Principles of Communications Flashcards
Theories of Human Communication
Shannon-Weaver Theory and Roman Jacobson Theory
The process that takes place in transmitter
Encoding, Compression and error-correcting operations, modulation process
ELF
3-30 Hz
SLF
30-300 Hz
ULF
300-3000Hz
VLF
3-30 kHz
LF
30-300 kHz
MF
300-3000 kHz
HF
3-30 MHz
VHF
30-300 MHz
UHF
300-3000 MHz
SHF
3-30 GHz
EHF
30-300 GHz
Wavelength Formula
Lambda=Vp/f
Vp=velocity of propagation
F=frequency
Bandwidth Formula
f2-f1=fr/Q f2=upper cut-off frequency, Hz f1=lower cut-off frequency, Hz fr=resonant frequency, Hz Q=quality factor
What is the unit of information?
Binary digit (bit)
Formula of amount of information
I=log2(n)
Where n=number of coding levels
Who founded the information theory?
Claude E. Shannon, 1948
Hartley’s Law
C=2BWlog2(n)
Shannon-Hartley theorem
C=BWlog2(1+S/N)
Note: S/N in abosolute value, not in Db
Total Information Sent
H=Ct
H=bits
C=channel capacity
T=time in seconds
Signal (or noise) Power
P=I^2R
Power Required to send Information
Pn/P2=(n-1)^2
It is introduced in the transmitting medium or channel
External Noise
Noise that normally occurs at 600 MHz
Industrial or Man-made Noise
Sources of Industrial or Man-made noise
Fluorescent lights, ignition systems of engines, switching equipment, commutator of electric motors, leakage from high voltage transmission lines
Usually caused by lightning discharges
Atmospheric Noise
Atmospheric Noise level formula
Fa=En-20logf+65.5, dB
En=rms noise field strength in a 1kHz bandwidth in dB above 1uV/m
F=frequency in MHz
The range of frequency of space noise
8MHz-1.5GHz
Sources of Extraterrestrial/Space noise
Sun(solar Noise)
Stars(cosmic Noise)
Galaxies(galactic Noise)
What is the year cycle of Corona flares and sunspots?
11 year
Antenna Noise Temperature
Ta=0.82Tmain+0.13(Tside-Te)
Tmain=sky brightness temperature within main lobe
Tside= sky brightness temperature within side lobe
Te=effective temperature of earth (290K)
It is produced and introduced at the receiver by the components that make up the receiver like resistors, diodes, transistors and even wires
Internal noise
What is the primary source of thermal noise?
The rapid and random motion of charge carriers inside a resistive component when heated
RMS noise voltage formula
Vn=sqrt(4BkRT) mnemonics:For BrookerT K=boltzman constant (calcu constant 25) T=temperature in Kelvin B=Bandwidth R=resistive component
Maximum available noise power formula
N=kTB, watts
It is caused by random fluctuations of electric current in an electric conductor, due to the fact that current is carried by discrete charges
Shot Noise
It is caused by random variations in the arrival of electrons or holes at the output of an amplifying device
Shot effect
Shot noise formula for temperature-limited vaccum-tube diode
I=current, A
B=bandwidth, Hz
Q=electrical charge, C (calc constant 23)
Shot noise for PN-Junction semiconductor diode
In=sqrt(2(Idc+2Is)qB)
Idc=Is(e^(qv/kT)-1)
Idc=direct diode current
Is=reverse saturation current
It is Caused by transit-time effect
Transit-time Noise
What is transit-time effect?
The time taken by an electron from the emitter to the collector. It has greater effect on microwave region
Noise found at the low audio frequency in transistors
Flicker Noise
Other terms of flicker noise
Modulation noise, excess noise, a/f noise or pink noise
It occurs whenever current is divided between two electrodes and results to random fluctuations
Partition Noise
Noise that appears as a series of bursts at two or more level. Also called as popcorn noise
Burst Noise
It is a large noise spike present in the avalanche current due to oscillation
Avalanche Noise
Equivalent Noise Resistance
Req=R1+R2/G1+R3/G1G2+R4/G1G2G3…
G=power gain == A^2
Signal to Noise Ratio formulas
S/N=Signal Power/ Noise Power
S/N(decibels)=10log(Ps/Pn)=20log(Vs/Vn)
What is the satisfactory telephone service S/N
30Db OR 1000
What is the satisfactory S/N for video and data?
45/15 decibels respectively
It is used to specify how noisy a device is.
Noise factor
Noise Factor Formula
NF=(S/N input)/(S/N output)
Noise Figure formula
10log(NoiseFactor)
Equivalent Noise Temperature Formula
Te=To(NF-1)
Te=equivalent noise temperature, K
To=reference Temperature, 290 K
NF=Noise Factor
Excess Noise Ratio
10log((Th-Tc)/Tc)
Friis’ Formula for overall noise factor
NF=NF1+(NF2-1)/G1+(NF3-1)/G1G2…
Friis’ Formula for overall noise Temperature
Te=Te1+(Te2)/G1+(Te3-1)/G1G2…
Total Noise power output formula
No=Gtk(T+Te)BW
Collection of offending sounds to which humans are involuntary exposed. This type of noise is usually referred to as noise pollution
Environmental Noise
In broadcast systems, it refers to the residual low level sound that is heard in quiet periods of the program/ unwanted residual electronic noise signal
Audio Noise
The inference picked up between transmitter and receiver output, often refered to as static
Radio Noise
The random dot pattern superimposed on the picture as a result of electric noise
Video Noise
A signal with flat frequency spectrum in linear space. It has the same power in any linear band
White Noise
Same power in 40-60 Hz as with 4000-4020Hz
It has a flat frequency response in the logarithmic space
Pink noise
Same power from 40-60Hz as with 4000-6000Hz
It is similar to pink noise but with a power density decrease of 6dB per octave with increasing frequency
Brown or red Noise
Noise wherein its power density increases 3dB per octave with increasing frequency
Blue (or Azure) Noise
Noise where its power density increases 6dB per octave with increasing frequency
Purple or violet noise
It is a noise subjected to a psychoacoustic equal loudness curve
Grey Noise
It is supposedly the background noise of the world
Green Noise
ITU designation of double sideband full carrier
A3E
ITU designation of Single Sideband reduced carrier
R3E
ITU designation of Single Sideband Full Carrier
H3E
ITU designation of Single Sideband suppressed carrier
J3E
ITU designation of independent sideband emission
B8E
ITU designation of Vestigial sideband
C3F
It is a system of modulation in which the amplitude of the carrier is mode proportional to the instantaneous amplitude of the modulating voltage
Amplitude modulation
He invented the radio that could transmit telegraph code
Guglielmo Marconi
AM Carrier signal equation
ec=Ecsin(ωt+θ) or Ecsin(2πf+θ)
AM modulating signal equation
Em=Emsin(ωmt)=Emsin(2πf)
Peak amplitude of the AM wave
E = Ec + Em = Ec + Emsin(ωmt)