Mid-term Practice

ELN3034 Digital 3 F2009

INCLUDE CALCULATIONS 1.

NAME: _____________________________________

If a sinusoid signal has an amplitude of 1.0 Vp-p, what is its value expressed in dBV?

2.

If the noise floor is at a level of 48 dBV, what is it's value expressed in VRMS?

3.

Consider that a signal has an amplitude of 6 dBV and that the noise floor is located at 44 dBV. a) What is the signal-to-noise ratio expressed in dB?

b) What is the signal-to-noise ratio expressed as a decimal number?

4.

The lab oscilloscope FFT sampling rate is set to 20 kSa/second. Since the lab oscilloscope always uses 2048 samples determine: a) The FFT resolution.

b) The highest frequency displayed.

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5.

An analog signal oscillating at a frequency of 4 kHz gets digitized at a rate of 16k samples/second. Draw the complex spectrum of the digitized signal between -2fS and +2fS. Ensure that you show the exact frequencies for any energy spikes that you draw.

-2fS

-fS

fS

2fS

6.

An analog signal oscillating at a frequency of 18 kHz gets digitized at a rate of 16k samples/second. Draw the complex spectrum of the digitized signal between -2fS and +2fS. Ensure that you show the exact frequencies for any energy spikes that you draw.

-2fS

-fS

fS

2fS

7.

You want to observe a periodic signal which consists of: - a fundamental frequency at 11 kHz AND a fourth harmonic component. a) You set up the oscilloscope FFT to sample at a rate of 100 kSa/Sec.. The oscilloscope FFT is set up to display between 0 Hz and 48.8 kHz. Draw the spectrum of what will be observed on the FFT display.

48.8 kHz

b) You change the oscilloscope FFT to sample at a rate of 50 kSa/Sec.. The oscilloscope FFT is now set up to display between 0 Hz and 24.4 kHz. Draw the spectrum of what will be observed on the FFT display.

24.4 kHz

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8. a) Convert the value +5.67 into a 16-bit Q6 number so that it may be stored to memory. Express your answer in hexadecimal.

b) In part a) you stored +5.67 in memory as a binary number. However, there is a quantization error. What exactly is the decimal equivalent of the number that was stored in memory?

9.

What is the range of values that may be stored using a 16-bit Q6 number? Give the smallest and the largest possible values. Express your answer in decimal.

10. A system uses a 12-bit unsigned ADC to digitize input values ranging from 0V to 12V. This same system also has a 12-bit unsigned DAC that can convert digital values to an output ranging from 0V through 5V. a) What is the best possible S/N ratio at the output of the ADC?

b) What is the numerical (HEX) 12-bit output of the ADC if the input voltage is 10.0V?

c)

What is the voltage of the output of the DAC if the numerical input is: $1A3?

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d) If the input analog signal at the ADC has an amplitude of 5V p-p, what is the S/N ratio at the output of the ADC?

e)

Briefly explain what could be done to improve the S/N ratio in the situation described in part e).

11. a) A synthesizer works at a sampling rate of 25kSa/sec. and produces an output sinusoid of 2 kHz. Draw the complex spectrum at the output of the system DAC for the range of frequencies shown below. Clearly specify the frequencies at which energy is found.

-2fS

-fS

fS

2fS

b) For the synthesizer in part a), you want to examine the DAC signal in the frequency domain. To do this, you use an FFT that samples at 20kSa/sec. Predict the three (3) frequencies at which you should observe the largest energy spikes in the useful range of the FFT.