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chapter 2 adn 3

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the most elementary reciever device   tuned radio frequency reciever  
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the minimum input RF signal to a reciever required to produce a specified audio signal at output   sensitivity  
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input noise level to a reciever   noise floor  
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the extent to which a reciever can differentiate between the desired signal and other signals   selectivity  
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another name for diode detector   envelope detector  
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another name for synchronous detector or product detector   heterodyne detector  
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the mixer stage in a superheterodyne reciever that mixes the RF signal with a local oscillator signal to form the intermediate frequency signal   first detector  
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small variable cap in parellel with each section of a ganged capacitor   trimmer  
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small variable cap in series with each ganged tuning capacitor in a superheterodyne reciever to provide near perfect tracking at the low end of tuning range   padder capacitor  
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have small internal capacitance that vaires as a function of their reverse bias voltage   varactor diodes  
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another name for varactor diodes   varicap diodes  
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undisired input frequency in a superheterodyne reciever that produces the same intermediate frequency as the desired input signal   image frequency  
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superheterodyne reciever design that has two seperate mixers, local oscillators, and image frequencys to avoid image frequency problems   double conversion  
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distortion that results from undesired mixer outputs   cross modulation  
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another name for mixers   converters/first detectors  
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troubleshooting by injecting an input signal and tracing it throughh a circuit   signal injection  
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impressing a low frequency intelligence signal onto a higher frequency carrier signal   modulation  
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characterised by a nonlinear output versus input signal relationship   nonlinear device  
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band of frequency in a modulator from the creation of sum-frequencies between the carrier and information signals   upper sideband  
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band of freq produced in a modulator from the creation of difference freq between the carrier and information signals   lower sideband  
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measure of hte extent to which a carrier voltage is varied by the intelligence for AM system   percentage modulation  
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another name for percent modulation   modulation index/modulation factor  
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when an excessive intelligence signal overdrives an AM modulator producing modulation over 100%   overmodulation  
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distortion resulting in an overmaodulated AM transmission creating excessive bandwidths   sideband splatter  
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a modulation system where the intelligence is injected into the base of a transistor   base modulation  
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a capacitor that cancels fed-back signals to suppress self oscillation   neutralizing capacitor  
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higher frequency self oscillations in RF amps   parasitic oscillations  
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stage that generates the AM signal   modulated amplifier  
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amplified stage that amplifies a signal prior to reaching the final amplifier stage in a transmitter   driver amplifier  
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ensuring that an oscillator starts by turning the dc on and off   keying  
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improper bias or low carrier signal power in AM modulator   low excitation  
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have modualtion applied to the output of the device   high-level modulation  
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have modulation applied to an input of the device   low-level modulation  
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the decrease in dc output current in an AM modulator usually caused by low excitation   downward modulation  
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instrument used to measure the harmonic content of a signal by displaying a plot of amplitude verses frequency   spectrum analyzer  
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undesired frequency components of a signal   spurs  
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extra frequency components that appear in the spectral display of a signal, signifying distortion   spurious frequencies  
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the baseline on a spectrum analyzer display   noise floor  
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expression specifying the fundamental frequency component of a signal with respect to its largest harmonic in dB   relative harmonic distortion  
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a measure of distortion that takes all significant harmonics into account   total harmonic distortion  
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resistive load used in place of an antenna to test a transmitter without radiating the output signal   dummy antenna  
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grid modulation circuits is a class ___ RF amp   Class A  
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the process of applying modulation to the driver in a transistor modulator   pre-modulation  
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2 reasons you dont get the bandwidth you sohuld   1) the TRF(Tuned radio frequency) reciever 2)our implementation of the AM broadcast scheme  
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process of pulling the audio signal out of the carrier and sidebands(RF envelope)   detection (demodulation)  
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the generations of new frequencies by mixing or multiplying two oscillating waveforms   heterodyne  
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