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Consider a frequency-modulated (FM) signal

$$ f(t)=A_c \cos \left(2 \pi f_c t+3 \sin \left(2 \pi f_1 t\right)+4 \sin \left(6 \pi f_1 t\right)\right) $$

where $A_c$ and $f_c$ are, respectively, the amplitude and frequency (in Hz ) of the carrier waveform. The frequency $f_1$ is in Hz , and assume that $f_c>100 f_1$.

The peak frequency deviation of the FM signal in Hz is $\qquad$

GATE ECE 2025
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Consider a message signal $m(t)$ which is bandlimited to $[-W, W]$, where $W$ is in Hz . Consider the following two modulation schemes for the message signal:

Double sideband-suppressed carrier (DSB-SC):

$$ f_{\mathrm{DSB}}(t)=A_c m(t) \cos \left(2 \pi f_c t\right) $$

Amplitude modulation (AM):

$$ f_{\mathrm{AM}}(t)=A_c(1+\mu m(t)) \cos \left(2 \pi f_c t\right) $$

Here, $A_c$ and $f_c$ are the amplitude and frequency (in Hz ) of the carrier, respectively. In the case of AM, $\mu$ denotes the modulation index.

Consider the following statements:

(i) An envelope detector can be used for demodulation in the DSB-SC scheme if $m(t)>0$ for all $t$.

(ii) An envelope detector can be used for demodulation in the AM scheme only if $m(t)>0$ for all $t$.

Which of the following options is/are correct?

GATE ECE 2025
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An amplitude modulator has output (in Volts)

$$s(t) = A \cos(400 \pi t) + B \cos(360 \pi t) + B \cos(440 \pi t)$$.

The carrier power normalized to $1\Omega$ resistance is 50 Watts. The ratio of the total sideband power to the total power is 1/9. The value of $B$ (in Volts, rounded off to two decimal places) is _______.

GATE ECE 2024
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Consider a super heterodyne receiver tuned to 600 kHz . If the local oscillator feeds a 1000 kHz signal to the mixer. The image frequency (in integer) is $\_\_\_\_$ kHz .

GATE ECE 2021
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Consider a carrier signal which is amplitude modulated by a single - tone sinusoidal message signal with a modulation index of $50 \%$. If the carrier and one of the side bands are suppressed in the modulated signal, the percentage of power saved (rounded off to one decimal place) is $\_\_\_\_$

GATE ECE 2021
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A super heterodyne receiver operates in the frequency range of 58 MHz – 68 MHz. The intermediate frequency f1F and local oscillator frequency fL0 are chosen such that f1F $$\leq$$ fL0.It is required that the image frequencies fall outside the 58 MHz – 68 MHz band. The minimum required f1F (in MHz) is ___________.
GATE ECE 2016 Set 1
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For a superheterodyne receiver, the intermediate frequency is 15 MHz and the local oscillator frequency is 3.5 GHz. If the frequency of the received signal is greater than the local oscillator frequency, then the image frequency (in MHz) is _________.
GATE ECE 2016 Set 3
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Consider the signal $$s\left(t\right)\;=\;m\left(t\right)\;\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+\widehat m\left(t\right)\;\sin\left(2\mathrm\pi\;{\mathrm f}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)$$ where $$\widehat m\left(t\right)\;$$ denotes the Hilbert transform of m(t) and the bandwidth of m(t) is very small compared to fc. The signal s(t) is a
GATE ECE 2015 Set 1
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Consider an FM signal $$f\left(t\right)\;=\;\cos\left[2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\;+\;{\mathrm\beta}_1\sin\;2{\mathrm{πf}}_1\mathrm t\;+\;{\mathrm\beta}_2\sin\;2{\mathrm{πf}}_2\mathrm t\right]$$ . The maximum deviation of the instantaneous frequency from the carrier frequency fc is
GATE ECE 2014 Set 3
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Consider an angle modulated signal x(t) = 6cos[2$$\mathrm\pi$$x106 t+2sin(8000$$\mathrm\pi$$t) + 4cos(8000$$\mathrm\pi$$t)] V. The average power of x(t) is.
GATE ECE 2010
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Consider the amplitude modulated (AM) signal $$A_c\cos\omega_ct\;+\;2\cos\omega_mt\;\cos\omega_ct$$. For demodulating the signal using envelope detector, the minimum value of Ac should be
GATE ECE 2008
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Which of the following analog modulation scheme requires the minimum transmitted power and minimum channel bandwidth?
GATE ECE 2005
13
An AM signal and a narrow-band FM signal with identical carriers, modulating signals and modulation indices of 0.1 are added together. The resultant signal can be closely approximated by
GATE ECE 2004
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An AM signal is detected using an envelope detector. The carrier frequency and modulating signal frequency are 1 MHz and 2 KHz respectively. An appropriate value for the time constant of the envelope detector is
GATE ECE 2004
15
A 1 MHz sinusoidal carrier is amplitude modulated by a symmetrical square wave of period 100 µsec. Which of the following frequencies will NOT be present in the modulated signal?
GATE ECE 2002
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A modulated signal is given by, $$s\left(t\right)=m_1\left(t\right)\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+m_2\left(t\right)\sin\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)$$, where the baseband signal m1(t) and m2(t) have bandwidths of 10 kHz and 15 kHz, respectively. The bandwidth of the modulated signal, in kHz, is
GATE ECE 1999
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A DSB-SC signal is generated using the carrier $$\cos\left(\omega_ct\;+\;\theta\right)$$ and modulating singal x(t). The envelope of the DSB-SC signal is
GATE ECE 1998
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The image channel selectivity of super heterodyne receiver depends upon
GATE ECE 1998
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$$v\left(t\right)\;=5\left[\cos\left(10^6\mathrm{πt}\right)\;-\;\sin\left(10^3\mathrm{πt}\right)\times\sin\left(10^6\mathrm{πt}\right)\right]$$ represents
GATE ECE 1994

