------------------------5
2. History---------------------------------------------------6
3. Introduction to cell phone jammer-------------------7
4. Cell Phone Jamming basics---------------------------8
5. Cell Phone Jammer Device---------------------------9
6. Block diagram of cell phone jammer---------------10
7. Design Parameters------------------------------------11

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 8. Components of cell phone Jammer--------(12 to 18)
9. How cell phone jammer work-----------------------19
10. Cell phone jammer applications---------------20
11. Alternatives of cell phone jamming-----------21
12. Conclusion----------------------------------------22

1. Abstract

The last few years have witnessed a dramatic boom in the wireless
communications industry, hence increasing the number of users of mobile
communication devices. This magnified the need for a more efficient and
reliable signal scrambler. This paper deals with the Mobile Jamming
Technology. The concept of jamming technology is studied in a step-by-step
approach. The mobile jammer in the frequency range of 890MHz to 960MHz
(GSM) is developed. Its circuit analysis simulation is performed using Speace-
spice Software. Antenna simulation is done by using IE3D software [8]. The
jammer circuit is designed with minimum cost and high efficiency. The jammer
jams the signal within five meter effective radius. Index terms- Antenna,
Jammer, Wide band frequency.

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2. History

The rapid proliferation of cell phones at the beginning of the 21st century to
near ubiquitous status eventually raised problems such as their potential use to
invade privacy or contribute to rampant and egregious academic cheating. In
addition public backlash was growing against the intrusive disruption cell
phones introduced in daily life. While older analog cell phones often suffered
from chronically poor reception and could even be disconnected by simple
interference such as high frequency noise, increasingly sophisticated digital
phones have led to more elaborate counters. Cell phone jamming devices are an
alternative to more expensive measures against cell phones, such as Faraday
cages, which are mostly suitable as built in protection for structures. They were
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originally developed for law enforcement and the military to interrupt
communications by criminals and terrorists. Some were also designed to foil the
use of certain remotely detonated explosives. The civilian applications were
apparent, so over time many companies originally contracted to design jammers
for government use switched over to sell these devices to private entities. Since
then, there has been a slow but steady increase in their purchase and use,
especially in major metropolitan areas.

3. Introduction to cell phone jammer

Cell phones are everywhere these days. According to the Cellular

Telecommunications and Internet Association, almost 195 million people in the
United States had cell-phone service in October 2005. And cell phones are even
more ubiquitous in Europe.

It's great to be able to call anyone at any time. Unfortunately, restaurants, movie
theatres, concerts, shopping malls and churches all suffer from the spread of cell
phones because not all cell-phone users know when to stop talking. Who hasn't
seethed through one side of a conversation about an incredibly personal

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situation as the talker shares intimate details with his friend as well as everyone
else in the area?

While most of us just grumble and move on, some people are actually going to
extremes to retaliate. Cell phones are basically handheld two-way radios. And
like any radio, the signal can be disrupted, or jammed.

4. Cell Phone jamming basics

Disrupting a cell phone is the same as jamming any other type of radio
communication. A cell phone works by communicating with the service
network through a cell towers base station. Cell towers divide a city into small
areas, or cells. As a cell phone user drives down the street, the signal is handed
from tower to tower. Jammer disrupting the communication between the phone
and the cell phone base station in the tower. It's called denial-of-service attack.

The jammer denies service of the radio spectrum to the cell phone users within
range of the jamming device as shown in figure bellow.

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5. Cell Phone Jammer Device
Jamming devices overpower the cell phone by transmitting a signal on the same
frequency and at a high enough power that the two signals collide and cancel
each other out.
Cell phones are designed to add power if they experience low-level interference,
so the jammer must recognize and match the power increase from the phone.
Cell phones are full-duplex devices, which means they use two separate
frequencies, one for talking and one for listening simultaneously. Some
jammers block only one of the frequencies used by cell phones, which has the
effect of blocking both. The phone is tricked into thinking there no service
because it can receive only one of the frequencies.
Less complex devices block only one group of frequencies, while sophisticated
jammers can block several types of networks at once to head off dual-mode or

