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1.Communication<\/strong> Communication is the act of transmission and reception of information.<\/p>\n 2.Communication System<\/strong> A system comprises of transmitter, communication channel and receiver.<\/p>\n A block diagram of a generalised communication system is shown as below 3.Transmitter<\/strong> It consists of transducer\/signal generators, modulators and transmitting antenna.<\/p>\n 4.Receiver<\/strong> Its main function is to decode the original signals. The main function involves picking up the signals, demodulating and displace the original message signal<\/p>\n 5.Communication Channel<\/strong> The physical path between the transmitter and receiver is known as communication channel. They are of two types namely (i)\u00a0Guided (point-to-point) (ii) Unguided<\/p>\n 6.Bandwidth of Communication Channel<\/strong> The range of frequencies used to pass\u00a0through channel is known as bandwidth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8.There are two basic modes of communication given as below:<\/p>\n 9.Basic Terminology used in Electronic Communication Systems<\/p>\n 10.Message Signals<\/strong> A time varying electrical signal generated by a transducer out of\u00a0original signal is termed as message signal.<\/p>\n The electrical signals are of two types such as below:<\/p>\n Graphical representation of analog signal can be represented as given below:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 11.Coding schemes used for digital communication are given as below:<\/p>\n 12. Bandwidth of Signals<\/strong> Bandwidth of signal is defined as the difference between the upper and lower frequencies of signal. In a communication system, the message signal can be voice, music, picture or computer data. This has been shown in the table given as below<\/p>\n 13.Bandwidth of Transmission Medium<\/strong> The commonly used transmission media are wire, free space, fibre optic cable (750 MHz ) and optical fibre (100 GHz.)<\/p>\n This range is sub-divided further and allocated for various services as indicated in the table given as below:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14.Antenna<\/strong> Antenna is a device which acts as an emitter of electromagnetic waves and it also acts as a first receiver of energy. It is generally a metallic object often a wire or collection of wires. 15.Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves<\/strong> In communication using radio waves, an antenna at the transmitter radiates the EM waves, which travel through the space and reach the receiver at the other end.<\/p>\n 16.Depending upon frequency and ways of propagation, electromagnetic waves categorised as follows (ii) Sky Wave Propagation (2 MHz < f < 30 MHz) Long distance communication can be achieved by ionospheric reflection of radio waves back towards earth. This mode of propagation is called sky wave propagation and is used by short wave broadcast services. The ionosphere is so called because of the presence of a large number of ions. It extends from height of 65 km to about 400 km above the earth\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n The details are in the table as below: The density of atmosphere decreases with height.<\/p>\n The ionospheric layer acts as a reflector for a certain range of frequencies. These phenomena are shown as below 17.Satellite Communication<\/strong> In this communication, frequency band 5.9 GHz to 6.4 GHz is used for uplinking and 3.7 GHz to 2 GHz is used for downlinking.<\/p>\n 1.The figure given below shows the\u00a0block diagram of a generalised communication system. Identify the element labelled X and write its function. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[Delhi 2014 C]<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ans. <\/strong>Labelled\u00a0<\/strong>element X represents the channel. Its function is to transmit information from one place to another.<\/p>\n 2.What is the meaning of the term\u00a0attenuation used in communication system? \u00a0[All India 2014C]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.<\/strong>It refers to the loss of strength of a signal during its propagation through the communication channel output.<\/p>\n 3.Give the one example of point-to-point communication mode.\u00a0[All India 2014C]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>Telephone is the example of point-to-point communication mode.<\/p>\n 4.What is the function of a transducer used in a communication system?\u00a0[Delhi 2012]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. <\/strong>Transducer used as a sensor or detector in communication system. It converts the physical signal into electrical signal.<\/p>\n 5.What does the term attenuation used in communication system mean?\u00a0[Delhi 2012, 2008C]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans<\/strong>.\u00a0It refers to the loss of strength of a signal during its propagation through the communication channel output.<\/p>\n 6.What is the function of a repeater in a communication system?\u00a0[Foreign 2011; Delhi 2010]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. Repeater<\/strong> It picks up the signals from the\u00a0transmitter, amplifies it and transmit it to the receiver. Thus, repeater comprises up of receiver, transmitter and amplifier. Its function is to extend the range of communication<\/p>\n 7.What is the function of a transmitter in a communication system?\u00a0[Foreign 2011]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. Transmitter <\/strong>It comprises of message signal source, modulator and transmitting antenna. Transmitter make signals compatible for communication channel via modulator and antenna.