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SECTION A (75 marks)
1. This question consists of TWENTY-FIVE sub-questions (1.1 1.25) of ONE mark
each. For each of these sub-questions, four possible alternatives (A,B, C and D)
are given, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Indicate the correct answer by
darkening the appropriate bubble against the question number on the left hand
side of the Objective Response Sheet (ORS). You may use the answer book
provided for any rough work, if needed.

1.1 The dependent current source shown in Figure 1.1
(a) delivers 80 W
(b) absorbs 80 W
(c) delivers 40 W
(d) absorbs 40 W

1.2 In figure 1.2, the switch was closed for a long time before opening at t = 0. the
voltage Vx at t = 0
+ is
(a) 25 V
(b) 50 V
(c) -50 V
(d) 0 V





1.3 Convolution of x(t + 5) with impulse function (t 7) is equal to
(a) x(t - 12) (b) x(t + 12) (c) x(t - 2) (d) x(t + 2)

1.4 Which of the following cannot be the Fourier series expansion of a periodic
signal?
(a) x(t) = 2cos t + 3 cos 3t (b) x(t) = 2cos t + 7 cos t
(c) x(t) = cos t + 0.5 (d) x(t) = 2cos 1.5t + sin 3.5 t

1.5 In Figure 1.5, a silicon is carrying a constant current of 1 mA. When the
temperature of the diode is 20C, V
D
is found to be 700 mV. If the temperature
rises to 40C, V
D
becomes approximately equal to
(a) 740 mV
(b) 660 mV
(c) 680 mV
(d) 700 mV

5
1
5
V
A
V1=20V
I
5
+
-
2.5A
5H
20
20
t=0
Vx
+ -
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1.6 In a negative feedback amplifier using voltage-series (i.e. voltage-sampling
series mixing) feedback. (R
i
and R
o
denote the input and output resistance
respectively)
(a) R
i
decreases and R
o
decreases (b) R
i
decreases and R
o
increases
(c) R
i
increases and R
o
decreases (d) R
i
increases and R
o
increases

1.7 A 741-type op-amp has a gain-bandwidth product of 1 MHz. A non-inverting
amplifier using this op-amp and having a voltage gain of 20 dB will exhibit a 3-dB
bandwidth of
(a) 50 KHz (b) 100 KHz (c)
1000
17
KHz (d)
1000
7.07


1.8 Three identical RC-coupled transistor amplifiers are cascaded. If each of the
amplifiers has a frequency response as shown in Figure 1.8, the overall frequency
response is as given in








(a) (b)




(c) (d)






1.9 4-bit 2s complement representation of a decimal number is 1000. The number is
(a) +8 (b) 0 (c) -7 (d) -8



f
20Hz 1KHz
-3
0
v
A dB
f
40Hz 0.5KHz
-3
0
v
A dB
2
40Hz 1KHz
-3
0
v
A dB
f
40Hz 2KHz
-3
f
v
A dB
0
10Hz 0.5KHz
-3
f
v
A dB
0
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1.10 If the input to the digital circuit (Figure 1.10) consisting of a cascade of 20 XOR-
gates is X, then the output Y is equal to







(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) X (d) X

1.11 The number of comparators required in a 3-bit comparator type ADC is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 8

1.12 If the transistor in Figure 1.12 is in saturation, then









(a) I
C
is always equal to
dc
I
B
(b) I
C
is always equal to -
dc
I
B

(c) I
C
is greater than or equal to
dc
I
B
(d) I
C
is less than or equal to
dc
I
B


1.13 Consider a system with the transfer function ( )
2
6
.
6
s
G s
ks s
+
=
+ +
Its damping ratio
will be 0.5 when the value of k is
(a)
2
6
(b) 3 (c)
1
6
(d) 6

1.14 Which of the following points is NOT on the root locus of a system with the open
loop transfer function ( ) ( )
( ) ( ) 1 3
k
G s H s
s s s
=
+ +