Marks 2

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Consider a real, narrowband signal $x(t)=A(t) \cos \left[2 \pi f_c t+\theta(t)\right]$ where the maximum frequency components of $A(t)$ and $\theta(t)$ are $f_M$ and $f_C\left(=1000 f_M\right)$, respectively. Which of the following statements is/are correct for $-\infty

GATE ECE 2026
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Let a frequency modulated (FM) signal $$x(t) = A\cos ({\omega _c}t + {k_f}\int_{ - \infty }^t {m(\lambda )d\lambda )} $$, where $$m(t)$$ is a message signal of bandwidth W. It is passed through a non-linear system with output $$y(t) = 2x(t) + 5{(x(t))^2}$$. Let $${B^T}$$ denote the FM bandwidth. The minimum value of $${\omega _c}$$ required to recover $$x(t)$$ from $$y(t)$$ is

GATE ECE 2023
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Let x$$_1$$(t) and x$$_2$$(t) be two band-limited signals having bandwidth $$B=4\pi\times10^3$$ rad/s each. In the figure below, the Nyquist sampling frequency, in rad/s, required to sample y(t), is

GATE ECE 2023 Communications - Analog Communication Systems Question 11 English

GATE ECE 2023
4

Consider an FM broadcast that employs the pre-emphasis filter with frequency response

$${H_{pe}}(\omega ) = 1 + {{j\omega } \over {{\omega _0}}}$$,

where $$\omega$$0 = 104 rad/sec.

For the network shown in the figure to act as a corresponding de-emphasis filter, the appropriate pairs of (R, C) values is/are ____________.

GATE ECE 2022 Communications - Analog Communication Systems Question 12 English

GATE ECE 2022
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A sinusoidal message signal having root mean square value of 4 V and frequency of 1 kHz is fed to a phase modulator with phase deviation constant $2 \mathrm{rad} /$ volt. If the carrier signal is $c(t)=2 \cos \left(2 \pi 10^6 t\right)$, the maximum instantaneous frequency of the phase modulated signal (rounded off to one decimal place) is $\_\_\_\_$ Hz.

GATE ECE 2021
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$S_{P M}(t)$ and $S_{F M}(t)$ are defined below, are the phase modulated and the frequency modulated waveforms, respectively, corresponding to the message signal $m(t)$ shown in the figure.

$$ \begin{aligned} & S_{P M}(t)=\cos \left[1000 \pi t+k_p m(t)\right] \\ & S_{F M}(t)=\cos \left[1000 \pi t+k_f \int_{-\infty}^t m(\tau) d \tau\right] \end{aligned} $$

Where $k_p$ is the phase deviation constant in radians/volt and $k_f$ is the frequency deviation constant in radians/second/volt. If the highest instantaneous frequencies of $S_{P M}(t)$ and $S_{F M}(t)$ are same, then the value of the ratio $\frac{k_p}{k_f}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ seconds.

GATE ECE 2020 Communications - Analog Communication Systems Question 2 English
GATE ECE 2020
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For the modulated signal $x(t)=m(t) \cos \left(2 \pi f_c t\right)$, the message signal $m(t)=4 \cos (1000 \pi t)$ and the carrier frequency $f_c$ is 1 MHz . The signal $x(t)$ is passed through a demodulator, as shown in figure below. The output $y(t)$ of the demodulator is