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tri-mode phones that automatically switch among different network types to
find an open signal. Some of the high-end devices block all frequencies at once,
and others can be tuned to specific frequencies.
To jam a cell phone, all you need is a device that broadcasts on the correct
frequencies although different cellular systems process signals differently, all
cell-phone networks use radio signals that can be interrupted. GSM, used in
digital cellular and PCS-based systems, operates in the 900-MHz and 1800-
MHz bands in Europe and Asia and in the 1900-MHz (sometimes referred to as
1.9-GHz) band in the United States. Jammers can broadcast on any frequency
and are effective against AMPS, CDMA, and TDMA. GSM, PCS, DCS, IDEN
and Nextel systems. Old- fashioned analog cell phones and today's digital
devices are equally susceptible to jamming.
The actual range of the jammer depends on its power and the local environment,
which may include hills or walls of a building that block the jamming signal.
Low-powered jammers block calls in a range of about 30 feet (9 m). Higher-
powered units create a cell-free zone as large as a football field. Units used by
law enforcement can shut down service up to 1 mile (1.6 km) from the device.

6. Block Diagram of Cell Phone Jammer

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Circuit Diagram

7. Design Parameters

Based on the above, our device which is related to the DOS technique is
transmitting noise on the same frequencies of the two bands GSM 900 MHz,
and GSM 1.8 GHz (known also as DCS 1800 band). We focused on some
design parameters to establish the device specifications. These parameters are as
follows:
The distance to be jammed (D)
This parameter is very important in our design, since the amount of the output
power of the jammer depends on the area that we need to jam. Later on we will
see the relationship between the output power and the distance D. Our design is
established upon D-10 meters for DCS 1800 band and D-20 meters for GSM
900 band.
Jamming-to-signal ratio (J/S)

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Jamming is successful when the jamming signal denies the usability of the
communication transmission. In digital communications, the usability is denied
when the error rate of the transmission cannot be compensated by error
correction. Usually, a successful jamming attack requires that the jammer power
is roughly equal to signal power at the receiver (mobile device).
The general equation of the jamming-to-signal ratio is given as follows: where:
Pj-jammer power, Gir antenna gain from jammer to receiver, Grj-antenna gain
from receiver to jammer, Rtr-range between communication transmitter and
receiver, Br-communication receiver bandwidth, Lr communication signal loss,
Pr-transmitter power, Gtr-antenna gain from transmitter to receiver. Grt-antenna
gain from receiver to transmitter, Rjr-range between jammer and
communication receiver, Bj-jammer bandwidth, and Lj-jamming signal loss.
For GSM, the specified system SNR min is 9 dB which will be used as the
worst case scenario for the jammer. The maximum power at the mobile device
Pr is-15 dBm.
Free space loss {F}
The free-space loss (or path loss) is given by:
The maximum free space loss (worst case F) happens when the maximum
frequency is used in the above equation. Using 1880 MHz gives:
F(dB) 32.44 20 log 0.01 20 log 1880 which gives F-58 dB.

8. Components of cell phone Jammer

1. NE555 Timer:-
The 555 timer IC is an integrated circuit (chip) used in a variety of timer, delay, pulse
generation, and oscillator applications. Derivatives provide two (556) or four (558) timing
circuits in one package. The design was first marketed in 1972 by Signetics. Since then,
numerous companies have made the original bipolar timers, as well as similar low-
power CMOS timers. In 2017, it was said that over a billion 555 timers are produced annually
by some estimates, and that the design was "probably the most popular integrated circuit ever
made".

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2. BF495 Transistor:-
BF495 are NPN silicon Planar Epitaxial Transistors for RF small signal applications up to
100 MHz

3. 2PF Ceramic Capacitor:-

They are normally used for noise filtering, tuning, coupling and other applications. They can
also be found it RC, LC and RLC filters. Ceramic capacitor can switch faster than electrolytic
capacitors, but they are not available in high capacitance values.

