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Assignment-1
Due date: 2020-09-30, 23:59 IST.
Your last recorded submission was on 2020-09-28, 11:58 IST

1 point

Which of the following operation is required for containing signal in a narrower bandwidth

 Digital to Analog Conversion

 Encoding

 Modulation

 Pulse Shaping

1 point

For an example of Digital to analog converter (DAC) using inverting OP-AMP circuit, how many analog voltage
levels will be there for a 4-bit DAC

 8

 16

 32

 4

1 point

Which of the following modulation schemes will undergo the highest amplitude as well as phase variations

 BPSK

 64-QAM

 16-QAM

 QPSK
1 point

The power amplifier can be absorbed in the software-defined-radio as a software solution 

 True

 False

1 point

Increase in FIF (IF frequency) in Superheterodyne transceivers is related to

 Increasing DC offset

 Ease of filtering the image signal

 Relaxing sampling constraint on DAC and ADC

 All of the above

1 point

The main requirement of the Transmitter is

 Spurious emissions level control

 Sensitivity

 Selectivity

 All of the above

1 point

If a mixer is being used for the up-conversion process, it cannot be used for down-conversion process 

 True

 False

1 point

Circulators are used in Transceivers to

 Provide power to the signal

 Convert from higher frequency to lower frequency

 Direct the signal to the correct RF path

 Filter the signal in the digital domain

1 point

If there is  no other distortion in the conversion process other than the quantization process,

 SNDR and SNR have the same value

 SINAD and SNR have the same value

 SFDR and SNR have the same value

 All of the above

1 point

In an analog quadrature modulator, the frequency of input data is 20 MHz, and the LO frequency is 1.8 GHz.
What would be frequencies of the signal at modulator output due to gain and phase error, if the RF signal lies
at 1.82 GHz?

 1.74 GHz

 1.83 GHz

 1.78 GHz

 None of the above

1 point

In an analog quadrature modulator, frequency of the input IF signal is 20 MHz and LO frequency is 1.8 GHz.
What would be frequencies of the signal at modulator output due to DC error?

 1.8 GHz

 1.86 GHz

 1.83 GHz

 None of the above

1 point

In an analog quadrature modulator, the frequency of input IF signal is 20 MHz, and LO frequency is 1.8 GHz.
What would be frequencies of output RF?

 1.8 GHz

 1.86 GHz

 1.82 GHz

 None of the above

1 point

What is the significant advantage of Homodyne transceivers?

 Error signal due to I/Q imbalance interferes with the signal of interest 

 DC offset errors interfere with the signal of interest

 Easy to integrate on-chip

 Larger size as compared to other architectures

1 point

If the  IF frequency in a transmitter is equal to 0 then the architecture of the Transmitter is called 

 Superheterodyne / Digital-IF

 Homodyne / Direct Conversion

 Superheterodyne / Direct Conversion

Homodyne / Digital-IF

1 point

DC offset distortion cannot be removed by filtering in

 Superheterodyne transceivers

 Digital-IF based Homodyne architecture

 Homodyne transceivers

 Dual-conversion superheterodyne architecture

1 point

The superheterodyne transceiver is robust to the following distortion components as compared to the
homodyne Transmitter:

 I/Q imbalance 

 LO leakage

 DC Offset
 All of the above

1 point

If two frequencies (f1 > >f2) need to be transmitted using two different antennas of length L1  and L2,
then  

 L1 = L2

 L1 < L2

 L1 > L2

 None of the above

1 point

Numerically Controlled Oscillator can replace mixer for frequency up-conversion to  very high-frequency
operation

 True

 False

1 point

In fig.1, the distortion at the output of the Transmitter can be seen (No DPD), what are LO frequency and RF
frequency of the signal

Fig.1: Linear as well as nonlinear distortions at the output of Transmitter and different methods to reduce them.

 885, 880

 875, 880

 880, 885

 880, 875

1 point

In fig.1, what is the IF-frequency of the incoming signal?

Fig.1: Linear as well as nonlinear distortions at the output of Transmitter and different methods to reduce them.

