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    This document provides an overview of key concepts for the course ECE 128 Communications 1, including objectives around calculating voltage, current, gain, attenuation, filters, and more. It introduces concepts like gain, attenuation, cascaded circuits, and decibels. Gain is the ratio of output to input signal, while attenuation refers to signal loss. Total gain or attenuation of cascaded circuits is calculated as the product or sum of individual stage gains and attenuations, and decibels are used to express gain and attenuation in communications applications.

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    ECE 128

    Communications 1

    Electronic Fundamentals
    for Communications

    WMSU Engr. Alvin B. Viola


    Instructor

    1
    Objectives
    After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
    ■ Calculate voltage, current, gain, and
    attenuation in decibels and apply these formulas
    in applications involving cascaded circuits.
    ■ Explain the relationship between Q, resonant
    frequency, and bandwidth.
    ■ Describe the basic configuration of the different
    types of filters that are used in communication
    networks and compare and contrast active filters
    with passive filters.
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    Gain, Attenuation, and Decibels
    Most electronic circuits in communication
    are used to process signals, i.e., to
    manipulate signals to produce a desired
    result. All signal processing circuits involve
    either gain or attenuation.

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    Gain
    Gain means amplification.
    Gain is simply the ratio of the output to the input.

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    Cascaded Circuits
    Total gain of cascaded circuits is the
    product of individual stage gains.

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    Attenuation
     Attenuation refers to a loss introduced by a
    circuit or component.
     If the output signal is lower in amplitude than the
    input, the circuit has loss, or attenuation.
     is simply the ratio of the output to the input
     The letter A is used to represent attenuation as
    well as gain:

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    A voltage divider introduces attenuation.

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    Total attenuation is the product of individual
    attenuations of each cascaded circuit.

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    Gain exactly of sets the attenuation

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    The total gain is the product of the individual
    stage gains and attenuations.

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    Decibels
    The gain or loss of a circuit is usually expressed in decibels
    (dB), a unit of measurement that was originally created
    as a way of expressing the hearing response of the
    human ear to various sound levels.

    A decibel is one-tenth of a bel.

    When gain and attenuation are both converted to decibels,


    the overall gain or attenuation of an electronic circuit can
    be computed by simply adding the individual gains or
    attenuations, expressed in decibels

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    Decibel Calculations
    The formulas for computing the decibel gain or
    loss of a circuit are

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    Total gain or attenuation is the algebraic
    sum of the individual stage gains in decibels.

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