(a) s = 3 j (b) s= - 1.5 (c) s= -3 (d) s = -

1
X
Y
C
dc denotes the dc
current gain
E
IC
IB
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1.15 The phase margin of a system with the open-loop transfer function
( ) ( )
( )
( ) ( )
1
1 2
s
G s H s
s s

=
+ +
is
(a) 0 (b) 63.4 (c) 90 (d)

1.16 The transfer function ( ) ( ) Y s U s of a system described by the state equations
x(t) = -2x(t) + 2u(t) and y(t) = 0.5x(t) is
(a)
( )
0.5
2 s
(b)
( )
1
2 s
(c)
( )
0.5
2 s +
(d)
( )
1
2 s +


1.17 The Fourier transform ( )
{ }
1
F e u t

is equal to
1
.
1 2 j f +
Therefore,
1
1 2
F
j t

`
+
)
is
(a) ( )
f
e u f (b) ( )
f
e u f

(c) ( )
f
e u f (d) ( )
f
e u f

1.18 A linear phase channel with phase delay T
P
and group delay T
g
must have
(a) T
P
= T
g
=constant (b) T
P
f and T
g
f
(c) T
P
= constant and T
g
f (d) T
P
f and T
g
=constant

1.19. A 1 MHz sinusoidal carrier is amplitude modulated by a symmetrical square wave
of period 100sec. Which of the following frequencies will NOT be present in the
modulated signal?
(a) 990 KHz (b) 1010 KHz (c) 1020 KHz (d) 1030 KHz

1.20. Consider a sampled signal ( ) ( ) ( )
6
5 10
s
n
y t x t t nT
+

=
=

where x(t) =10

cos(810
3
)t and T
s
=100sec. When y(t) is passed through an ideal low-pass
filter with a cutoff frequency of 5KHz, the output of the filter is
(a)
( )
6 3
5 10 cos 8 10 t

(b)
( )
5 3
5 10 cos 8 10 t

(c)
( )
1 3
5 10 cos 8 10 t

(d)
( )
3
10cos 8 10 t

1.21. For a bit-rate of 8 Kbps, the best possible values of the transmitted frequencies
in a coherent binary FSK system are
(a) 16 KHz and 20 KHz (b) 20 KHz and 32 KHz
(c) 20 KHz and 40 KHz (d) 32 KHz and 40 KHz

1.22. The line-of-sight communication requires the transmit and receive antenna to
face each other. If the transmit antenna is vertically polarized, for best reception
the receive antenna should be
(a) horizontally polarized (b) vertically polarized
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(c) at 45 with respect to horizontal polarization
(d) at 45 with respect to vertical polarization

1.23. The VSWR can have any value between
(a) 0 and 1 (b) -1 and +1 (c) 0 and (d) 1 and

1.24. In an impedance Smith chart, a clockwise movement along a constant resistance
circle gives rise to
(a) a decrease in the value of reactance
(b) an increase in the value of reactance
(c) no change in the reactance value
(d) no change in the impedance value

1.25 The phase velocity for the TE
10
-mode in an air-filled rectangular waveguide is (c
is the velocity of plane waves in free space)
(a) less than c (b) equal to c
(c) greater than c (d) none of the above

2. This question consists of TWENTY-FIVE sub-questions (2.1 2.25) of TWO marks
each. For each of these sub-questions, four possible alternatives (A,B, C and D)
are given, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Indicate the correct answer by
darkening the appropriate bubble against the question number on the left hand
side of the Objective Response Sheet (ORS). You may use the answer book
provided for any rough work, if needed.
2.1 In the network of Figure 2.1, the maximum power is delivered to R
L
if its value is








(a) 16 (b)
40
3
(c) 60 (d) 20





I1
40
50V
RL 20
0.5I1
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2.2. If the 3-phase balanced source in Figure 2.2 delivers 1500 W at a leading power
factor of 0.844, then the value of Z
L
(in ohm) is approximately
(a) 90 32.44
(b) 80 32.44
(c) 80 32.44
(d) 90 32.44


