PROBLEMS OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 2: AMPLITUDE MODULATIONS

Prob 1. An AM DSB modulator has the carrier of 2 cos(2000t ) and message signal
m(t ) = 1cos(100t )

a. Determine the upper sideband frequency (USF) and the lower sideband frequency (LSF)
b. Determine the modulation index.

Prob 2. An AM DSB modulator has the carrier of 2 cos(20000 t ) and message signal
m(t ) = 1cos(1000.2 t )

a. Determine the AM modulated signal bandwidth

b. Using the synchronous receiver, determine the cutoff frequency of a low-pass filter.

Prob 3. An AM SSB modulator has the carrier of 2 cos(2000 t ) and the message signal
bandwidth of 100 Hz with only the upper sideband. Determine the center frequency and
bandwidth of the bandpass filter.

Prob 4. Envelope of double side band full carrier amplitude modulated signal has Amax = 40 V ,

and Amin = 10V

a. Determine the maximum values of the message signal

b. Determine the maximum values of the carrier signal
c. Determine the modulation index.

Prob 5. The modulation index of double side band full carrier amplitude modulated signal is 0.2
and power of carrier wave of 1000 W.

a. Determine the sideband power

b. Determine the total transmitted power
 CHAPTER 3 ANGLE MODULATION AND DEMODULATION

Prob 1. A NBFM modulator has the carrier of 2 cos(2000 t ) and the message signal

m(t ) = 1cos(100  2 t ) . Determine the modulated signal bandwidth?

Prob 2. A FM modulator has message signal of 2 cos(100  2 t ) and k f = 100 Hz/V and the

carrier signal of 2cos(2000  2 t ) .

a. Determine the frequency deviation

b. Determine the modulation index
c. Determine the modulated signal bandwidth.
d. Determine the modulated signal spectra.

Prob 3. The bandwidth of voice signal is 3.4 KHz, the maximum value of 0.5 V, and
k f = 200 Hz/V. Estimate bandwidth according to the Carson's rule.

Prob 4. Sketch FM (t ) and PM (t ) for the modulating signal m(t ) shown in the figure below,
given c = 108 , k f = 105 , and k p = 25 .

Prob 5. An angle-modulated signal with carrier frequency c = 2 106 is described by the

equation

EM (t ) = 10cos(ct + 0.1sin 2000 t )

a. Find the power of the modulated signal.
b. Find the frequency deviation f .
c. Find the phase deviation  .
d. Estimate the bandwidth of EM (t ) .

Prob 6. Given m(t ) = sin2000 t , k f = 200,000 .

a. Estimate the bandwidth of FM (t )

b. Repeat part (a) if the message signal amplitude is doubled.

c. Repeat part (a) if the message signal frequency is doubled.
d. Comment on the sensitivity of FM bandwidths to the spectrum of m(t ) .