Code No: 154AC                                                                       R18
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
              B.Tech II Year II Semester Examinations, July/August - 2021
                   ANALOG AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
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                         (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
 Time: 3 Hours                                                               Max. Marks: 75
                                  Answer any five questions
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                               All questions carry equal marks
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 1.a)   Explain about COSTAS loop with a neat block diagram for demodulating DSB-SC
        wave.
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  b)    Explain the working of envelope detector with a neat circuit diagram. [8+7]
 2.a)   Define a standard form of amplitude modulation and explain the time and frequency
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        domain expression of an AM wave.
  b)    Calculate the percentage power saving when the carrier and one of the sidebands are
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        suppressed in an AM wave modulated to a depth of 100% and 50%.              [7+8]
 3.a)   Derive the expression for FM signal from fundamentals and differentiate narrow
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        band FM and wide band FM.
  b)    For an FM modulator with a modulating signal m(t)= Vmsin(300×103t), the carrier
        Signal VC(t)=8 sin(6.5×106t) and the modulator index = 2. Find out the significant
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        sideband frequencies and their amplitudes.                                [7+8]
 4.a)   Compare noise performance of PM and FM system.
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   b)   Explain the indirect method of generation of FM wave and any one method of
        demodulating an FM wave                                             [6+9]
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 5.a)   Draw the block diagram of Superhetrodyne receiver and explain the function of each
        block.
  b)    Compare and contrast AM and FM receivers.                                  [9+6]
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 6.a)   With a neat diagram explain AM receiver tracking and tracking curve.
   b)   How the performance of the PCM system is influenced by the noise and calculate SNR in
        the PCM system?                                                                [7+8]
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 7.a)   With a neat block diagram explain the generation of PWM signal.
   b)   With a neat waveform explain Flat-top PAM sampling.                            [7+8]
 8.a)   Discuss about the coherent FSK detector and non-coherent FSK detector.
   b)   Explain the generation and reception of DPSK signals with a neat block diagram. [7+8]
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