2.3. The Laplace transform of a continuous-time signal x(t) is ( )
2
5
.
2
s
X s
s s

=

If the
Fourier transform of this signal exists, then x(t) is
(a) ( ) ( )
2
2
t t
e u t e u t

(b) ( ) ( )
2
2
t t
e u t e u t

+
(c) ( ) ( )
2
2
t t
e u t e u t

(d) ( ) ( )
2
2
t t
e u t e u t

2.4. If the impulse response of a discrete-time system is 5 1 ,
n
h n u n = ( (

then
the system function H(z) is equal to
(a)
5
z
z

and the system is stable (b)

5
z
z
and the system is stable
(c)
5
z
z

and the system is unstable (d)

5
z
z
and the system is unstable

2.5. An amplifier using an opamp with a slew-rate SR = 1V/sec has a gain of 40 dB.
If this amplifier has to faithfully amplify sinusoidal signals from dc to 20 KHz
without introducing any slew-rate induced distortion, then the input signal level
must not exceed.
(a) 795 mV (b) 395 mV (c) 79.5 mV (d) 39.5 mV













400V
ZL
ZL
ZL
3 PHASE
BALANCED
SOURCE
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2.6. The circuit in Figure 2.6 employs positive feedback and is intended to generate
sinusoidal oscillation. If at a frequency ( )
( )
( )
0
0
1
0 ,
6
f
V f
f B f
V f
= = then to sustain
oscillation at this frequency











(a) R
2
= 5R
1
(b) R
2
= 6R
1
(c) R
2
=
1
6
R
(d) R
2
=
1
5
R

2.7. A zener diode regulator in Figure 2.7 is to be designed to meet the specifications:
I
L
= 10 mA, V
0
= 10 V and V
in
varies from 30 V to 50 V. The zener diode has
10 and
z zk
V V I = (knee current) = 1 mA. For satisfactory opertion
(a) R 1800
(b) 2000 R 2200
(c) 3700R4000
(d) R>4000


2.8. The voltage gain
o
i
V
A
V
= of the
JFET amplifier shown in Figure
2.8 is
(a) +18
(b) -18
(c) +6
(d) -6





+
-
V0(f)
Vf(f)
+
-
Network B(f)
R1
R2
+
-
R
Vin Vo
+
-
RL
+
-
IL=10mA
Dz
I2
VDD=+10V
ID=1mA
RD(3K)
RG(1M) RS(2.5K)
C1
C2
CS
vo
vi
+
-
+
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2.9. The gates G
1
and G
2
in Figure 2.9 have propagation delays of 10 nsec and 20
nsec respectively. If the input V
i
makes an abrupt change from logic 0 to 1 at
time t = t
0
then the output waveform V
0
is







(a) (b)








(c) (d)





2.10. The circuit in Figure 2.10 has two CMOS NOR gates. This circuit functions as a:









(a) flip flop (b) Schmitt trigger
(c) Monostable multivibrator (d) Astable multivibrator

0
G1
G2
Vi
i
V
1
V0
Vi
to
1
0
1
0
t0 t1 t2
t3
1
0
t0 t1 t2
t3
1
0
t0 t1 t2
t3
1
0
t0
t1 t2
t3
R
V0 (output)
C
VSS
Vi
VSS
0
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2.11. Consider the following statements in connection with the CMOS inverter in Figure
2.11 where both the MOSFETs are of enhancement type and both have a thresh
old voltage of 2V.
Statement 1: T
1
conducts when Vi 2V.
Statement 2: T
1
is always in saturation when V
0
= 0V.













