INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

EXAMPLE PROBLEMS AND DRILLS

EXAMPLE PROBLEMS
1. What is the wavelength for a waveform with a frequency of 165MHz?
Given:
c = 3 x 108 m/s f = 165 MHz

Solution:
• Convert the frequency from MHz to Hz:
165 x 106 Hz Conversion: 1 MHz = 106 Hz

𝒄 (𝟑 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟖 )𝒎/𝒔
𝛌= = = 𝟏. 𝟖𝟐 𝒎
𝒇 𝟏𝟔𝟓 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟔 𝑯𝒛

2. Calculate the period of the waveform 66mm?

Given:
𝛌 = 66 𝑚𝑚 = 0.066𝑚 Conversion: 1 mm = 0.001 m

Solutions:
𝒄 𝒄 (3𝑥108 )𝑚/𝑠
𝛌= 𝒇
𝒇= 𝛌
= 0.066𝑚
= 4,545,454,545𝐻𝑧 / 4.55 𝐺𝐻𝑧 Conversion: 1 Hz = 10 -9 GHz
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒇= 𝑻= = = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟐𝒏𝒔
𝑻 𝒇 𝟒.𝟓𝟓 𝑮𝑯𝒛

3. Find the wavelength of a waveform given a period of 23 μs.

Given:
T = 23μs = (23 x 10-6) s Conversion: 1 μs = 10 -6 seconds

Solution:
𝟏 𝟏
𝒇= = = 43,478.26 𝐻𝑧 𝑜𝑟 43.48 𝑘𝐻𝑧 Conversion: 1 Hz = 0.001kHz
𝑻 (𝟐𝟑 𝒙 𝟏𝟎−𝟔 )𝒔

𝒄 (𝟑 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟖 )𝒎/𝒔
𝛌= = = 6,899,724.01 𝑚𝑚 𝑜𝑟 𝟔, 𝟖𝟗𝟗. 𝟕𝟐 𝒎 Conversion: 1 mm = 0.001 m
𝒇 𝟒𝟑.𝟒𝟖 𝒌𝑯𝒛

4. A commonly used frequency is 560 to 980 MHz. What is the bandwidth?

Given:
fL = 560 MHz fU = 980 MHz

Solution:
𝑩𝑾 = 𝒇𝑈 − 𝒇𝐿 = (980 − 560)𝑀𝐻𝑧 = 𝟒𝟐𝟎 𝑴𝑯𝒛
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5. An amplifier has a voltage of input of 9mV and an output of 20mV. What is the gain? Express
the answer in dB.
Given:
Vin = 9 mV Vout = 20 mV

Solution:
𝑽𝑜𝑢𝑡 20𝑚𝑉
𝒅𝑩 = 20 log ( ) = 20 log ( ) = 20 log(2.8) = 𝟔. 𝟗𝟒𝒅𝑩
𝑽𝑖𝑛 9𝑚𝑉

6. An amplifier with a power gain of 13 is fed to another amplifier with 3mW power input and
15mW power input. What is the total gain?
Given:
𝑨1 =13 𝑷2𝑖𝑛 = 3 mW 𝑷2𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 15 mW

Solution:
𝒅𝑩1 = 10 log(13) = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟏𝟒𝒅𝑩

𝑷𝑜𝑢𝑡 15𝑚𝑊
𝒅𝑩2 = 10 log ( ) = 10 log ( ) = 𝟔. 𝟗𝟗𝒅𝑩
𝑷𝑖𝑛 3𝑚𝑊

• Since both power gain are now in dB, the total gain can now be computed.
(𝐴 𝑇 ) = (𝐴1 )(𝐴2 ) = (11.14𝑑𝐵)(6.99𝑑𝐵 ) = 𝟏𝟖. 𝟏𝟑𝒅𝑩

GUIDE TO CONVERSION

PREFIX SYMBOL MULTIPLIER

Tera T 1012
Giga G 109
Mega M 106
Kilo k 103
Mili m 10-3
Micro μ 10-6
Nano n 10-9
Pico p 10-12
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EXAMPLE DRILLS: Solutions and answers are not stated in this part. Student must try to solve the
problems on their own. Brainstorming with your classmate is possible as part of reviewing.

1. What is the Bandwidth of very low frequency?

2. A circuit has a power input of 49 mW and an output of 3 mW. Compute for the attenuation in
decibels.

3. Compute for the wavelength with a period of 2 minutes.

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4. Find the power gain of an amplifier with an output of 24 mW and an input of 9 mW?

5. An amplifier has a current input of 12A and an output of 3A. What is the gain? Express it in
decibels.