9702/42/F/M/18 © Ucles 2018
9702/42/F/M/18 © Ucles 2018
9702/42/F/M/18 © Ucles 2018
6 The digital transmission of speech may be represented using the block diagram of Fig. 6.1.
ADC DAC
P
Fig. 6.1
(a) Part of the signal at point P on Fig. 6.1 is shown in Fig. 6.2.
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signal
/ mV 14
12
10
0
0 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50
time / ms
Fig. 6.2
The analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) samples the signal at time intervals of 0.25 ms. Each
sample is converted into a four-bit number with the smallest bit representing 1.0 mV.
Use Fig. 6.2 to determine the four-bit number produced by the ADC at time
number ...............................................................
number ...............................................................
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(b) The digital number is transmitted and then converted to an analogue form by the digital-to-
analogue converter (DAC).
Use data from Fig. 6.2 to draw, on the axes of Fig. 6.3, the output level of the DAC for time
t = 0 to time t = 1.50 ms.
Assume that there is no time delay of the transmission of the signal between point P and the
output of the DAC.
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output
level 14
/ mV
12
10
0
0 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50
time / ms
Fig. 6.3
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