Which of the following is correct?
(a) Only Statement 1 is TRUE (b) Only Statement 2 is TRUE
(c) Both the statements are TRUE (d) Both the statements are FALSE
2.12. If the input
3 2 1 0
, , , X X X X to the ROM in figure 2.12 are 8-4-2-1 BCD numbers,
then the outputs
3 2 1 0
Y Y Y Y are














(a) gray code numbers (b) 2-4-2-1 BCD numbers
(c) excess 3 code numbers (d) none of the above
+5V
VI
T2
T1
V0
X3
BCD-to-Decimal DECODER

D0 D1 .. D8 D9
ROM
X
X X
X X X X
X X
X X X X X X
X X X X
X2 X1 X0
1 0
0
1
0 1
Y3
Y2
Y1
Y0
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2.13. Consider the following assembly language program.
MVI B,87H
MOV A,B
START: JMP NEXT
MVI B,00H
XRA B
OUT PORT1
HLT
NEXT: XRA B
JP START
OUT PORT2
HLT
The execution of the above program in an 8085 microprocessor will result in
(a) an output of 87H at PORT1
(b) an output of 87H at PORT2
(c) infinite looping of the program execution with accumulator data remaining at
00H
(d) infinite looping of the program execution with accumulator data alternating
between 00H and 87H

2.14. The system shown in Figure 2.14 remains stable when










(a) k < - 1 (b) - 1 < k < 1 (c) 1 < k < 3 (d) k > 3

2.15. The transfer function of a system is ( )
( ) ( )
100
.
1 100
G s
s s
=
+ +
For a unit step input
to the system the approximate settling time for 2% criterion is
(a) 100 sec (b) 4 sec (c) 1 sec (d) 0.01 sec

1 k
S
-1
1
3
1
R(s)
Y(s)
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2.16. The characteristic polynomial of a system is ( )
5 4 3 2
2 4 2 2 1. q s s s s s s = + + + + +
The system is
(a) stable (b) marginally stable (c) unstable (d) oscillatory

2.17. The system with the open loop transfer function ( ) ( )
( )
2
1
1
G s H s
s s s
=
+ +
has a
gain margin of
(a) - 6 dB (b) 0 dB (c) 3.5 dB (d) 6 dB

2.18. An angle modulated signal is given by
( )
( )
6
cos2 2 10 30sin150 40cos150 . s t t t t = + +
The maximum frequency and phase deviations of s(t) are
(a) 10.5 KHz, 140 rad (b) 6 KHz, 80 rad
(c) 10.5 KHz, 100 rad (d) 7.5 KHz, 100 rad

2.19. In figure 2.19 ( ) ( ) ( )
2sin2 sin199
, cos200 and .
t t
m t s t t n t
t t

= = = The output
y(t) will be



(a)
sin2 t
t

(b)
sin2 sin
cos3
t t
t
t t

+
(c)
sin2 sin0.5
cos1.5
t t
t
t t

+ (d)
sin2 sin
cos0.75
t t
t
t t

+

2.20. A signal x(t) = 100 cos(2410
3
)t is ideally sampled with a sampling period of 50
sec and then passed through an ideal low-pass filter with cutoff frequency of 15
KHz. Which of the following frequencies is/are present at the filter output?
(a) 12 KHz only (b) 8 KHz only
(c) 12 KHz and 9 KHz (d) 12 KHz and 8 KHz

2.21. If the variance ( ) ( ) ( )
2
of 1
x
d n x n x n = is one-tenth the variance
2
x
of a
stationary zero mean discrete time signal x(n), then the normalized
autocorrelation function
( )
2
xx
x
R k

at k = 1 is
(a) 0.95 (b) 0.90 (c) 0.10 (d) 0.05

m(t)
y(t)
s(t) s(t) n(t)
Lowpass
filter
Cutoff frequency = 1Hz
Passband Gain =1
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2.22. A plane wave is characterized by
2
0.5 .
j
j t jkz
E x ye e

| |
| = +
|
\
ur
This wave is
(a) linearly polarized (b) circularly polarized
(c) elliptically polarized (d) unpolarized

2.23. Distilled water at 25 C is characterized by = 1.7 10
-4
mho/m and =78
0
at
a frequency of 3 GHz. Its loss tangent tan is (

