KET4733 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

TUTORIAL 1
CHAPTER 1

1. State the differences between Analog and Digital communication systems.

2. State the basic requirements of communication system.

3. Define the following terms: frequency, cycle, wavelength and period.

4. Briefly describe FOUR (4) elements of communication system.
5. We want to add three signals P1, P2 and P3 with levels of 0 dBm, +3 dBm and -6
dBm. What is the total power?
6. What is the limitation in a Communication System?
7. Why modulation is needed?
8. The receiver systems have three stages comprised of two amplifiers and one filter
with an input of Pin = 7.55mW and absolute power gains of A p1 = 75, A p 2 = 1.5

and A p 3 = 100 , determine:

(i) The input power in dBm and the total gain.

(ii) Output power ( Pout ) in watts and dBm.

(iii) The dB gain of each of the three stages and the overall gain in dB.
9. Given a three-stages system with an input power Pin = -26 dBm and power gains
of the three stages of Ap1 = 23 dB, Ap2 = -3 dB, Ap3 = 16 dB, determine the output
power (Pout) in dBm and watts.
10. Given a three-stages system comprised of two amplifiers and one filter with an
input power of Pin = 0.01 mW and absolute power gains of Ap1 = 200, Ap2 = 0.1,
and Ap3 = 1000, determine:
(i) The input power in dBm
(ii) Output power (Pout) in watts and dBm
(iii) The dB gain of each of the three stages
(iv) The overall gain in dB
11. Consider the radio receiver as shown in Figure 1. The antenna receives an 8-µV
signal into its 50-Ω input impedance. Calculate the power driven into the speaker
( Pout ) in watts and the output voltage (Vout).
 Antenna

RF Mixer
Amplifier IF1 IF2

LO

IF3 Detector Audio Output

Amplifier
Speaker

IF = Image Frequency Amplifier

Figure 1

12. Determine the combined power when a signal with a power level of 10 dBm is
combined with a second signal with a power level of 8 dBm.
13. What is the dB gain (or loss) for the following situation?
(i) For a certain system, the output power is 100,000 times the input power.
(ii) When the power out of a certain system is 0.01 times the power in.

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