CAMBRIDGE A LEVEL

PHYSICS
COMMUNICATING
INFORMATION
COMMUNICATING
INFORMATION
MODULATI ON
What do you need to know? What do you need to know?
1. What is modulation?
2. Why is modulation necessary (2 reasons)?
3. What are the 2 types of modulation used?
4. How does AM work? How does FM work?
5. What is bandwidth?
6. What are the relative advantages of AM and
FM?
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Answer: View this videos on
Youtube:
I. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m044
xAS50ZU&index=58&list=PL5D99A319E12
9A5B7 from 0:00 till 14:45.
II. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D65K
XwfDs3s
HOMEWORK HOMEWORK
Modulation:
1. Question 11, Paper 4, Summer 2008.
2. Question 11, Paper 42, Winter 2009.
3. Question 11, Paper 41, Summer 2010.
4. Question 11, Paper 41, Summer 2011.
5. Question 11, Paper 43, Winter 2012.
6. Question 11, Paper 41, Summer 2013.
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DI GI TAL DATA
TRANSMI SSI ON
What do you need to know? What do you need to know?
1. What are the two advantages of
transmitting data using digital signals as
compared to analog signals?
2. What is attenuation?
3. What is noise?
4. What is sampling?
5. What is meant by LSB? What is MSB?
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6. How are analog signals converted to digital signals?
7. How are analog signals reproduced from their digital
versions?
8. How does the block diagram for ADC and DAC look
like? Refer to Figure 3.21 on page 41 of Application
Booklet.
9. What is the function of the series to parallel
converter? What does the parallel to series
converter do? Refer to page 41 of booklet.
10. How does the sampling rate and the number of bits
in the digital signal affect the reproduced signal?
Answer: View this videos on Youtube: Answer: View this videos on Youtube:
I. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m044xA
S50ZU&index=58&list=PL5D99A319E129A5B
7 from 14:45 till 20:50.
II. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFElk0
lllA&index=22&list=PL5D99A319E129A5B7
from beginning till 20:40.
III. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDgyD38
3V_I
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HOMEWORK HOMEWORK
Digital Data Transmission Digital Data Transmission
1. Question 12, Paper 41, Winter 2009.
2. Question 12, Paper 43, Winter 2010.
3. Question 11, Paper 41, Winter 2012.
4. Question 12, Paper 42, Summer 2013.
5. Question 11, Paper 41, Winter 2013.
6. Question 11, Paper 43, Winter 2013.
7. Question 13, Paper 41, Summer 2014.
COMMUNI CATI ON
CHANNEL S
COMMUNI CATI ON
CHANNEL S
What do you need to know? What do you need to know?
1. What are the six different channels of
communication?
Answer: Read pages 32 36 of Application
booklet.
View this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m044x
AS50ZU&index=58&list=PL5D99A319E129A
5B7 from 21:00 29:05
COMMUNI CATI ON
CHANNEL S
COMMUNI CATI ON
CHANNEL S
2. For each different channel of
communication employed, you need to
know:
I. What is the frequency spectrum?
II. What are their advantages / disadvantages?
Answer can be found from Application booklet and
video.
HOMEWORK HOMEWORK
Communication Channels:
1. Question 9, Paper 4, Winter 2008.
2. Question 12, Paper 41, Winter 2010.
3. Question 11, Paper 42, Summer 2011.
4. Question 12, Paper 42, Summer 2014.
GAI N / ATTENUATI ON
CALCULATI ON
GAI N / ATTENUATI ON
CALCULATI ON
What do you need to know? What do you need to know?
1. What are the two causes of attenuation?
Answer: Read page 36 of Application booklet.
2. How to measure gain or attenuation?
3. Why is it necessary to quote gain or
attenuation in Bels (B) or deciBels (dB)?
4. How to convert linear gain or attenuation into
logarithmic gain or attenuation?
5. What is attenuation per unit length?
GAI N / ATTENUATI ON
CALCULATI ON
GAI N / ATTENUATI ON
CALCULATI ON
Answer:
1. Read Application booklet pages 36 37.
2. View this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m044xAS
50ZU&index=58&list=PL5D99A319E129A5B7
from 29:05 32:00.
HOMEWORK HOMEWORK
Gain / Attenuation Calculation: Gain / Attenuation Calculation:
1. Question 12, Paper 4, Summer 2008.
2. Question 12, Paper 4, Summer 2009.
3. Question 12, Paper 41, Summer 2010.
4. Question 12, Paper 42, Sumer 2010.
5. Question 11, Paper 41, Winter 2010.
6. Question 12, Paper 41, Summer 2011.
7. Question 12, Paper 42, Summer 2011.
8. Question 10, Paper 41, Winter 2011.
HOMEWORK HOMEWORK
Gain / Attenuation Calculation: Gain / Attenuation Calculation:
9. Question 11, Paper 42, Summer 2012.
10. Question 12, Paper 41, Winter 2012.
11. Question 12, Paper 43, Winter 2012.
12. Question 12, Paper 41, Summer 2013.
13. Question 12, Paper 41, Winter 2013.
14. Question 12, Paper 43, Winter 2013.
15. Question 14, Paper 41, Summer 2014.
MOBI LE PHONE SYSTEMS
What do you need to know? What do you need to know?
1. What is the PSTN?
2. Why is the PSTN necessary even in mobile phone
communication systems?
3. What is a handset?
4. What is a base station? What is its role?
5. What is a cellular exchange? What is its role?
6. What is meant by the term cell? Why are cells
necessary?
7. How the block diagram for a mobile phone handset
looks like? What are the functions of each individual
block?
MOBI LE PHONE SYSTEMS
Answer:
1. Read Application booklet pages 37 41.
2. View this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m044xAS
50ZU&index=58&list=PL5D99A319E129A5B7
from 32:00 till end.
HOMEWORK HOMEWORK
Mobile Phone Systems: Mobile Phone Systems:
1. Question 9, Paper 4, Winter 2008.
2. Question 13, Paper 4, Summer 2009.
3. Question 12, Paper 42, Winter 2009.
4. Question 11, Paper 41, Winter 2011.
5. Question 12, Paper 43, Winter 2011.
6. Question 13, Paper 41, Summer 2012.
7. Question 12, Paper 42, Summer 2012.