Test: Amplitude Modulation - Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) MCQ

In amplitude modulation, the modulation envelope has a peak value which is double the unmodulated carrier value. What is the value of the modulation index ?

If the modulation index of an AM wave is changed from 0 to 1, the transmitted power

A diode detector has a load of 1 kΩ shunted by a 10000 pF capacitor. The diode has a forward resistance of 1 Ω. The maximum permissible depth of modulation,so as to avoid diagonal clipping, with modulating signal frequency fo 10 kHz will be

In an amplitude modulated signal, modulating frequency is 10 kHz and modulation index is 0.6. What should be the best suited RC time constant for the envelop detector?

A 1 MHz sinusoidal carrier is amplitude modulated by a symmetrical square wave of period 100 μ sec. Which of the following frequencies will NOT be present in the modulated signal?

For an AM signal, the bandwidth is 10 kHz and the highest frequency component present is 705 kHz. The carrier frequency used for this AM signal is

A message signal m(t) = sinct + sinc²(t)  modulates the carrier signal (t) = Acos2πf_ct . The bandwidth of the modulated signal is

Consider the system shown in figure . The average value of m(t) is zero and maximum value of
|m(t)| is M. The square-law device is defined by y(t) = 4x(t) +10 x(t).

Que: The value of M, required to produce modulation index of 0.8, is

Consider the system shown in figure . The average value of m(t) is zero and maximum value of
|m(t)| is M. The square-law device is defined by y(t) = 4x(t) +10 x(t).

Let W be the bandwidth of message signal m(t). AM signal would be recovered if

A super heterodyne receiver is designed to receive transmitted signals between 5 and 10 MHz. High-side tuning is to be used. The tuning range of the local oscillator for IF frequency 500 kHz would be

A super heterodyne receiver uses an IF frequency of 455 kHz. The receiver is tuned to a transmitter having a carrier frequency of 2400 kHz. High-side tuning is to be used. The image frequency will be

In the circuit shown in fig, the transformers are center tapped and the diodes are connected as shown in a bridge. Between the terminals 1 and 2 an a.c. voltage source of frequency 400 Hz is connected. Another a.c. voltage of 1.0 MHz is connected between 3 and 4. The output between 5 and 6 contains components at

A superheterodyne receiver is to operate in the frequency range 550 kHz-1650 kHz, with the intermediate frequency of 450 kHz. Let R = c_max / c_min   denote the required capacitance ratio of the local oscillator and I denote the image frequency (in kHz) of the incoming signal. If the receiver is tuned to 700 kHz, then

Consider a system shown in Figure . Let X( f ) and Y( f ) denote the Fourier transforms of x(t) and y(t) respectively. The ideal HPF has the cutoff frequency 10 kHz. The positive frequencies where Y( f ) has spectral peaks are

In fig.

The output y(t) will be

What is the carrier frequency in an AM wave when its highest frequency component is 850Hz and the bandwidth of the signal is 50Hz?

Suppose we wish to transmit the signal x(t) = sin 200πt + 2 sin 400πt using a modulation that create the signal g(t) = x(t) sin 400πt. If the product g(t) sin 400πt is passed through an ideal LPF with cutoff frequency 400π and pass band gain of 2, the signal obtained at the output of the LPF is