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4. 4.7PF Ceramic Capacitor:-
This is a 4.7pF Ceramic Capacitor Use this capacitor for power decoupling, having a smooth
power in your circuit, timing circuits etc. It is always a good idea to put one of these next to
the power pins of a microcontroller.

5. 3.3PF Ceramic Capacitor:-

A capacitor is a passive electronic device that stores electric charge. Ceramic capacitors
consist of two or more alternating layers of ceramic material as the dielectric and metal layers
acting as the non-polarized electrodes.

6. 47PF Ceramic Capacitor:-

This is a 47pF Ceramic Capacitor Use this capacitor for power decoupling, having a smooth
power in your circuit, timing circuits etc. It is always a good idea to put one of these next to

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the power pins of a microcontroller. Features and Specifications: - Capacitor type: Ceramic
Capacitor.

7. 30PF Variable / Trimmer Capacitor:-

They're often used in LC circuits (circuits that have an inductor and a capacitor) to set the
frequency, for example to tune a radio. Variable trimmer capacitors are used to initially set
oscillator frequency values, rise and fall times and other variables in a circuit.

8. 1uF 63V Electrolytic Capacitor:-

1uF 63V Electrolytic Capacitor is a high quality electrolytic capacitor which offers long life
and high reliability. Electrolytic Capacitors are most commonly used type of capacitors in
Electronic Circuits. These capacitors are great transient/surge suppressors and work well
in high-voltage and audio applications.

9. 10K Resistor:-

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The 10K Ohm resistor is a passive electronic component used to control the flow of electric
current in a circuit. It has a resistance value of 10,000 Ohms and is used to limit the current
flow in a circuit to a specific level.

10. 6.8K Resistor:-

6.8K Ohm Resistor Colour Code: Blue, Gray, Red, Golden. Resistance: 6.8K Ohm, Power
Rating: 0.25 Watt, Approximate Maximum Current: 6.06mA.

11. 82K Resistor:-

82 Ohm Resistor Colour Code: Grey, Red, Black, Golden. Resistance: 82 Ohm, Power
Rating: 0.25 Watt, Approximate Maximum Current: 55mA.

12. 220E Resistor:-

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220E Ohm Resistor Film Resistors 0.25 Watt tolerance 5%

13. 5.6K Resistor:-

5.6K Ohm Resistor colour Code: Green, Blue, Red, and Golden. Resistance: 5.6K Ohm,
Power Rating: 0.25 Watt, Approximate Maximum Current: 6.68mA.

14. 26 AWG Copper Wire:-

24 AWG copper wire is a type of electrical wiring that consists of 24 gauge copper strands
insulated with a plastic covering. The number “24” indicates the maximum size of each
individual strand in the cable. The higher the number, the thinner and more flexible the cable
will be.

15. 3 Pin Mini Slide Switch (SPDT):-

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SPDT switches should have three terminals: one common pin and two pins which compete
for connection to the common. They are best used for selecting between two power sources
and swapping inputs. Another common pole and throw configuration is DPDT.

16. 3mm LED (Green):-

3mm LEDs are the smallest and used in tight-fitting applications, while 8mm and 10mm
models are used where you want to get out as much light as possible. Super bright 3mm
LEDs are incredibly bright good for use in your projects, illuminations, headlamps,
spotlights, car lighting, and models.

17. 2Pin Male Header Connector:-

A header is an electrical connector consisting of one or more rows of pins. Headers come in
two forms: male (pin) and female (socket). Headers are often used on PCB's (printed circuit
boards) for making connections.

18. 9V Battery Connector:-

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This is Battery Snap connector is for connecting 9V Batteries. This is a T-type connector
which means the wires are perpendicular to the batteries.

19. 9V Battery:-
The nine-volt battery, or 9-volt battery, is an electric battery that supplies a nominal voltage
of 9 volts. Actual voltage measures 7.2 to 9.6 volts, depending on battery chemistry. Batteries
of various sizes and capacities are manufactured; a very common size is known as PP3,
introduced for early transistor radios.

