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An examination paper for the telecommunications module (eltr6019) offered by the electrical & electronic engineering school at cork institute of technology during semester 2 in the academic year 2009/10. Instructions for candidates, compulsory and optional questions, and requirements for the examination. Questions cover topics such as nyquist sampling rate, am waveform modulation, non-linear quantization, time division multiplexing, and data encoding.
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Semester 2 Examinations 2009/
Module Code: ELTR
School: ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Programme Titles: Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering, Year 2 Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Systems Engineering, Year 2
Programme Codes: EELXE_7_Y EELES_8_Y
External Examiner(s): Dr. A. Donnellan Dr. P. O’Sullivan Internal Examiner: Mr M. O’Gorman
Instructions: Answer Question 1 and TWO other questions. Question 1 (worth 40 marks) is compulsory. Questions 2, 3, and 4 are each worth 30 marks.
Duration: 2 Hours
Sitting: Autumn 2010
Requirements for this examination: N/A
Note to Candidates: Please check the Programme Title and the Module Title to ensure that you are attempting the correct examination paper. If in doubt please contact an Invigilator.
Q.1 (a) Briefly describe what is meant by the term Nyquist sampling rate. [10 Marks]
(b) If the envelope of an AM waveform varies between a maximum of ±8 V P-P and a minimum of ±2 V P-P, determine; (i) V c, the maximum carrier signal amplitude, [3 Marks] (ii) V m, the maximum modulating signal amplitude, [3 Marks] (iii) m, the modulation factor. [4 Marks]
(c) Describe what is meant by non-linear quantization. [10 Marks] (d) Briefly describe what is meant by time division multiplexing (TDM). [10 Marks]
Q. 2 (a) Draw eight cycles of a square wave clock on graph paper and allocate the following binary data sequence to the eight clock periods:-
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Encode the data into each of the following codes:- (i) Non-return to zero (NRZ), (ii) Return to zero (RZ),
(iv) Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI). [20 Marks]
(b) For long random data sequences, indicate (and briefly explain your selection), which of the four codes in (a) provides; (i) The smallest dc component, (ii) The highest transition density. [10 Marks]