SUBJECT (TH): 4ET5- COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING I

Course Requisite:
1. (3ET1) Engineering Mathematics-III
2. (1A2) Engineering Physics

Course Objectives:
1. To understand different modulation and demodulation techniques in analog communication.
2. To interpret the performance of analog communications systems in presence of noise.
3. To understand concept of various antennas and their radiation patterns.
4. To study the fundamentals of transmission lines and their properties.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the necessity of modulation and identify the various components of analog
communication systems.
2. Understand different modulation and demodulation schemes in analog communication systems.
3. Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of various communication systems.
4. Describe the properties and characteristics of Transmission lines and antennas.

Subject: COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING I L

Unit-1 AM Transmitters: 10
Modulation, need of modulation, AM Modulation, Frequency spectrum, Principles of
DSB-FC, DSBSC, SSB-SC modulation and their comparison, Details of DSBFC
Transmitter, Generation of DSB-SC by using balanced modulators (FET & Diodes),
DSB-SC Transmitter, Generation of SSB-SC by filter method, phase-shift method &
third method (weavers). [T1,T2,R2]
Unit-2 AM Receivers: TRF receiver, Super heterodyne receiver, Details of each block such 10
as RF amplifier, mixer oscillator, IF amplifier, Diode detector, Audio Amplifier. Need
and type of AGC, selectivity sensitivity, fidelity Image rejection ration,
communication receiver, SNR of DSB-FC, DSB-SC & SSB-SC. [T1,T3,R2]
Unit-3 FM Transmitters: FM Modulation, Frequency Spectrum, Circuits & Analysis for 08
direct FM generation using FET and varactor diode. Circuit & analysis of Indirect FM
generation, Narrow Band and Wide Band FM, their comparison, preemphasis and De-
emphasis. Stereo FM Transmitter. [T1,T2]
Unit-4 FM Receivers : Details of FM receiver blocks such as R.F. amplifier, local oscillator, 08
IF amplifier, Mixer, Audio Amplifier, AGC, Limiter, FM Discriminator, Single Slope
and Balanced slope detector, Analysis of Foster Seeley and ratio detectors, Stereo FM
receiver, Noise in FM Reception, FM threshold effect. Comparison of performance of
AM & FM systems. [T1,T3,R2]
Unit-5 RF Transmission Lines: 08
Parallel and coaxial transmission line, equivalent circuit of transmission line,
standing wave, characteristic(shunt) impedance, quarter wave and half wave length
transform, Smith chart, Single stub (shunt) matching using smith chart, balun.
[T1,T2, R2]
Unit-6 Antenna Basics & Types of Antenna : 08
Principle of radiation, antenna power gain, beam width, polarization, bandwidth and
radiation resistance, Isotropic radiator, Resonant antenna: Half wave, Folded dipole
antenna, Non resonant antenna, antenna arrays, parasitic reflector, parasitic director,
design of yagi-uda antenna (up to 5 elements) Long, wire, helical, rhombic, discone,
log periodic, loop antenna, low, medium and high frequency antenna. [T1,T2]
Total 52
Text Books:
1. Wayne Tomasi, Electronic Communication Systems Pearson Education, (Fifth Edition).
2. Kennedy G. Electronic Communication System Tata Mc-Graw Hill Co., New Delhi (Third
Ed).
3. Taub and Schilling D.L., Principles of Communication Systems, Mc-Graw Hill Co., New Delhi
(Second Ed.).
References:
1. B. P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication systems, 3rd Edition, Oxford Uni.
Press, New Delhi.
2. Collins Dennis, Collins John, Electronic Communications PHI.