INTRODUCTION:

• Amplitude Modulation
• Transmission
  
  
  

• Describe a basic communication system.
• Explain the concept of modulation.
• Identify signal in the time and frequency domain.
• Describe the process of modulation.
• Analyze various power, voltage, and current calculations in AM systems.
  

SINGLE-SIDEBAND RECEPTION:

SINGLE-SIDEBAND TRANSMITTERS:

• Define the sensitivity and the selectivity of a receiver.
• Sketch a block diagram for a super heterodyne receiver.
• Analyze the operation of an AM receiver.
• Calculate signal to noise ratio and noise figure.
  

• Provide the various types of SSB and compare to AM.
• Analyze the filter method of SSB and compare to AM.
• Describe methods used to demodulate SSB systems.

FREQUENCY MODULATION TRANSMISSION:

FREQUENCY MODULATION RECEPTION:

• Analyze an FM signal with respect to modulation index, side bands, and power.
• Describe the noise suppression capabilities of FM.
• Describe the multiplexing technique used in stereo FM.

• Describe the operation of an FM receiver.
• Describe the FM discriminator characteristic.
• Explain limiting and sensitivity
• Analyze the operation of a stereo decoder.
  
  

TELEVISION:

• Describe the operation of a TV system and receiver.
• Calculate the effect between resolution and Bandwidth.
• Explain the principles of colour television.

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION:

• Coding techniques
  
  

• Calculate the bit error rate of a digital transmission.
• Calculate channel capacity.
• Describe common alpha-numeric codes.
• Describe the quantization process in a PCM system.
• Describe signal encoding formats