<\/strong><\/p>\n 8.How are microwaves produced? \u00a0[Foreign 2011]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>A type of electromagnetic wave is\u00a0microwave whose wavelength ranging from as long as meter to as short as millimeter and having the frequency range 3000 MHz to 300 GHz. This also includes UHF, EHF and various sources with different boundaries.<\/p>\n 9.What is the sky wave propagation? \u00a0[Delhi 2009]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans<\/strong>. \u00a0Sky wave propagation When radio wave\u00a0propagates from one place of earth to other after reflection by ionosphere, the range of frequencies from few MHz to 30 MHz gets reflected back by ionosphere. This range also reflected as short wave band. This mode of propagation is used by short wave broadcast service.<\/p>\n 10.What is ground wave propagation? \u00a0[Delhi 2009]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans<\/strong>.Ground wave propagation The radio waves whose frequencies ranged up to 1500 kHz, propagates from one place of earth to other following its transmission along the surface of earth. These waves get attenuated and hence cannot travel over long distances. This range of frequencies also referred as amplitude modulated band (AM band).<\/p>\n 11.What is space wave propagation? \u00a0[Delhi 2009]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans<\/strong>. Space wave propagation It is also known as Line of Sight propagation (LOS). The radio wave transmitted by antenna directly reaches the \u00a0receiving antenna travelling along a straight line.<\/p>\n TV waves (80 MHz-200 MHz) propagate through space wave propagation<\/p>\n 12.What does the term transducer mean in an electronic communication system? [Delhi 2009c]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. <\/strong>Transducer Any device which converts\u00a0one form of energy into other, e.g. electric transducer converts pressure, temperature, etc., into varying electrical signals, i.e. transducer converts physical signals into electrical signals.<\/p>\n 13.Distinguish between sinusoidal and pulse shaped signals.\u00a0[All India 2009C]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>A signal in which current or voltage change continuously with time sinusoidally is known as sinusoidal signal. A signal in which current or voltage can take only two discrete values for it is called pulse shaped signals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14.What are the three basic units of a communication system? [Delhi 2008C]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. \u00a0<\/strong>Three basic units of communication system are given below:<\/p>\n (i) Transmitter (ii) Communication channel (iii) Receiver<\/p>\n Basically, the transmitter is located at one place, the receiver is located at some other place (near or far) and the channel is the physical medium that connects the transmitter and receiver.<\/p>\n 15.Name the mode of propagation of radio waves which travels in a straight line, from the transmitting antenna to the receiving antenna.\u00a0[All India 2008C]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.<\/strong> Space wave propagation is that mode of\u00a0wave propagationjn which the radio waves emitted from the transmitter antenna reaches the receiving antenna through the space.<\/p>\n 16. Write the function of the following in communication systems.\u00a0[All India 2014]<\/strong><\/p>\n (i) Transducer (ii) Repeater<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. \u00a0<\/strong>(i)Transducer – Refer to ans. 12.<\/p>\n (ii) Repeater – Refer to ans. 6.<\/p>\n 17.Write the function of the following in communication systems.\u00a0[All India 2014]<\/strong><\/p>\n (i) Transmitter (ii) Modulator<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans<\/strong>. (i) Transmitter – Refer to ans.7<\/p>\n (ii) Modulator – A modulator is a device that performs modulation.<\/p>\n 18. Write the function of the following in communication system\u00a0[All India 2014]<\/strong><\/p>\n (i) Receiver (ii) Demodulator<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. (i)<\/strong>\u00a0Receiver – A receiver extracts the desired\u00a0message signal from the received signals at the channel output.<\/p>\n (ii) Demodulator –<\/strong> A demodulator is a device that performs demodulation, i.e. inverse of modulation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As, signals of these frequency ranges are reflected back by ionosphere up to receiver end after travel ling a large distance.<\/p>\n 19.Which mode of wave propagation\u00a0is suitable for television broadcast and satellite communication and why? Draw a suitable diagram depicting this mode of propagation Of wave.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Foreign 2012]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. \u00a0<\/strong>Sky wave<\/p>\n Television \u2014> 1710 kHz to 40 MHz<\/p>\n 20.Distinguish between Analog and\u00a0Digital signals.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Delhi 2012]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>Continuously with time At any time, the value of signal is represented by its amplitude.<\/p>\n Digital signal In digital signal, the amplitudes are not continuous with time. Amplitude of a signal has only its two levels (i.e. low or high).<\/p>\n 21.Mention the function of any two of the following used in communication system.\u00a0(i) Transducer (ii) Repeater\u00a0<\/strong>(iii) Transmitter (iv) Bandpass filter \u00a0[Delhi 2012]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. <\/strong>(i) Transducer Refer to ans. 12.<\/p>\n (ii) Repeater Refer to ans. 6.<\/p>\n (iii) Transmitter Refer to ans. 7.<\/p>\n (iv) Bandpass filter A device which passes the signals with certain frequency range only.<\/p>\n 22.What is sky wave communication?