Communication Systems

Tutorial (1)
1. State the basic requirements of communication system.
2. Briefly describe FOUR (4) elements of communication system.
3. We want to add three signals P1, P2 and P3 with levels of 0 dBm, +3 dBm and -6
dBm. What is the total power?
4. What is the limitation in a Communication System?
5. Define modulation. Why modulation is needed in a communication system?
6. Explain two main categories of noise
7. Calculate the wavelength in free space corresponding to a frequency of :
(a) 1 MHz (AM radio broadcast band)
(b) 27 MHz (CB radio band)
(c) 4 GHz (Used for satellite television)
8. The receiver systems have three stages comprised of two amplifiers and one filter
with an input of Pin 7.55mW and absolute power gains of A p1 75, A p 2 1.5 and
A p3 100 , determine:

(i) The input power in dBm and the total gain.

(ii) Output power ( Pout ) in watts and dBm.
(iii) The dB gain of each of the three stages and the overall gain in dB.

9. Given a three-stages system with an input power Pin = -26 dBm and power gains of
the three stages of Ap1 = 23 dB, Ap2 = -3 dB, Ap3 = 16 dB, determine the output power
(Pout) in dBm and watts
10. Calculate the thermal noise power in watts and dBm for the following banwidths
and temperature:a. B=100Hz; T= 17C
b. B=100kHz; T=100C
c. B=1MHz; T= 500C
11. Determine the bandwidth necessary to produce 8 x 10-17 watts of thermal power at
temperature of 17C.
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12. Determine the overall noise factor and noise figure for three cascaded amplifiers
with the following parameters:A1= 10dB; A2 =10dB; A3 = 20dB; NF1= 3dB; NF2= 6dB; NF3=10dB
13. Determine the overall noise factor and noise figure for three cascaded amplifiers
with the following parameters:A1= 3dB; A2 =13dB; A3 = 10dB; NF1= 10dB; NF2= 6dB; NF3=10dB
14. For an amplifier operating at a temperature of 27C with a bandwidth of
20kHz,determine
a. The total noise power in watts and dBm
b. The rms noise voltage for a 50 internal resistance and 50 load resistor.
15. Determine the noise figure for an equivalent noise temperature of 1000K. (use
290K for reference temperature).
16. Calculate the input signal-to noise ratio for an amplifier with an output signal-tonoise ratio of 16dB and noise figure of 5.4dB.
17.Determine the thermal noise voltages for the components operating at the following
temperatures, bandwidths and equivalent resistors.
a. T= -50C; B=50kHz; R=50
b. T= 100C; B=10kHz; R=100
c. T= 50C; B=500kHz; R=72
18.An amplifier has noise equivalent bandwidth of 15 kHz. When a 10 k resistor at
300 K is connected to the input, determine the thermal noise voltage of the amplifier
by assuming the meter is impedance matched to the amplifier.
19.An amplifier is quoted as having a noise figure 3.5 dB. Calculate the noise factor,
noise temperature and noise power.
20.An antenna is connected to some receiving system using a waveguide with a loss of
0.3 dB. Calculate the overall effective temperature of the system if antenna
temperature, Ta is 15 K. Assume ambient temperature is 300 K.
Antenna
Ta = 15 K

G2 = 20dB
Te2 = 6 K
Waveguide loss = 0.3 dB

G3 = 15dB
F3 = 4 dB