The unmodulated carrier power in an AM transmitter is 5 kW.

This carrier is modulated by a

sinusoidal modulating signal. The maximum percentage of modulation is 50%. If it is reduced to
40%, then the maximum unmodulated carrier power (in kW) that can be used without overloading
the transmitter is__________
5.20

A superheterodyne receiver operates in the frequency range of 58 MHz − 68 MHz. The

intermediate frequency fIFfIF and local oscillator frequency fLOfLO are chosen such
that fIF≤fLOfIF≤fLO. It is required that the image frequencies fall outside the 58 MHz − 68 MHz
band. The minimum required fIFfIF(in MHz) is ________

4.9 : 5.1

The amplitude of a sinusoidal carrier is modulated by a

single s(t)=5 cos 1600πt + 20 cos 1800πt +5 cos 2000πtst=5 cos 1600πt + 20 cos 1800πt +
5 cos 2000πtsinusoid to obtain the amplitude modulated signal. The value of the modulation
index is __________

0.49 : 0.51
For a superheterodyne receiver, the intermediate frequency is 15 MHz and the local oscillator
frequency is 3.5 GHz. If the frequency of the received signal is greater than the local oscillator
frequency, then the image frequency (in MHz) is __________
3485 : 3485

Consider the
signal s(t)=m(t)cos(2πfct)+mˆ(t)sin(2πfct)s(t)=m(t)cos2πfct+m^(t)sin2πfct where mˆ(t)m^t den
otes the Hilbert transform of m(t) and band width of m(t) is very small compared to fc. The
signal s(t) is a.
(A) High pass signal
(B) Low pass signal
(C) Band pass signal
(D) Double sideband suppressed carrier signal

In the system shown in Figure (a), m(t) is a low-pass signal with bandwidth W Hz. The frequency
response of the band-pass filter H(f) is shown in Figure (b).If it is desired that the output signal z(t)
= 10x(t), the maximum value of W (in Hz) should be strictly less than ________.

349 to 350

A message signal m(t)=Amsin(2πfmt)mt=Amsin2πfmt is used to modulate the phase of a

carrier Accos(2πfct)Accos2πfct to get the modulated
signal y(t)=Accos(2πfct+m(t))yt=Accos2πfct+mt. The bandwidth of y(t)

(A) depends on AmAm but not on fmfm

(B) depends on fmfm but not on AmAm

(C) depends on both AmAm and fmfm

(D) does not depend on AmAm or fm

C) depends on both Am and fm

Consider sinusoidal modulation in an AM system. Assuming no overmodulation, the modulation
index (μμ) when the maximum and minimum values of the envelope, respectively, are 3 V and 1
V, is ________.

0.45 to 0.55

In the figure, M(f)Mf is the Fourier transform of the message signal m(t)mt where A = 100 Hz and
B = 40 Hz. Given v(t)=cos(2πfct)vt=cos2πfctand w(t)=cos(2π(fc+A)t),wt=cos2πfc+At,,
where fc>Afc>A. The cutoff frequencies of both the filters are fcfc.

The bandwidth of the signal at the output of the modulator (in Hz) is _____.

59.9 to 60.1

In a double side-band (DSB) full carrier AM transmission system, if the modulation index is
doubled, then the ratio of total sideband power to the carrier power increases by a factor of
______.

3.95 to 4.05

The signal m(t) as shown is applied both to a phase modulator (with kp as the phase constant) and
a frequency modulator (with kf as the frequency constant) having the same carrier frequency.
 The ratio kp/kf (in rad/Hz) for the same maximum phase deviation is

(A) 8ππ (B) 4ππ (C) 2ππ (D) π

The Column-1 lists the attributes and the Column-2 lists the modulation systems. Match the
attribute to the modulation system that best meets it

Column-1 Column-2
I. Conventional
P. Power efficient transmission of signals
AM
Q. Most bandwidth efficient transmission of voice signals II. FM
R. Simplest receiver structure III. VSB
S. Bandwidth efficient transmission of signals with
IV. SSB-SC
Significant dc component

(A) P-IV, Q-II, R-I, S-III

(B) (B) P-II, Q-IV, R-I;S-III
(C) (C) P III, Q-II, R-I; S-IV
(D) (D) P-II, Q-IV, R- III, S-I

(B) P-II, Q-IV, R-I;S-III

A message signal m(t)=cos2000πt+4cos4000πtmt=cos2000πt+4cos4000πt modulates the

carrier c(t)=cos2πt fctct=cos2πt fct where fc=1fc=1 MHz to produce an AM signal. For
demodulating the generated AM signal using an envelope detector, the time constant RC of the
detector circuit should satisfy

(A) 0.5 ms < RC < 1ms

(B) 1μs << RC < 0.5 ms



(C) RC << 1μs

(D) RC >> 0.5 ms

(B) 1μs << RC < 0.5 ms

Suppose that the modulating signal is m(t) = 2cos (2ππ fmt) and the carrier signal is xC(t) =
AC cos(2ππfct), which one of the following is a conventional AM signal without over-modulation?

(A) x(t) = Acm(t) cos(2ππfct)

(B) x(t) = Ac[1 + m(t)]cos(2ππfct)

(C) x(t) = Ac cos(2ππfct) + Ac4Ac4m(t) cos(2πfct)

(D) x(t) = Ac cos(2ππfmt) cos(2πfct) + Ac sin(2πfmt) sin(2πfct)

(C) x(t) = Ac cos(2ππfct) + Ac4Ac4m(t) cos(2πfct)

Consider an angle modulated signal x(t) = 6cos[2ππx106t+2sin(8000ππt) + 4cos(8000pt)] V. The

average power of x(t) is.

(A) 10W


(B) 18W

(C) 20W

(D) 28W

(B) 18W

For a message signal m(t)=cos(2πfmt)mt=cos2πfmt and carrier of frequency fc, which of the
following represents a single side band (SSB) signal?

(A) cos(2πfmt)cos(2πfct)cos2πfmtcos2πfct

(B) cos(2πfct)cos2πfct

(C) cos[2π(fc+fm)t]cos2πfc+fmt

(D) [1+cos(2πfmt)]cos(2πfct)

(C) cos[2π(fc+fm)t]
 Consider the amplitude modulated (AM)
signal AC cosωct+2cosωmtcosωctAC cosωct+2cosωmtcosωct .For demodulating the signal using
envelope detector, the minimum value of Ac should be

(A) 2

(B) 1

(C) 0.5

(D) 0

(A) 2

Consider the frequency modulated

signal 10cos[2π×105t+5sin(2π×1500t)+7.5sin(2π×1000t)]10cos2π×105t+5sin2π×1500t+7.5sin2π×10
00t with carrier frequency of 105 Hz. The modulation index is

(A) 12.5

(B) 10

(C) 7.5


(D) 5

(B) 10

The signal cosωct+0.5cosωmtsinωctcosωct+0.5cosωmtsinωct is

(A) FM only

(B) AM only

(C) both AM & FM

(D) neither AM nor FM

(C) both AM & FM

A Hilbert transformer is a

(A) non-linear system

(B) non-causal system


 (C) time-varying system

(D) low-pass system

(A) non-linear system