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ABIOYE OBAFEMI MICHAEL

MATRICULATION NUMBER
2007/212640SEE

A FINAL YEAR PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
OF TECHNOLOGY MINNA, NIGER STATE.

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD

OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (B.ENG) DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL
AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

NOVEMBER, 2011

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DEDICATION
This project specially dedicated to God almighty and to my beloved family thanks for your
morale support and understanding.

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DECLARATION
I Mr. Abioye Obafemi Michael, hereby declare that this work was done by me and has
never been presented elsewhere for the award of a degree. I also hereby relinquish the copyright
to the Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger state .

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thanks to God all mighty for giving me good health to undergo this project. I would like
to use this opportunity to express my deep gratitude and appreciation to those people who have
helped me to complete my final year project course, and to individuals to whom i am very much
indebted and who, without their support, this achievement would not have been possible. First of

all , spec ial thanks to my supervisors, Mr. U.N . Galadima and Mr Bakudu Saleh for their
guidance, advice and encouragement and also to Mr. A.G Raji (HOD electrical), Prof Oria Usifo
and to all lecturers and lab technologies of electrical department, thank you all for imparting in
me the ri ght knowled ge throughout my educational career in this school.
My greatest appreciations and thanks are dedicated to my parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Abioye from whom i have taken the lesson of life and always prayed for my success, i am very
proud of them.
Also, many thanks to my friends with whom i have shared so much fun and so many
good times over the past few years in my campus life especially my roommate, Jimmy Enebi and
my class-mate Lawrence Emmanuel, Segun Adetayo Peter for their suggestion and help in the
co mpl etio n of thi s project. Although i cannot mention them all by their names, i am grateful to

all of them and wish them all the best.

Finally, special thanks to all the members of my family Tunde, Moses, Segun, sister
Tope. Mrs. Maaji. my niece and nephew Eniola Ayeni and Joseph Ayemoba, thank you very
much for the warmth and kindness you all always offered me and also to my big sister Bunmi
Emmuela Abioye for her support both financially and encouragements, thank you very much.

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ABSTRACT
The project mobile phone signal detector presents the design of an RF detector circuit
device or sensor that detects the presence of a mobile phone in active mode use in making
incoming and outgoing calls as well as sending SMS messages i.e. the device senses the presence
of any mobile phone activities within a distance of 3m, as the signal is detected the buzzer
sounds alerting the users to switch off their mobile phones. Also in the circuit a part is design in
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a \\ a) th at it can be use to sw itch ON and OFF appliances i.e. as the phone is dialed it

switches ON the appliance and as it is dialed again for the second time it switches OFF. The idea
is to design a circuit that detect the presence of mobile phone signal and to investigate basic
electronic components involve in RF circuit design in order to test and simulate analogue RF
circuit. The principle of Radio frequency and wireless communication is employed to develop
the device.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page ..................................................................................................... .i
Dedication .................................................................................................... .ii

Declaration .................................................................................................... .iii

Acknowledgement ........................................................................................... .iv

Abstract ......................................................................................................... v

Table of content ............................................................................................... vi

List of tables .................................................................................................. vii

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0 ffi19ures ................................................................................................. VIlI
L 1st
List of abbreviations ......................................................................................... .ix
Chapter One: Introduction .................................................................................... 1

1.1

Significance .... '........................................................................................ 2

1.2

Aim and objective ..................................................................................... 2

1.3

Methodology ..................................................................................... .. ... 2

1.4

Scope of work .................................... ..................................................... 3

1.5

Constraint and materials used ....................................................................... 3

1.6

Outline on thesis .................................................. ... ................. . ....... ... ..... 3

Chapter Two: Literature review ..................................................................... .... ... 4

2.1

Historical backgrounds ............................................................................. 4-5

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2.2

2.3

Theoretical backgrounds ........................................................................... 5-6

2.2.1

Integrated circuits (lCs) .................................................... ............... 6-8

2.2.2

Transistors (BJT) ........................................................................ 8-10

2.2.3

Passive components .................................................................... 10-13

limitations ........................................................................................... .13

Chapter Three: Design and implementation .............................................................. 14

3.1

Block diagram ....................................................................................... .14

3.2

Justifications of components ....................................................................... 16

3.3

3.2.1

Operational amplifier (741 Op-Amp IC) ............................................ 16-17

3.2.2

Transistor (C945) .......................................................................... .17

3.2.3

Ceramic and Electrolytic capacitors ................................................. 18-19

3.2.4

555 timer (IC) ............................................................................... 19

3.2.5

40I7B integrated circuit (lC) ............................................................. 20

circuit design for each stage ....................................................................... .20

3.3.1

RF detector circuit ..................................................................... 20-23

3.3.2 Amplification circuits .................................................................. 24-28

3.4

3.3.3

555 timer circuit ............................................................................ 29

3.3.4

Selector circuit .............................................................................. 30

3.3.5

Power supply circuit .. ; ................................................................... .31

Circuit diagram of mobile phone detector. ..................................................... 32

3.4.1

Principle of operation ................................................................ .. 33-34

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LIST OF TABLES
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TABLE NO.
2.1

Light emitted by four different types of LEDs

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3.1

properties of741 Op-Amp

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LIST OF FIGURES
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FIGURE NO .
2.1

Op-amp symbol and schematic

2.2

555 timer

2.3

Bipolar transistor (npn and pnp)

2.4

Different type of resistor symbol

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2.5

Various type of capacitors

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2.6

Symbol of LED

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3.1

Block diagram of mobile phone detector

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3.2

8 pin Dip (dual-inline package)

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3.3

Various type of ceramic capacitor

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3.4

Electrolytic capacitor pictures

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3.5

RF detector circuit

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3.6

Op-amp circuit

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3.7

Comparator circuit

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3.8

Transistor amplifier circuit

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3.9

555 timer circuit

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3.10

Selector circuit

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3. 11

Power supply circuit

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3.12

Complete circuit diagram of mobile phone detector

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
DC

Direct current

MHz

Megahertz

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

Hz

Hertz

IC

Integrated Circuits

kHz

kilohertz

rnA

Miliampere

Op-Amp

Operational Amplifier

Vcc

supply voltage

SIP

single in-line package

Dip

dual in-line package

RF

radio frequency

SMS

short messaging system

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