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Electronics Paper 2, May/June 2010  
Questions: 1 2 3 4 5, 6 &7 8 9 10 Main
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Question 4

(a) Explain with the aid of a block dlagrarn.jhe process of frequency mixing in radio receivers.
(b) List the typical intermediate frequency values used in the following receivers:
(i) frequency modulation;
(ii) amplitude modulation.

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OBSERVATION

The expected answers were:

Explanation:
Frequency mixing is achieved with a mixer and local oscillator.
Two separate r.f. signals are fed into the mixer, the received carrier frequency (fe) and
local oscillator frequency (fo)
The mixer produced four different frequencies, i.e.
(i) fe and fo: The two original frequencies
(ii) fo + fc: Sum of frequencies
(iii)fo - fc:    Difference of frequencies
(iv) if:   The intermediate frequency
(b) (i) Frequency modulation:
= 10.7MHz
(ii)Amplitude modulation:
= 455 KHz/470KHz/465KHz

The question was on Communication Systems. The topic did not enjoy much tutorship/readership since no candidate got the block diagram well, though, many answered part (b) correctly. The performance was less encouraging.
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