DORDT COLLEGE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT PROBLEM SETS (Last update: 5/05/2014 2:16 pm)
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PS # | Assigned | Due | Returned |
Problems Assigned
(In Proakis & Salehi unless otherwise noted)
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11
| 4/29 | 5/02 | 5/03 |
Topics: Probability and Random Variables Read Sections 5.1, 5.2 Do 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.9 |
10
| 4/16 | 4/25 | 5/03 |
Topics: FM and PM, modulaiton index, Bessel Functions and application to WBFM, WBPM Read Chapter 4 Do 4.4, 4.5, 4.20 |
9
| 3/28 | 4/04 | 4/21 |
Topics: Superheterodyne tuning, FM, PM. Read 3.5, Review "Appendix 3A, page 149, Read Chapter 4 Do 3-A (not in text), 4.1, 4.2 Hints on problem 4.1 --For part one you should leave the integral unsolved. The "sine integral" is a tabulated function with no known analytic solution. Just show the integral in your solution. Some details of the Sine Integral can be found here A well known and heavy authority on topics like this is the handbook by Abramowitz and Stegun. Available in the John and Louise Hulst Library (you will see that this handbook is literally heavy) or electronically. See especially Section 5.2 if you like these details. Hint: You should pay attention to units. The modulation index is always dimensionless (e.g. radians). The deviation constant, kf is usually in Hz/V in our text. (Some texts use rad/(s-V)) --For part three, delete the word "content" from the question. Since the frequency and phase of the R.F. signal vary only slowly relative to the carrier you can assume m(t) = 0 to find the power and you will get the same result as if m(t) were not zero. --For part four use Carson's Rule. --Typo: In problem 4.2 part two replace fd with kf. The units on fd will be rad/volt and the units on fd will be Hz/volt. |
8
| 3/21 | 3/28 | 4/10 |
Topics: Vestigial Sideband, methods of modulation and demodulation Read Sections 3.2.4, 3.3 Do 3.16, 3.17 |
7
| 3/07 | 3/21 | 4/10 |
Topic: Single Sideband Review 3.2.1, 3.2.2, Read Section 3.2.3 Do 3.11 |
6
| 2/21 | 3/07 | 4/04 |
Topics: Filters, Power and Energy Signals, AM Modulation, DSB-SC, DSB-LC Read 2.4, 2.5, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2 up to 3.2.3 Do 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.14, and note errata on pages 151 and 152, also. . . Prove that the F.T. is linear, also. . . Use a computer to plot Eq. 3.2.6 (page 127). Let mn(t) = cos(2πfmt) and let a = 0.75, Ac = 10, fm = 440 Hz, and fc = 100 kHz. Turn that case in for a grade, but use your computer code to explore. What happens if a > 1? What happens as fc is lowered toward fm? Be sure your plots have enough samples. You should have at least 10 samples per cycle of of cos(2πfct) and you should plot at least one cycle of mn(t). Use a computer for the plots for 3.3. (Problem 2.50 was originally and mistakenly a part of this assignment. It was removed on 3/03/2014.) |
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| 2/07 | 2/21 | 2/26 |
Topic: Fourier Transform Read Section 2.3 Do evaluate the following integral: Also evaluate the convolution where and and do these from the textbook: 2.41, 2.43 part b only, 2.44, 2.46, 2.50, 2.51 |
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| 1/31 | 2/07 | 2/12 |
Topic: Properties of the Fourier Series Review Ch. 2 Section 2.2. Do 2.37, 2.39, 2.42, and also find where sgn is the signum function and u is the unit step function. The delta represents the unit triangle function and the star represents convolution. (In class on 2/7 Problem 2.46 was moved to the next assignment.) |
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| 1/24 | 1/31 | 2/03 |
Topics: Linearity, convolution, Fourier series Reading: Ch. 2, Review Section 2.1, read 2.2 Do 2.7, 2.24, 2.34 (As per discussion in class on 1/29, problems 2.37 and 2.39 were delayed to the next assignment. |
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| 1/15 | 1/24 | 1/27 |
Topics: Types of signals & systems Read: Ch 2 Sec. 1.4, Ch.2 through Sec. 2.1 Do (p. 101) 2.1 (all parts), 2.5, 2.6, 2.16. Use a computer to make the plots for 2.1. Octave or Matlab are recommended. Here is a m-file to get you started. Hint: At the command line in Octave or Matlab type, "help sign" [enter]. Also try "help addpath", "help help" and "help exit". Note errata on pages 29 and 42, and 101, 102. |
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| 1/15 | 1/16 | --- |
Topics: History of and overview of Comm Systems Read Chapter 1. (There is nothing to turn in.) |
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