 10 MHz

 0 MHz

 5 MHz
 None of the above

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Assignment-1
Due date: 2020-09-30, 23:59 IST.
Your last recorded submission was on 2020-09-28, 11:58 IST
1 point
Which of the following operation is required for containing signal in a narrower bandwidth

 Digital to Analog Conversion

 Encoding

 Modulation

 Pulse Shaping
1 point
For an example of Digital to analog converter (DAC) using inverting OP-AMP circuit, how many analog voltage
levels will be there for a 4-bit DAC

 8

 16

 32

 4
1 point
Which of the following modulation schemes will undergo the highest amplitude as well as phase variations

 BPSK

 64-QAM

 16-QAM

 QPSK
1 point
The power amplifier can be absorbed in the software-defined-radio as a software solution 

 True

 False
1 point
Increase in FIF (IF frequency) in Superheterodyne transceivers is related to

 Increasing DC offset
 Ease of filtering the image signal

 Relaxing sampling constraint on DAC and ADC

 All of the above

1 point

The main requirement of the Transmitter is

 Spurious emissions level control

 Sensitivity

 Selectivity

 All of the above

1 point
If a mixer is being used for the up-conversion process, it cannot be used for down-conversion process 

 True

 False
1 point
Circulators are used in Transceivers to

 Provide power to the signal

 Convert from higher frequency to lower frequency

 Direct the signal to the correct RF path

 Filter the signal in the digital domain

1 point
If there is  no other distortion in the conversion process other than the quantization process,

 SNDR and SNR have the same value

 SINAD and SNR have the same value

 SFDR and SNR have the same value

 All of the above

1 point
In an analog quadrature modulator, the frequency of input data is 20 MHz, and the LO frequency is 1.8 GHz.
What would be frequencies of the signal at modulator output due to gain and phase error, if the RF signal lies
at 1.82 GHz?

 1.74 GHz

 1.83 GHz

 1.78 GHz
 None of the above
1 point
In an analog quadrature modulator, frequency of the input IF signal is 20 MHz and LO frequency is 1.8 GHz.
What would be frequencies of the signal at modulator output due to DC error?

 1.8 GHz

 1.86 GHz

 1.83 GHz

 None of the above

1 point
In an analog quadrature modulator, the frequency of input IF signal is 20 MHz, and LO frequency is 1.8 GHz.
What would be frequencies of output RF?

 1.8 GHz

 1.86 GHz

 1.82 GHz

 None of the above

1 point
What is the significant advantage of Homodyne transceivers?

 Error signal due to I/Q imbalance interferes with the signal of interest 

 DC offset errors interfere with the signal of interest

 Easy to integrate on-chip

 Larger size as compared to other architectures

1 point
If the  IF frequency in a transmitter is equal to 0 then the architecture of the Transmitter is called 

 Superheterodyne / Digital-IF

 Homodyne / Direct Conversion

 Superheterodyne / Direct Conversion

Homodyne / Digital-IF

1 point
DC offset distortion cannot be removed by filtering in

 Superheterodyne transceivers

 Digital-IF based Homodyne architecture

 Homodyne transceivers
 Dual-conversion superheterodyne architecture
1 point
The superheterodyne transceiver is robust to the following distortion components as compared to the
homodyne Transmitter:

 I/Q imbalance 

 LO leakage

 DC Offset

 All of the above

1 point
If two frequencies (f1 > >f2) need to be transmitted using two different antennas of length L1  and L2,
then  

 L1 = L2

 L1 < L2

 L1 > L2

 None of the above

1 point
Numerically Controlled Oscillator can replace mixer for frequency up-conversion to  very high-frequency
operation

 True

 False
1 point
In fig.1, the distortion at the output of the Transmitter can be seen (No DPD), what are LO frequency and RF
frequency of the signal

Fig.1: Linear as well as nonlinear distortions at the output of Transmitter and different methods to reduce them.

 885, 880

 875, 880

 880, 885

 880, 875
1 point
In fig.1, what is the IF-frequency of the incoming signal?

Fig.1: Linear as well as nonlinear distortions at the output of Transmitter and different methods to reduce them.

 10 MHz
 0 MHz

 5 MHz

 None of the above

You may submit any number of times before the due date. The final submission will be considered for grading.
Submit Answers