= 10
-9
/(36)F/m)
(a) 1.3 10
-5
(b) 1.3 10
-3

(c) 1.7 10
-4
/78 (d) 1.7 10
-4
/(78
0
)

2.24. The electric field on the surface of a perfect conductor is 2 V/m. The conductor is
immersed in water with =80
0
. The surface charge density on the conductor is
(

= 10
-9
/(36)F/m)
(a) 0 C/m
2
(b) 2 C/m
2

(c) 1.8 10
-11
C/m
2
(d) 1.14 10
-9
C/m
2


2.25. A person with a receiver is 5 Km away from the transmitter. What is the distance
that this person must move further to detect a 3-dB decrease in signal strength?
(a) 942 m (b) 2070 m (c) 4978 m (d) 5320 m

SECTION B (75 Marks)
This section consists of TWENTY questions (EC3-EC22) of FIVE marks each. Attempt ANY
FIFTEEN questions. Answers must be given in the answer book provided. Answer for
each question must start on a fresh page and must appear at one place only. (Answers
to all parts of a question must appear together).
3. The switch in Figure 3 has been in position 1 for a long time and is then moved to
position 2 at t = 0.










(a) Determine
( ) ( )
0 and 0
C L
V I
+ +
(b) Determine
( )
at 0
c
dV t
t
dt
+
=
(c) Determine V
c
(t) for t > 0
25k
20k
50k
1k 4H
5H
20F
t=0
6V
IL
1
+ -
10u(-t)V
VC
+
-
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4. For the network shown in Figure 4, R = 1 K, L
1
= 2H, L
2
= 5H, L
3
= 1H, L
4
= 4H
and C = 0.2 F. The mutual inductances are M
12
= 3H and M
34
= 2H. Determine
(a) the equivalent inductance for the combination of L
3
and L
4
.
(b) the equivalent inductance across the points A and B in the network.
(c) the resonant frequency of the network.









5. Consider the network in Figure 5.









(a) Find its short-circuit admittance parameters.
(b) Find the open-circuit impedance Z
22
.

6. A triangular voltage waveform V
i
(t) figure 6(a) is applied at the input to the
circuit of Figure 6(b). Assume the diodes to be ideal.
(a) Determine the output V
0
(t).
(b) Neatly sketch the output waveform superimposed on the input V
i
(t) and label
the key points.







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R
L1
L3
I1
I2
L2
C
Vs(t) M12 M34
B
L4
A
1
1
10
5
10
Ix
I2
2Ix
I2+I1
PORT-1 PORT-2
2
2
+
-
+
-
0.5K
D1
D2 1K
1.5K
7V
5V
-
+ +
-
V0(t)
Vi(t)
t
12V
Vi(t)
0
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7. Figure 7 shows a 2-stage
amplifier. The transistors Q1
and Q2 are identical with
current gain = 100; further

dc
=
ac
= . The Zener diode
D
z
has a break down voltage
V
z
= 10.7 volt. Assume that D
z

is in breakdown region and its
dynamic resistance r
z
is zero.
The capacitors C1 and C2 are
large and provide negligible
impedance at signal
frequencies.




(a) Identify the configuration
in each of the amplifier
stages (i.e., whether CE,
CC, CB etc.)
(b) Determine the quiescent quantities I
C1
and V
C1
.
(c) Derive an expression for the voltage gain A
V

0
s
V
V
and determine its value.
(Assume V
BE
= 0.7V, r
0
= and Thermal voltage V
T
= 25 mV)

