Modulation

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Modulation: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Modulation, Amplitude Modulation, Frequency Modulation, Phase Modulation, Advantages of Amplitude Modulation, Advantages of Frequency Modulation, Disadvantages of Amplitude Modulation and, Different Types of Modulation

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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A carrier wave of peak voltage 12 V is used to transmit a message signal. The peak voltage of the modulating signal in order to have a modulation index of 75% is

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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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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?

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Modem is a device used for

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In an AM wave for audio frequency of 3400 cycle s-1, the appropriate carrier frequency will be

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"Need for modulation" arises due to which of the following reasons?

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The frequency of amplitude modulated wave is equal to

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A device that connects one computer to another across ordinary telephone lines is called

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Modulation is necessary

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Which kind of modulation is almost resilient to noise.

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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?