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FSLA 1: DECIBEL

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1. What is the length of transmission medium if it has 1.5 dB loss per 100 ft and the
input – output voltage is 2mV and -35 dBmV respectively
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2. Determine the input power in a.dBm b.dBu and c. watts if the output is 60dBm
and the gain is 45 dB
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3. A signal is 80 dBmV is measured at 75 ohms. Determine the signal power in

dBm.
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4. Determine the signal voltage at dBuV at the output of an attenuator if the signal
power measure is 45 dBu at 300 ohms impedance.
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5. An input signal power of -30 dBm is introduce to an amplifier having a gain of 30

dB and a system impedance is 75 ohms. Determine the ouput voltage in dBuV
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6. determine the power radiated by antenna in dBm if the input power is -3dBm,
preamplifier is 20 dB, main amplifier is 20 dB and power amplifier is 20 dB while
the over all transmission loss is 7dB
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7. An amplifier has an input signal voltage of 30mV, input signal current of 0.4 mA,
input power of 12 uW, gain of 20 dB and and impedance of 75 ohms. For
maximum power transfer, determine the a) output voltage, b) output voltage in
dbmV c.)output power and d) output impedance.
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8. Determine the output power if the radio frequency amplifier has a gain of 35 dB
and has a minimum input of 300mW
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9. From the headend(Main) of cable company the required input voltage in one
subscriber(TV) is 3dBmV . How many 6 dB gain amplifier is needed to achieve
the required voltage to subscriber if the output voltage of the headend is 2.5 x10 -5
V
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10. Determine the output voltage in volts and in dBmV of a network if it has an input
voltage of 1V with 20 dB attenuation.
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11. Two input power of 17dBmV and 10 dBmV are inserted in a combiner. Determine
the output power in a). dBmV b) dBuV and c) Volts
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12. What is the value of the attenuator needed if the equipment required -105 dBmV
only and the incoming amplitude is 20 mV.
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13. Three amplifiers are cascaded in lossless transmission. What is the value of
each amplifier if the second amplifier is twice the value of first and the first
amplifier is half of the third amplifier if the input is 15dBm and the output is
100dBm?
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14. A combiner has two inputs of -35dBm and 10 dBm. What is the resultant output
in dBn?
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15. The resultant output of combiner when two signal introduce is 27dBmV, what is
the value of the first signal if the second signal is 15 dBmV?
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16. What is the output power in dBm if three amplifiers are cascaded in series having
gain of 100, 25, 57 respectively and total loss in transmission is 1.75 dB if the
input is 2mW?
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17. The output signal of a system having two amplifiers in cascade is 20dBm if the
input is 5 dBm. When the value of the 1st amplifier is doubled and the 2nd is
quadrupled, the output is 45 dBm. What is the value of the two amplifiers?
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18. 25mW and 15mW are the input signal in a combiner. What is the value of
attenuator needed to insert in either of the two input to have a resultant of 8dBm?
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19. What is the input voltage in TV if the antenna received 2mV and the cable in
between has 2.5 dB lost per 100 feet? Assume that the cable length is 25 feet.
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20. What is the output power of amplifier if the input power is 10dBm and input-
output voltage is 2mV and 15 mV respectively?
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21. A signal is amplified 100 times in power. The dB gain is?

Solution:

22. If an amplifier has equal input and output impedances what voltage ratio does the
gain of dB represents?
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23. Three amplifiers are cascaded in lossless transmission. What is the value of
each amplifier if the second amplifier is twice the value of first and the third
amplifier is twice as the second amplifier if the input is 10dBm and the output is
80dBm?
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24. A combiner has two inputs of 30dBm and 10 Watts. What is the resultant output?
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25. What is the power in dBn if the current is 1 mA and the voltage is 10 dBmV?
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26. Five amplifiers are cascaded in a system wherein the transmission in between
amplifiers has loss of 3 dB. What is the remaining Gain in dB at the end of the
system if the gain of each amplifier is 10dB?
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27. What is the voltage in dBmV if the impedance is 20 ohms and the power is 50
dBn?
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28. The input is 0.1W and the network gain is 13dB the output is?
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29. What is the input voltage in TV in dBmV if the antenna receive a voltage of
1dBmV and there are 7 amplifiers in between them having a 2dB gain. Assuming
that the loss in transmission between antenna, amplifiers and TV are equal which
is 0.3 dB?
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30. What is the RSL (receive signal level) in dBm of a radio system if the input from
the transmitting side is 2mW, 5dB cable loss, 0.35 dB connector loss and
transmitter antenna gain of 10 dB while the (FSL) free space loss is 25 dB and in
the receiving side is 5 dB antenna gain and cable loss of 3dB?

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- 3 dBmV
25 dB 10 dB

- 3 dBmV
- 15 dB - 3 dB
dB
mV=?

- 3 dB

- 3 dBmV
- 50 dB