Modulation and Demodulation

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Modulation and Demodulation: Overview

This topic guides us through the concept of modulation and demodulation, its need, and types. It also includes the advantages and disadvantages of frequency modulation and the most used demodulator known as the p-n diode detector.

Important Questions on Modulation and Demodulation

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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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A FM Broad cast transmitter, using modulating signal of frequency 20 kHz has a deviation ratio of 10. The Bandwidth required for transmission is:

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The amplitude of 15 sin(1000 πt) is modulated by 10 sin(4 πt) signal. The amplitude modulated signal contains frequencies of

A. 500 Hz

B. 2 Hz

C. 250 Hz

D. 498 Hz

E. 502 Hz

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

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A carrier wave of amplitude 15 V is modulated by a sinusoidal base band signal of amplitude 3 V. The ratio of maximum amplitude to minimum amplitude in an amplitude modulated wave is

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For an amplitude modulated wave the minimum amplitude is 3 V, while the modulation index is 60%. The maximum amplitude of the modulated wave is:

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In amplitude modulation with carrier frequency (Ac) and modulating frequency (Am), modulation index is 60%. If Ac- Am= 3 V, then Ac+Am is equal to

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A signal of square shape is superimposed with a carrier wave yc=2sin(ωct-kx), then modulation index of amplitude modulated wave is

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The modulation index for an A.M. wave having maximum and minimum peak to peak voltages of 14 mV and 6 mV respectively is :

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A message signal of frequency 15 kHz is used to modulate a carrier of frequency vc. If the side bands produced are 1515 kHz and 1485 kHz, then vc is

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The maximum peak to peak voltage of an AM-wave is 18 V and the minimum peak to peak voltage is 6 V of the same wave. What is the modulation factor of the wave?

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A carrier wave is used to transmit a message signal. If the peak voltage of modulating signal and carrier signal are increased by 1% and 3% respectively, the modulation index is changed by

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An amplitude modulated signal is plotted below:

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The maximum frequency of an amplitude modulated wave is 850Hz and its bandwidth is 50Hz. The carrier frequency of the wave is

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It is desired to transmit an electronic signal in the Audio Frequency (AF) range. Which of the following statements on amplitude modulation of the signal by a carrier wave is NOT TRUE?

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A modulating signal m(t) has an amplitude of 10 V and a frequency of 1 kHz. The amplitude is modulated by a carrier signal with a frequency of 100 kHz. If the modulation index is 0.2, the carrier signal c(t) is given by

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Find the modulation factor if maximum peak to peak voltage of an AM wire is 24 mV and the minimum peak to peak voltage is 8 mV.

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What is the modulating index of an oscillator which is producing FM waves of frequency 2 kHz with a variation of 10 kHz?