Electrical and Control Engineering Date: 1-3-2021
Program Duration: 2 hours
Third level Communication Systems / EEC324
First Term Exam 2020/2021
• Illustrate your answers with sketches when necessary • No. of questions: 3
• The exam consists of two pages • Total Mark: 40 Marks
Question (1) [16 marks]
1a) [10 marks] Choose the correct answer
1. In any communication system, in order to convert the electric signal into its original form we must
pass it through
(A) Modulator (B) Demodulator
(C) Input transducer (D) Output transducer
2. The type of communication that is used in short distance communication is called
(A) Baseband communication (B) Coherent communication
(C) Carrier communication (D) Broadband communication
3. The type of communication that shifts the frequency spectrum of a signal is called
(A) Baseband communication (B) Modulating signal communication
(C) Carrier communication (D) coherent communication
4. In DSB-SC demodulator in order to detect the modulating signal m(t), we must use a carrier
generator of
(A) cos 𝜔ct (B) 2 cos 𝜔ct (C) 0.5 cos 𝜔ct (D) 3 cos 𝜔ct
5. The type of DSB-SC modulators that acts as a single balanced modulator is
(A) Multiplier Modulator (B) Switching Modulator
(C) Nonlinear Modulator (D) Ring Modulator
6. The type of DSB-SC modulators that acts as a double balanced modulator is
(A) Multiplier Modulator (B) Switching Modulator
(C) Nonlinear Modulator (D) Ring Modulator
7. In order to delay the phase of the spectral component by 𝑟/2, we must perform
(A) Frequency multiplexing (B) Fourier transformation
(C) Heterodyning (D) Hilbert transformation
8. For broadcast system we must use
(A) AM (B) DSB-SC (C) SSB (D) VSB
9. The over modulation happens in AM if the modulation index is
(A) 1 (B) >1 (C) 0 (D) >0
10. In AM if the peak amplitude of the modulating signal is K, in order to use an envelope detector
the minimum carrier amplitude must be
(A) 2K (B) K (C) K/2 (D) K/ 𝑟
1b) ) [6 marks] For SSB modulation
• Draw a block diagrams for the modulator circuit.
• Mention the advantages and disadvantages of using SSB modulation.
• State one application of SSB
Question (2) [12 marks]
2a) [5 marks] For QAM modulation
• Draw a block diagrams for the modulator circuit.
• Mention the advantages and disadvantages of using QAM modulation.
2b) [7 marks] An angle-modulated signal is described by the equation
𝝋𝑬𝑴(𝒕) = 𝟓 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝟐𝝅𝒇𝒄𝒕 + 𝟐𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧( 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝝅𝒕) + 𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎𝝅 𝒕))
• Find the power of the modulated signal.
• Is this PM or FM modulation? Explain.
• Find the frequency deviation ∆𝐟.
• Find the deviation ratio 𝛽
• Find the phase deviation ∆∅.
• Estimate the bandwidth of 𝜑𝐄𝐌(𝐭).
• Is the angle modulated signal narrow-band or wide-band? Explain?
Question (3) [12 marks]
3a) [6 marks] Sketch FM and PM waves for the modulating signal 𝒎(𝒕) shown in Fig.(a). The
constants 𝒌𝒇 and 𝒌𝒑 are 𝟐𝝅 × 𝟏𝟎𝟓 and 𝟏𝟎𝝅, respectively, and the carrier frequency 𝒇𝒄 is 100 MHz.
3b) [6 marks] what is the meaning of PCM? Why is it used? Draw the block diagram of PCM
encoder and decoder circuits and explain each block.
Good luck
Dr. Heba Allah Adly
