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Problem #1 (30%) A sinusoidal signal of amplitude 1.5 mV and frequency of 10 kHz is buried in a noise signal that has a zero mean value. The noise has a uniform power spectral density of 100 pW/Hz, up to a cut-Ββoff frequency of 1 MHz.
(a) Find the power and rms value of the noise signal.
π! =100πππ»π§ Γ10!π»π§ = 10!!π
π!"# = π! = 0.01 π (b) What is the signal to noise ratio (SNR) in dB?
Letβs assume S(t)=Asin(Οt+Ο)
π! =1π π! π‘ ππ‘
!
!=π2π
π΄! sin ππ‘ + π ^2ππ‘ =ππ΄!
2π122ππ =
π΄!
2
!!!
!
=12 0.0015
! = 1.125Γ10!! W SNR in dB = 10 log!"( π!/π!) = β19.48 ππ΅
(c) The combined signal is now passed through an ideal band-Ββpass filter with a center
frequency of 10 Khz, a bandwidth of 1KHz, and a gain of 1. Is there an improvement in SNR? If so, how much improvement is obtained?
π! =100πππ»π§ Γ10!π»π§ = 10!!π
SNR in dB = 10 log!"( π!/π!) = +10.5 ππ΅ SNR increased by almost 30 dB!
(d) The filtered signal is then averaged after N repeated measurements. What further
improvement in SNR is achieved? Express your answer in dB units. (SNR)Naverage = N*(SNR)orig (SNR)Naverage in dB = 10log10(SNRorg) + 10log10(N) Therefore SNR will increase by 10log10(N) dB
Problem #2 (30%) A car engine operates at an average temperature of 100 Β°C. Its mass air flow sensor draws 2 amperes of current under nominal conditions and has a resistance of 4 Ξ©. Assume the mass air flow sensor is heated to the same temperature as the engine, and that sensor voltage is measured.
(A) What is the magnitude of the power spectral density of the Johnson noise?
π! = 4ππ π π€βπππ πΎ = 1.38Γ10!!"
π! = 8.2Γ10!!"
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(B) What is the magnitude of the power spectral density of the Shot noise?
π! = 2πΌππ ! π€βπππ π = 1.6Γ10!!"
π! = 1.0Γ10!!" (C) Find the maximum allowable cutoff frequency (π!) for an ideal low pass filter that will
reduce the total power of Johnson and Shot noise below 1Γ10!!" π. Assume the low pass filter is characterized by π 2ππ = 1 ππ π β€ π! and π 2ππ = 0 ππ π β₯ π! . Total noise is π!"# = π! + π! β π! Using the low pass filter
π!"! = π!ππ = 1.0Γ10!!"π! = 1Γ10!!"!!
!
π π π! = 1000 π»π§
Problem #3 (40%) A sensing element has its output differentially amplified as shown below. The instrumentation amplifier has an input impedance of π!" = 125 MΞ©, a gain of 1500, and a CMRR of 40 dB. Sensing element parameters are πΈ! = 30 mV, π ! = 3 kΞ©, π ! = 2 kΞ© and π ! = 7 kΞ©.
(A) Determine the output voltage πΈ! if common-Ββmode voltage is neglected.
Since π!" β« (π ! + π ! + π !), virtually no current flows through π!". Thus, πΈ! and π !,π !,π ! form a simple voltage divider network. Hence, the voltage at the amplifier input is:
π!" = πΈ!π !
π ! + π ! + π != 30 mV β
23+ 2+ 7 = 5 mV
With an amplifier gain of 1500, the output voltage is πΈ! = 7.5 [π].
(B) Determine the output voltage πΈ! if common-Ββmode voltage is included. Voltage at upper amplifier input:
π!""#$ = πΈ!π ! + π !
π ! + π ! + π != 30 mV β
93+ 2+ 7 = 22.5 mV
Voltage at lower amplifier input:
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π!"#$% = πΈ!π !
π ! + π ! + π != 30 mV β
73+ 2+ 7 = 17.5 [mV]
Hence, common-Ββmode voltage is π!"#$% = 17.5 [mV]. Since πΆππ π !" = 40 dB, πΆππ π = 10
!"!" = 100. Thus, accounting for the common-Ββ
mode voltage:
πΈ! = 7.5+ 1500. 0175100 = 7.5+ 0.2625 = 7.7625 [V]
(C) The differential amplifier is used as the first stage of a digital data acquisition system
that employs a Β±10 V, 12-Ββbit ADC. How many effective bits of error are introduced by the common-Ββmode voltage effect? Quantization interval: π = 20 [π] 2!" = 4.88 mV Voltage due to common-Ββmode interference: 262.5 mV Q intervals spanned by interference: 262.5 mV 4.88 mV = 53.79 Effective bits of error: log! 53.79 = 5.75 β 6 bits