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MAHARAJA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ARASUR, COIMBATORE 641 407.

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG MODEL TEST II CLASS: II ECE - A SUB : Communication Theory PART A ( 6*2=12) DATE:17 .04.12 MARKS: 70

1. Mention the two major limitations of AM 2. Find the value of modulation index if the total transmitted power is 150W and carrier power is 100 W in AM. .3. Define random process. 4. What is white noise? 5. What is the basic principle of working of super heterodyne receiver? 6. State source coding theorem. PART B (3*16=48) (1*10=10) 7. a) Explain Armstrong method of FM generation in detail with a neat block diagram. Or b) Discuss WBFM in detail and derive an expression for FM signal using bessel function. 8. a) Derive the Friis formula. Explain noise effect on bandwidth. Or b) Define mutual information. Find the relation between mutual information and joint probability of the channel input and channel output. 9. a) What is noise temperature? Deduce the expression for effective noise temperature for a cascaded system. Or b) Discuss the noise performance in AM system using envelope detection. 10. Explain the Demodulation of SSB signals.

ANNA UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE B.E / B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS : MAY/JUNE 2010 REGULATION : 2008 FOURTH SEMESTER -ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG. 080290020- COMMUNICATION THEORY TIME :3Hours Max.Mark:100

PART A (20*2=40 MARKS) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. What is amplitude MOdulation? 2. Sketch the spectrum of AM wave. 3. Mention the two major limitations of AM 4. What is Donald Duck voice effect? 5. Find the value of modulation index if the total transmitted power is 150W and carrier power is 100 W in AM. 6. Differentite FM & PM. 7. What is frequency deviation? 8. A certain FM signal is represented by

v(t) = 10 sin(10^8t+15sin2000t)volt, where t is in seconds. Find the carrier frequency and modulation index. 9. Define random process. 10. What is white noise? 11. Define noise temperature. 12. What is the basic principle of working of superheterodyne receiver? 13. Define AM threshold effect. 14. What are the methods used to achieve FM threshold reduction? 15. What is the need for pre-emphasis and de-emphasis in FM? 16. State source coding theorem. 17. Mention the properties of entropy? 18. Define information capacity. 19. What is rate distortion theory? 20. Calculate the entropy of the source with symbol probabilities of 0.25,0.25 and 0.5.

PART B (5*12 = 60 MARKS)

ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS

21. Explain the transmission of television signals using modultion. 22.(a) Write short notes on FDM. (6 Marks) (b) Explain the Demodulation of SSb signals.(6 Marks) 23.(a) Discuss WBFM in detail and derive an expression for FM signal using bessel function. (10 Marks) (b) Why frequency modulation is said to be non-linear modulation method. (2 Marks) 24. Explain Armstrong method of FM generation in detail with a neat block diagram. 25.(a) Write short notes on Shot noise. (6 Marks) (b) Write short notes on Thermal noise. (6 Marks) 26. Discuss the noise performance in AM system using envelope detection. 27. Define mutual information. Find the relation between mutual information and joint probability of the channel input and channel output. 28.(a) Explain Huffman coding in detail with an example. (8 Marks) (b) Discuss the significance of channel capacity theorem. (4 Marks)

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECMBER 2008 Fifth Semester (Regulation 2004) Electronics and Communication Engineering EC1301COMMUNICATION THEORY

PART A (2 Marks) 1. Give the applications of SSB SC-AM. 2. Compare low level modulation and high level modulation. 3. What is diversity reception? 4. State the disadvantages of FM. 5. Define noise factor. 6. What is thermal noise? 7. What is capture effect? 8. Write the expression of the SNR for a synchronous detector. 9. State any four properties of Entropy. 10. Give the expressions for channel capacity of a Gaussian channel.

PART B (16 Marks) 1. a. With a neat block diagram explain the SSB transmissions. Explain the operation of a ring modulator. State its advantages. OR b. Explain frequency translation. Explain time division multiplexing.

2. a. With a neat sketch explain the Armstrong method of FM transmission. Explain FM stereo multiplexing.

OR b. What is principle of FM detection? Explain how the modulation signal is extracted from frequency modulation wave. Compare wide band FM narrow band FM.

3. a. Derive the Friis formula. Explain noise effect on bandwidth.

OR b. What is noise temperature? Deduce the expression for effective noise temperature for a cascaded system. Explain narrow band noise.

4. a. Discuss noise performance of square law detection. Explain how threshold extension is achieved by FMFB technique. OR b. Explain how threshold improvement is done through de-emphasis.

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