8. Consider the circuit of Figure 8. The op-amp used is ideal.














VCC=+10V
R
4K
930
Vo
RC2
C2
RL 4K
VC1
IC1
Q1
Q2
VEE=-10V
RB 930k
VZ
VEE=-10V
C1 VS
DZ
+
-
+
-
+
-
-
+
VCC1=+15V
Q
IO
VCC2=+12V
RB
Vop
10K
150K
RF
VEE2=-12V
RL
10
VEE1=-15V
100K
R
+5V
Vi
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2V
RC2=1k
Vo(output)
T2
IB2
T1
Vi(input)
RB1
Rb=15k
-
+
(a) In which mode is the BJT operating (i.e. active, saturation or cutoff)? Justify
your answer.
(b) Obtain an expression relating the output current I
0
and the input voltage V
i
.
(c) Determine I
0
and V
0P
if V
i
= 2 Volt (V
0P
:output of opamp)
(Assume = 99 and V
BE
= 0.7 V)

9. The inputs to a digital circuit shown in Figure 9(a) are the external signals A, B
and C.







( , and A B C are not available). The +5V power supply (logic 1) and the ground
(logic 0) are also available. The output of the circuit is X AB A B C = + .
(a) Write down the output function in its canonical SOP and POS forms.
(b) Implement the circuit using only two 2:1 multiplexers shown in Figure 9(b),
where S is the data-select line, D
0
and D
1
are the input data lines and Y is
the output lines. The function table for the multiplexer is given in table 9.

10. Each transistor in Figure 10 has dc current gain
dc
= 50, cut-in voltage
0.65 V V

= and V
BE
,
sat
= 0.75 V. The output voltage V
0
for T
2
in saturation can be
as high as 0.2 V. Assume 0.7 V drop across a conducting p-n junction.
Determine?














A
B
C
X
+5V
DIGITAL
CIRCUIT
D0 S
D1
Y
Table 9
S Y
0
1
D0
D1
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A
2
Q
2
B
2 2
Q
A
1
Q
1
B
1 1
Q
A
0
Q
0
B
0 0
Q
Clock

(a) the minimum value I
B2
necessary to keep T
2
saturation.
(b) the maximum permissible value for the resistance R
B1
.
(c) the worst-case high input (logic 1) and the worst-case low input (logic 0) for
which T
2
will be either in saturation or in cut off.

11. It is required to design a binary mod-5 synchronous counter using AB flip-flops
such that the output Q
2
Q
1
Q
0
changes as 000 001 010 .. and so on. The
excitation table for the AB flip-flop is given in table 11.
(a) Write down the state table for the mod-5 counter.
(b) Obtain simplified SOP expressions for the inputs A
2
, B
2
, A
1
, B
1
, A
0
and B
0
in
terms of Q
2
, Q
1
, Q
0
and their complements.
(c) Hence, complete the circuit diagram for the mod-5 counter given in Figure 11
using minimum number of 2-input NAND-gate only.

A B Q
n+1
0 0 1
0 1
n
Q
1 0 Q
n
1 1 0









12. An 8085 microprocessor operating at 5 MHz clock frequency execute the
following routine.
START MOVE A,B
OUT 55H
DCR B
STA FFF8H
JMP START
(a) Determine the total number of machine cycles required to execute this
routine till the JMP instruction is executed for the first time.
(b) Determine the time interval between two consecutive MEMW signals.
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=
Imag
1
2
=2
-1
-2
Real
-0.5
-1.5
-2.5
0.5 1.5
2.5
=0
-0.5
(c) If the external logic controls the READY line so that three WAIT states are
introduced in the I/O WRITE machine cycle, determine the time interval
between two consecutive MEMW signals.

13. A unity feedback system has the plant transfer function ( )
( ) ( )
1
1 2 1
p
G s
s s
=
+ +

(a) Determine the frequency at which the plant has a phase lag of 90
(b) An integral controller with transfer function ( )
c
k
G s
s
= is placed in the feed-
forward path of the feedback system. Find the value of k such that the
compensated system has an open-loop gain margin of 2.5.
(c) Determine the steady state errors of the compensated system to unit-step
and unit-ramp inputs.

14. The Nyquist plot of an all-pole second order open-loop system is shown in Figure
14. Obtain the transfer function of the system.













