PCOM Reviewer
PCOM Reviewer
PCOM Reviewer
Half Duplex - The form of two-way ● The data can then be transmitted
communication in which only one party and processed by computers and
transmits at a time other digital circuits.
Examples are:
● Police, military, etc. radio
transmissions
● Citizen band (CB)
● Family radio
● Amateur radio
Examples are:
● Sine wave
● Voice
● Video (TV)
Modulation and Multiplexing ● Carrier - a high frequency signal
that is modulated by audio, video, or
● Electronic techniques for data.
transmitting information efficiently
from one place to another. ● Radio-frequency (RF) wave - an
electromagnetic signal that is able to
Modulation - makes the information signal travel long distances through space.
more compatible with the medium.
dBm Inductance
Attenuation
RC filters
- the amount by which undesired
- use combinations of resistors and frequencies in the stop band are
capacitors to achieve a desired reduced
frequency response
RC Coupling circuit
Insertion Loss
- high-pass filter because the AC input
- is the loss the filter introduces to the
component is developed across the
signals in the passband
Impedance a constant time delay in the
passband.
- is the resistive value of the load and
source terminations of the filter Mechanical Filter
Ripple - Uses resonant vibrations of
mechanical disks to provide the
- is a term used to describe the
selectivity
amplitude variation with frequency in
the passband Variable -state filter
Shape factor - special form of active filter which can
simultaneously provide low-pass,
- the ratio of the stop bandwidth to the
high-pass, and bandpass operation
pass bandwidth of a bandpass filter
from one circuit
pole
Crystal and ceramic filters
- frequency at which there is a high
- are made of thin slivers of quartz
impedance in the circuit
crystal or certain other types of
Zero ceramic materials