Modulation

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Modulation: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Modulation, Necessity of Modulation, Amplitude Modulation, Frequency Modulation, Phase Modulation, Different Types of Modulation, Advantages of Amplitude Modulation, etc.

Important Questions on Modulation

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The diagram given below shows the block diagram of a detector for AM signals.

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Label the unlabelled boxes in this block diagram indicated by (b) and (c).

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Which of the following factors justify the need of modulating a signal:

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Among following, the factor which justifies the need of modulating a signal is

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How does the effective power radiated by an antenna (of length l) vary with wavelength?

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In amplitude modulation, bandwidth is _____ maximum frequency of the audio signal.

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What is the minimum length of antenna required to transmit a radio signal of frequency 20 MHz ?

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If λ is the wavelength of the signal, then the size of antenna should be comparable to

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Which of the following modes of transmission has the lowest noise immunity?

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__________ type of transmission, one complete side-band of the signal and half of the remaining side-band is sent together. 

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Which of the following is a type of amplitude modulation?

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Give three advantages of amplitude modulation.

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In case of Phase modulation, the phase of _____ wave is modulated with respect to information signal.

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How does transmitting antenna work ?

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For good transmission high frequency transmission is required.

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The effective power radiated by the antenna is inversely proportional to the square of wavelength.

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A sinusoidal carrier voltage of frequency 1 MHz and amplitude 100 V is modulated by a sinusoidal voltage of frequency 5 kHz producing 50 % modulation.The lower sideband frequency is _____ kHz, upper sideband frequency is _____ kHz and amplitude of each sideterm is _____ V.

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A carrier wave of frequency 10 MHz and peak value 10 V is amplitude modulated by a 5 kHz sine wave of amplitude 6 V. Calculate the amplitude of the two side-bandsin volts.

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A message signal of 12 kHz and peak voltage 20 V is used to modulate a carrier wave of frequency 12 MHz and peak voltage 30 V. Calculate the modulation index.

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A 100 m long antenna is mounted on a 500 m tall building. The complex can become a transmission tower for waves with λ

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In the communication systems, Amplitude modulation is used for broadcasting because