\u00a0Why is this mode of propagation restricted to the frequencies only up to few MHz?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [All India 2011]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>Sky wave propagation Refer to ans. 9. Reason behind restriction up to Few MHz. The radio wave of frequencies up to 30 MHz cannot penetrate the ionosphere and they get reflected back to earth whereas higher frequencies (> 40 MHz) bends slightly but not reflected back to the earth. Because, frequencies up to few MHz (< 30 MHz) gets reflected back to earth. Hence, this frequency\u00a0range is used for sky wave communication<\/p>\n 23.What is space wave communication?\u00a0Write the range of frequencies suitable for space wave communication. [All India 2011]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>Space wave propagation Refer to ans. 11.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n 24.Draw a block diagram showing the important component in a communication system. What is the function of a transducer? [Foreign 2011]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. \u00a0<\/strong>Range of frequency suitable for space wave propagation is 100 MHz to 220 MHz.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 25.What is the range of frequencies\u00a0used for TV transmission? What is common between these waves and light waves?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Delhi 2010]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.<\/strong>The range of frequencies used for TV transmission is 100 MHz to 220 MHz<\/p>\n 26.What is the range of frequencies used\u00a0in satellite communication? What is common between these waves and light waves?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Delhi 2010]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans<\/strong>.\u00a0The range of frequencies used in satellite communication is 3.7 GHz to 6.4 GHz.<\/p>\n Common between these waves and light waves refer to frequency range for light wave which is of GHz order.<\/p>\n 27.In standard AM broadcast, what mode of propagation is used for transmitting a signal? Why is this mode of propagation limited to frequencies up to a few MHz? \u00a0[Foreign 2010]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>In standard AM broadcast, surface wave propagation is used for transmitting the signals.<\/p>\n Attenuation of surface wave increases very ripidly with increase in frequency that is why it is limited to frequencies up to a few MHz. In AM broadcast, range of frequencies are limited to 30 MHz<\/p>\n 28.Name any two types of transmission\u00a0media that are commonly used for transmission of signals. Write the range of frequencies of signals for which these transmission media are used.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [All India 2010c]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. \u00a0<\/strong>For the transmission of signals, following two types of transmission media are used.<\/p>\n (i) Sky wave propagation or short wave propagation.<\/p>\n (ii) Space wave communication or line of sight communication.<\/p>\n Range of frequencies<\/strong><\/p>\n (i) Sky wave propagation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30 MHz > f > 1500 kHz<\/p>\n (ii) Space wave communication 1 MHz > f > 100 MHz<\/p>\n 29.(i) What is line of sight\u00a0communication?<\/strong><\/p>\n (ii) Why is it not possible to use sky wave propagation for transmission of TV signals?\u00a0[Foreign 2009]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. \u00a0<\/strong>(i) For line of sight communication<\/strong><\/p>\n Refer to Ans. 11.<\/p>\n (ii) The frequency\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 waves\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 used\u00a0 for\u00a0transmission of TV signals are of range 100 MHz-220 MHz. But ionosphere may be able to reflect waves back on earth of frequency\u00a0\u00a0 upto\u00a0\u00a0 30\u00a0 MHz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore,\u00a0ionosphere is unable to reflect TV waves (space waves) back on the earth<\/p>\n 30.A communication satellite is essentially a repeater station in space. Justify this statement by analyzing the function of a repeater.\u00a0[All India 2009C]<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans.\u00a0<\/strong>A communication satellite<\/p>\n (i) pick up the signal transmitted by transmitter<\/p>\n (ii) amplifies it<\/p>\n (iii) retransmit it towards information users. These all are also a function of repeater to receive, amplify and retransmission of signal.<\/p>\n 31.Write the function of<\/strong><\/p>\n Ans. Transducer <\/strong>Any device which converts\u00a0one form of energy into other, e.g. electric transducer converts pressure, temperature, etc., into varying electrical signals, i.e. transducer converts physical signals into electrical signals.<\/p>\n Repeater<\/strong> It picks up the signals from the\u00a0transmitter, amplifies it and transmit it to the receiver. Thus, repeater comprises up of receiver, transmitter and amplifier. Its function is to extend the range of communication<\/p>\n Important Questions for Class 12 Physics<\/a>Class 12 Physics<\/a>NCERT Solutions Home Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Communication System\u00a0Important Questions for CBSE Class 12 Physics Communication 1.Communication Communication is the act of transmission and reception of information. 2.Communication System A system comprises of transmitter, communication channel and receiver. A block diagram of a generalised communication system is shown as below 3.Transmitter It consists of transducer\/signal generators, modulators and transmitting antenna. 4.Receiver Its …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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