15. The block diagram of a linear time invariant system is given in Figure 15.










X2(s)
+


1/s
1/s
2
Y(s)
U(s)
+
-
-
-
X1(s)
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(a) Write down the state variable equations for the system in matrix form
assuming the state vector to be ( ) ( )
1 2
.
T
x t x t (


(b) Find out the state transition matrix.
(c) Determine y(t), t 0, when the initial values of the state at time t = 0 are x
1

(0) =1, and x
2
(0) = 1.

16. A deterministic signal x(t) = cos2t is passed through a differentiator as shown in
Figure 16.



(a) Determine the autocorrelation R
xx
(T) and the power spectral density S
xx
(f).
(b) Find the output power spectral density S
yy
(f).
(c) Evaluate R
xy
(0) and R
xy
1
.
4
| |
|
\


17. A DSBSC modulated signal s(t) = 10 cos (2 10
6
t+)m(t
-
) is corrupted by an
additive white Gaussian noise of power spectral density 10
-4
W/Hz. The message
power spectral density S
mm
(f) is as shown in Figure 17 and is uniformly
distributed over the range 0 to 2.








(a) Express the signal autocorrelation function R
SS
(T) in terms of the message
autocorrelation function R
mm
(T). Clearly state the necessary assumptions.
(b) Determine the signal power spectral density S
SS
(f).
(c) Find the power of the modulated signal and the noise power in the
transmissions bandwidth.

18. A continuous time signal with finite energy, band limited from 3 MHz to 5 MHz is
ideally sampled, encoded by a fixed length PCM coder and then transmitted over
a digital channel of capacity 7 Mbps. The probability density function (pdf) at the
output of the sampler is uniform over the range 2V to +2V.
(a) Determine the minimum sampling rate necessary for perfect reconstruction.
(b) Determine the maximum SNR (in dB) that may be achieved.

1
2
d
dt

x(t)
y(t)
-3KHz
+3KHz
f
10
-3
W/Hz
Smm(f)
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19. A discrete memory-less source generates either 0 or 1 at a rate of 160 Kbps; 0 is
generated three times more frequently than 1. A coherent binary PSK modulator
is employed to transmit these bits over a noisy channel. The received bits are
detected in a correlator fed with the basis function of unit energy (for this binary
PSK scheme) as the reference signal. The receiver makes a decision in favour of
1 if the correlator output is positive, else decides in favour of 0. If 0 and 1 are
represented as
( ) ( )
3 3
6 2 cos640 10 and 6 2 cos640 10 t V t V respectively,
then
(a) determine the transmitted signal energy per bit.
(b) determine the basis function of unit energy for this binary PSK scheme.
(c) determine the probability that the receiver makes a decision in favour of 1
when the channel noise is characterized as zero-mean AWGN with power
spectral density
4 0
3.125 10 /
2
N
W Hz

=
20. Transmission line transformation of a load Z
L
and Z is given by

( )
( )
0
0
0
tan
tan
L
L
Z jZ l
Z Z
Z jZ l

+
=
+

(a) Show that the above transformation implies that the impedance Z gets
transformed to
*
L
Z for real Z.
(b) What is the importance of the result derived in (a)?

21. Consider a parallel plate wave-guide with plate separation d as shown in Figure
21 electric and magnetic fields for the TEM-mode are given by


0
0
jkz j t
x
jkz j t
y
E E e
E
H e
n

+
+
=
=

where k =
(a) Determine the surface charge densities p
s
on the plates at x = 0 and x = d.
(b) Determine the surface current densities s J
r
on the same plates.
(c) Prove that p
s
and s J
r
satisfy the current continuity condition.









d
x
z
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22. Consider a linear array of two half-wave dipoles A and B as shown in Figure 22.
The dipoles are
4

apart and are excited in such a way that the current on

element B legs that on element A by 90 in phase.
(a) Obtain the expression for the radiation pattern for E
0
in the XY plane (i.e,
=90)
(b) Sketch the radiation pattern obtained in (a).






X
Y
A
B
/4
=0