Reg. No.

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B.E.iB.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007.

Seventh Semester

(Regulation 2004)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC 1011 - TELEVISION AND VIDEO ENGINEERING

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Time : Three hours Maximum: 100 marks

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Answer ALL ouestions.
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PARTA-(10x2=20marks)
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1. What is the significance of choosingthe number of lines as 625 and not 623 or
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627 and the frame reception rate as 25 and not 24 as in motion pictures?
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2. Why is a portion of the lower sideband of the AM picture signal transmitted

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along with the carrier and full VSB?

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3. What are the merits of using an RF amplifier before the frequency converter?
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4. S&ry is it necessaryto employ an L-C instead of R-C filter to remove IF ripple

frorn the detected outout?

5. Why is the colour signal bandwidth requirement much less than that of
Y signal?

6. Why is the colour burst signal transmitted after each scanning line and why
PAL colour burst is often calied the swinging burst?

7. Justify the choice of 3.579545MHz as the subcarrier frequencyin the NTSC

system.
8. List the functions of the following stages of a PAL-D colour receiver
mentioning their input and output. (a) Burst-phase discriminator (b) Colour
killier.

q Why are up-iink and down-link frequencies chosen to be in the GHz range and
kept fairly apart from each other?

1 0 . List the merits of disital TV receivers that are not achievable in a analog
receiver.

PARTB-(5x16=80marks)

11. (a) (i) Show that the highest modulating frequency that needs to be
handied in the 625 TV system is 5 MHz. Discuss the effect of
number of lines, interlaced scanning and field frequency on
bandwidth. (9)

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(ii) For the compositeVideo Signal explain the following :

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(1) Why are the horizontal pulsesnot used as sync.pulses. (3)

(2)
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Why is it necessaryto separatethe broad vertical sync. pulse
and why are they notched at 32 p s interval and not at 64 1.ts
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interval. G)
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(b) (i) Discuss the merits and demerits of positive and negative amplitude
modulation and justify the choice of negative modulation in most
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TV systems. (8)
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(ii) Explain how the inherent smear effect in a vidicon is overcomein a

piumbicon. Explain with a suitable sketch the mechanism by which
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the video signal is developedfrom the P-I-N structure of its target.

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L2. (a) (i) Describe briefly the factors that influenced the choice of picture
IF = 38.9 MHz and sound IF = 33.4 MHz in Lt,e625-B monochrome
television system. (8)

(ii) What is electronic tuning? Explain with circuit diagram how

different channels can be selectedbv this method. (8)

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 (b) (i) Give the constructional details of a turnstile antenna and explain
by drawing radiation pattern its suitability for teievision
transmission. (B)

(ii) Explain with a circuit diagram how the high voitage pulses, induced
in the output transformer windings, are used to generate EHT
supply. (8)

13. (aJ (i) Explain how by frequency inter leaving the colour information is
accommodated within the same channel bandwidth of 7 M}jz (8)

(ii ) Explain the need for pincushion distortion correction and the
method employed to obtain a distortion free raster? (8)

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(b) (i) What are weighting factors and why are these applied to colour-

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difference signals before quadrature modulation. Draw

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chrominance signal wave shape for a colour bar pattern and justify
the scaiing down of (R-Y) and (B-Y) signals.
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(ii) Describe the gun structure and focussing details of trinitron picture
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tube. (6)
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14. (a) (i) Explain how the differential phase-error is continuously corrected
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in the PAL system while affecting QAM of the colour difference

signals. (8)
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(il; Show the colour kill circuit and explain how the chrominance signal
remains interrupted during monochrome transmission and how
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Indent signal is generated? (8)

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(b) (i) Explain the delay line method of separating U and V signals in a
PAL receiver. (6)

(ii) Describe the circuit of colour burst blanking and I't stage of the
chroma band-pass amplifier. Explain the circuit of the saturation
control in the chroma bancipass amplifier. (10)

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15. (a) (i) Draw the biock diagram of a T\IRO earth station receiver and
explain how the converted down-link IF signal of a TV channel is
processedto obtain both Video and Audio signals (B)

(ii) Describehow the associatedsignals of 3-D pictures can possiblybe

transmitted, receivedand viewed on present-dayreceivers. (8)

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(b) (i) Describethe new TV standardsfor HDTV service. (6)

(ii) Draw the functional block diagram of a digital colour receiver and
explain how the audio signal is separated and processed to obtain
analog sound output. (10)

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