LEVEL 3 : 3015 COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNALS AND

SYSTEMS 2003
Tutorial number 1
In all of the questions below, there is one box for the numerical answer and one box for
the units.
1.

The output voltage of an ideal sinusoidal steady state voltage source operating at a
frequency of 50 Hz is represented by a phasor of 8j V r.m.s. Determine the
maximum instantaneous voltage, the minimum instantaneous voltage and the value at
time t = 0 of the instantaneous voltage.

Maximum

Minimum

Value at t = 0
2.

The simple RC circuit below, which has r = 100 and C = 15.92 F, is excited by a
sinusoidal voltage source VS of magitude 240V r.m.s. at 50 Hz. Determine

+
VS
_

VC
_

(a)

The peak voltage across the capacitor

(b)

The phase, in degrees, of the voltage across the capacitor

relative to the phase of the source voltage VS.

3.

The network shown below has a sinusoidal internal source voltage of 20 Vpp and an
internal impedance of 50 + j 30 ohms. Determine the load impedance which can draw
the maximum power from this source, and the available source power, i.e. the power
delivered to that load impedance.

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50 + j 30 ohm

VS = 20Vpp
+

Load impedance
Available source power
For the one-port network shown below, determine the parameters of the Norton
equivalent circuit also shown.
A
_
100 ohm
200 ohm

4.

0.5V
+

B
The diode has at a forward voltage
of 0.5 V a forward current of 10 mA.

A
I

R
B

5.

Current

Resistance

An ammeter with a burden of 10 ohms is used to determine the short circuit current of
the d.c. network below. With the positive terminal of the ammeter connected to
terminal A of the network and the negative terminal connected to terminal B of the
network, the ammeter reads -300 mA. Determine the value of the current source I.

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A
I

20 ohm
B

Current
6.

A square wave of voltage oscillates as shown in the figure below between the values
of -1 V and 2 V at a rate of 100 Hz. Determine the r.m.s. value of the voltage
waveform.

v(t)
+2V
t

-1V

r.m.s value
7.

For the network shown below, operating in a system with characteristic impedance of
50 at both ports, determine the insertion loss in dB.

50 ohm
V1 Port 1

Port 2

V2

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An inductor is wound as shown in the figure below on a toroidal ferrite core of

relative permeability 13, mean diameter of 26 mm, and round cross section of
diameter 6 mm. The inductor has a total of 500 turns, many more than are shown.
Determine:

26mm

i
6mm

(a)

the magnitude of magnetic field H in the core at the mean diameter when a
current of 100 mA flows in the winding;
Magnetic field

(b)

the magnetic flux density B in the core at the same position and under the
same conditions; and
Magnetic flux density

(c)

The self inductance, under the assumption that the magnetic field is uniform
across the cross section and has the value calculated above for the mean
diameter.
Self inductance

9.

For the network shown below, determine the parameters of the impedance matrix.

i1

v1

100 ohm i
2

v2

100 ohm

Z11

Z12

Z21

Z22

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In the resonant circuit shown below, L = 16H, r = 23 , C = 455 pF and the peak
value phasor VS, which is real and is of magnitude 1 V, excites the circuit at its
resonant frequency.

VS
_

VC
_

Calculate:

11.

(a)

the resonant frequency

(b)

the quality factor

(c)

the dynamic impedance at resonance

(d)

the magnitude of VC

(c)

the phase, in degrees, of VC

Calculate the resistance of a 1000 metre length of round copper wire of diameter 2
mm and conductivity 5.8 x 107 S/m.
Resistance

12.

Determine the inductance of the single inductor which is equivalent to the

combination of a 6 H inductor and a 12 H inductor in parallel.

Inductance

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For the network at the left in the figure below, calculate the parameters of both the
Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, shown as prototypes on the right in the
figure below, when such circuits exist. If one or more of those circuits does not exist,
write the work none in the box for the relevant parameter, and leave the associated
units box blank.

A
5

_
5V

+
V
_
B

I
B

Thevenin voltage

Thevenin resistance

Norton current

Norton resistance

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For the network at the left in the figure below, calculate the parameters of both the
Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, shown as prototypes on the right in the
figure below, when such circuits exist. If one or more of those circuits does not exist,
write the work none in the box for the relevant parameter, and leave the associated
units box blank

A
10
+
5A

+
V
_
B

2V
_

I
B

Thevenin voltage

Thevenin resistance

Norton current

Norton resistance

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A layer of aluminium 300 nm thick and conductivity 3 x 107 S/m in used to fabricate
thin strips of interconnecting wire between the elements of a microcircuit. Assuming a
uniform current distribution over the cross section of this material, determine the
surface resistivity in ohms per square of the interconnecting wires.

Surface resistivity

16.

The RC series network shown below is fed from a square wave voltage source of
frequency 1 kHz and internal impedance of 50 ohms. Determine the 10% to 90% rise
time of the output voltage.

17.

A DC bridge circuit, in which the output terminals are labelled as A and B, appears in
the Figure below.

6 k

3 k
6V

+
6 k

B
3 k
E

(a)

For the part of the circuit consisting of the 6V source, the leftmost two
resistors, and the terminals A and E, detemine the parameters of the Thevenin
equivalent circuit shown below.

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R TH
A

+
VTH

Thevenin voltage
(b)

Thevenin resistance

For the part of the circuit consisting of the 6V source, the rightmost two
resistors, and the terminals B and E, detemine the parameters of the Thevenin
equivalent circuit shown below.
R TH
B

VTH

Thevenin resistance

Thevenin voltage
(c)

Making use of the two results above, determine the parameters of the
Thevenin equivalent circuit, shown below, for the original bridge circuit.

R TH

VTH

Thevenin voltage

Thevenin resistance