GATE ECE 2020 Communications - Analog Communication Systems Question 3 English
GATE ECE 2020
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The un-modulated carrier power in an AM transmitter is 5kW. This carrier is modulated by a sinusoidal modulating signal. The maximum percentage of modulation is 50%. If it is reduced to 40%, then the maximum un-modulated carrier power (in kW) that can be used without overloading the transmitter is ___________
GATE ECE 2017 Set 2
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A modulating signal given By $$x\left(t\right)=5\sin\left(4\mathrm\pi10^3\mathrm t\;-\;10\mathrm{πcos}2\mathrm\pi10^3\mathrm t\right)$$ V is fed to a phase modulator with phase deviation constant kp=0.5rad/V. If the carrier frequency is 20 kHz, the instantaneous frequency (in kHz) at t = 0.5 ms is __________
GATE ECE 2017 Set 2
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In the system shown in figure (a), m(t) is a low-pass signal with bandwidth W Hz. The frequency response of the band-pass filter H(f) is shown in figure (b). If it is desired that the output signal z(t) = 10x(t), the maximum value of W (in Hz) should be strictly less than ____________________. GATE ECE 2015 Set 1 Communications - Analog Communication Systems Question 15 English
GATE ECE 2015 Set 1
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The signal m(t) as shown is applied both to a phase modulator (with kp as the phase constant) and a frequency modulator (with kf as the frequency constant) having the same carrier frequency. GATE ECE 2012 Communications - Analog Communication Systems Question 16 English

The ratio kp/kf (in rad/Hz) for the same maximum phase deviation is

GATE ECE 2012
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The signal $$\cos\;\omega_ct\;+\;0.5\;\cos\;\omega_mt\;s\mathrm{in}\;\omega_ct$$ is
GATE ECE 2008
13
A Hilbert transformer is a
GATE ECE 2007
14
The diagonal clipping in Amplitude Demodulation (using envelope detector) can be avoided if RC time-constant of the envelope detector satisfies the following condition, (here W is message bandwidth and ωc is carrier frequency both in rad/sec)
GATE ECE 2006
15
A carrier is phase modulated (PM) with frequency deviation of 10 kHz by a single tone frequency of 1 kHz. If the single tone frequency is increased to 2 kHz, assuming that phase deviation remains unchanged, the bandwidth of the PM signal is
GATE ECE 2005
16
A device with input x(t) and output y(t) is characterized by: y(t) = x2(t). An FM signal with frequency deviation of 90 kHz and modulating signal bandwidth of 5 kHz is applied to this device. The bandwidth of the output signal is
GATE ECE 2005
17
Two sinusoidal signals of same amplitude and frequencies 10 kHz and 10.1 kHz are added together. The combined signal is given to an ideal frequency detector. The output of the detector is
GATE ECE 2004
18
Let $$m\left(t\right)\;=\cos\left[\left(4\mathrm\pi\times10^3\right)t\right]$$ be the message signal and $$c\left(t\right)\;=5\cos\left[2\mathrm\pi\times10^6t\right]$$ be the carrier.

c(t) and m(t) are used to generate an AM signal. The modulation index of the generated AM signal is 0.5. Then the quantity $$\frac{Total\;sideband\;power}{Carrier\;power}$$ is

GATE ECE 2003
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A DSB-SC signal is to be generated with a carrier frequency fc = 1MHz using a nonlinear device with the input-output characteristic $$v_0=a_0v_i\;+\;a_1v_i^3$$.where a0 and a1 are constants. The output of the nonlinear device can be filtered by an appropriate band-pass filter. Let $$v_0=A_c'\;\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c'\mathrm t\right)\;+\;m\left(t\right)$$ where m(t) is the message signal. Then the value of $$f_c'$$ (in MHz) is
GATE ECE 2003
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Let $$m\left(t\right)\;=\cos\left[\left(4\mathrm\pi\times10^3\right)t\right]$$ be the message signal and $$c\left(t\right)\;=5\cos\left[2\mathrm\pi\times10^6t\right]$$ be the carrier.

c(t) and m(t) are used to generate an FM signal. If the peak frequency deviation of the generated FM signal is three times the transmission bandwidth of the AM singal, then the coefficient of the term $$\cos\left[2\mathrm\pi\left(1008\times10^3\right)t\right]$$ in the FM signal (in terms of the Bessel coefficients) is

GATE ECE 2003
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In an FM system, a carrier of 100 MHz is modulated by a sinusoidal signal of 5 KHz. The bandwidth by Carson’s approximation is 1 MHz. If y(t) = (modulated waveform)3, then by using Carson’s approximation, the bandwidth of y(t) around 300 MHz and the and the spacing of spectral components are, respectively.
GATE ECE 2000
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A superheterodyne radio receiver with an intermediate frequency of 455 KHz is tuned to a station operating at 1200 KHz. The associated image frequency is ______ KHz.
GATE ECE 1993
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Which of the following demodulator(s) can be used for demodulating the signal $$x(t)\;=\;5\left(1+2\;\cos200\mathrm{πt}\right)\cos\;20000\;\mathrm{πt}$$ .
GATE ECE 1993
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The maximum power efficiency of an AM modulator is
GATE ECE 1992