9. How cell phone jammer work

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Cell phone jammers work in a similar way to radio jammers by sending out the
same radio frequencies that cell phones operate on. Doing so creates enough
interference so that a call cannot connect with a cell phone. There are two types
of cell phone jammers currently available. The first type are usually smaller
devices that block the signals coming from cell phone towers to individual cell
phones. The frequency blocked is somewhere between 800MHz and 1900MHz.
Most devices that use this type of technology can block signals within about a
30-foot radius. Cell phones within this range simply show no signal.
The second type of cell phone jammer is usually much larger in size and more
powerful. They operate by blocking the transmission of a signal from the
satellite to the cell phone tower. Some powerful models can block cell phone
transmissions within a 5 mile radius. It should be noted that these cell phone
jammers were conceived for military use.
Once again, it should be noted that operating or even owning a cell phone
jammer is illegal in most municipalities and specifically so in the United States.
Many businesses such as theatres and restaurants are trying to change the laws
in order to give their patrons better experience instead of being consistently
interrupted by cell phone ring tones.

10. Cell phone jammer applications

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Cell phone jamming devices were originally developed for law
enforcement and the military to interrupt communications by
criminals and terrorists. The bombs that blew up commuter trains in
Spain in March 2004, as well as blasts in Bali in October 2002 and
Jakarta in August 2003, all relied on cell phones to trigger explosives.
It has been widely reported that a cell-phone jammer thwarted an
assassination attempt on Pakistani President Musharraf in December
2003. When President Bush visited London in November 2004, it was
reported that British police considered using jammers to protect the
president's motorcade through London.
During a hostage situation, police can control when and where a
captor can make a phone call. Police can block phone calls during a
drug raid so suspects can't communicate outside the area. Cell-phone
jammers can be used in areas where radio transmissions are
dangerous, (areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere), such as
chemical storage facilities or grain elevators. The TRJ-89 jammer
from Antenna System & Supplies Inc. carries its own electrical
generator and can block cellular communications in a 5-mile (8-km)
radius.
Corporations use jammers to stop corporate espionage by blocking
voice transmissions and photo transmissions from camera phones. On
the more questionable end of the legitimacy spectrum, there are
rumours that hotel chains install jammers to block guests' cell-phone
usage and force them to use in-room phones at high rates.

11. Alternatives of cell phone jamming

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While the law clearly prohibits using a device to actively disrupt a
cell-phone signal, there are no rules against passive cell-phone
blocking. That means using things like wallpaper or building
materials embedded with metal fragments to prevent cell-phone
signals from reaching inside or outside the room. Some buildings
have designs that block radio signals by accident due to thick concrete
walls or a steel skeleton.
Companies are working on devices that control a cell phone but do
not "jam the signal." One device sends incoming calls to voicemail
and blocks outgoing calls. The argument is that the phone still works,
so it is technically not being jammed. It is a legal grey area that has
not been ruled on by the FCC as of April 2005.
Cell-phone alerters are available that indicate the presence of a cell-
phone signal. These have been used in hospitals where cell-phone
signals could interfere with sensitive medical equipment. When a
signal is detected, users are asked to turn off their phones.
For a less technical solution, Caudal Partners, a design firm in
Chicago, has launched the SHHH, the Society for Handheld Hushing.
At its Web site, you can download a note to hand to people
conducting annoying cell-phone conversations, expressing your lack
of interest in what they're talking about.

12. Conclusion

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On observing the output of the frequency spectrum the VCO output is
varies from 890MHz to 960MHz. This output is fed to MMG3001
and it is found that the mobile jammer blocks the mobile signal in 8-
meter effective radius. All the circuit output are constructed and
observed using the Electronic work bench. The simulation result and
practical result are found to be approbatory equal. The gain of the
project is that we are able to block communication coming into and
going out from a GSM phone operating on the 890MHz to 960MHz
frequency band. We are also able to reach 8-meter effective blocking
radius and keep the cost less.
At last we can say every device is acts as good aspects as well as bad
aspects. In many place cell phone jammer is useful but at many place
it is a problem for this we can take an example that if at any place cell
phone jammer is on than anybody wants to use than there creates
some problems.
But its overall performance is very good and helpful in our life.

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Thank You

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