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QUESTION BANK DEPARTMENT: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMESTER: IV

SUBJECT CODE / Name: ME 2255 / ELECTRONICS AND MICROPROCESSORS

UNIT I: SEMICONDUCTORS AND RECTIFIERS PART - A (2 Marks) 1. Define Rectification. 2. Define voltage regulation. 3. Define PN junction. 4. What is a rectifier? What are its types? 5. What is diffusion current? 6. Draw the circuit of Bridge rectifier with input and output waveforms. 7. Draw the circuit of zener voltage regulator. (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2010)

8. A half wave rectifier having a resistance load of 1k rectifies an alternating voltage of 325 V peak value and the diode has a forward resistance of 100. Calculate its dc power output. (AUC Apr/May 2010) PART B (16 Marks) 1. (i) Draw and explain the circuit of a full wave rectifier. (8) (ii) Discuss about intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. (8) (AUC May/Jun 2012)

2. (i) What do you mean by zener effect? Explain the characteristics of zener diode. (6) (ii) Explain how zener diode is used as a voltage regulator.(10) (AUC May/Jun 2012)

3. Draw V/I characteristics of PN junction diode and explain the function of a full wave rectifier with a neat circuit diagram. (AUC Nov/Dec 2011)

4. Explain the working principle of zener voltage regulator with relevant diagram. (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) 5. Design a zener voltage regulator for the output voltage of 5 V and output current of 200 mA. Support your answer with the zener characteristics and relevant circuit diagram. (AUC Apr/May 2011) 1

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6. Explain the operation of open circuited PN junction using the energy band structure. (AUC Apr/May 2011) 7. Draw and explain the formation of a PN junction and explain the working of the diode under forward and reverse biased conditions. (AUC Apr/May 2010)

8. Is it possible to replace a zener diode with an ordinary rectifier diode? If no, explain the desired characteristics of zener diode. 9. (i) Explain about intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. (ii) Draw zener diode characteristic and explain. UNIT II: TRANSISTORS AND AMPLIFIERS PART - A (2 Marks) 1. What is the need for transistor biasing? 2. Draw the transfer characteristics of FET. 3. Compare BJT and FET. 4. Define Avalanche breakdown. 5. Define stability factor of BJTs. 6. Write the equation governing intrinsic standoff ratio. 7. What is early effect in BJTs? 8. Define voltage safety factor of thyristor. PART B (16 Marks) 1. (i) Draw and explain the circuit of a Class B Pushpull power amplifier. (10) (ii) What do you mean by negative feedback? List the characteristics and advantages of a negative feedback amplifier. (6) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2010) (AUC Apr/May 2010) (AUC Apr/May 2010)

2. Draw and explain the characteristic of a FET amplifier and discuss its merits and applications. 3. Draw the circuit of a FET amplifier and explain its operation. (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011)

4. Sketch the input and output characteristics of common emitter configuration and explain how these are obtained? R1 = 10 k , R2 = 5 k , Rc = 1 k , RE = 2 k and = 100, find (i) (ii) the coordinates of the operating point the stability factor, assuming the transistor to be silicon. (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011)

5. If the various parameters of a CE amplifier which uses the self bias method are Vcc = 12 V,

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6. Why do we prefer negative feedback system? Explain the operation of voltage shunt feedback with required diagrams. 7. With neat circuit diagrams, explain the methods of transistor biasing. (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2010)

8. Write in detail about the operation of JFET under various biasing conditions. (AUC Apr/May 2010) UNIT III: DIGITAL ELECTRONICS PART - A (2 Marks) 1. What are Flipflops? 2. Draw a half adder circuit. 3. What are universal gates? 4. State Demorgans theorem. 5. Simplify the Boolean expression. F = (A + B + C)(A + B + C) 6. Draw the circuit of transparent latch. 7. Using Boolean laws, prove that X Y +Y = X +Y 8. Convert the following circuit into its equivalent NAND circuit (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2010) (AUC Apr/May 2010)

PART B (16 Marks) 1. (i) Design a full adder. (10) (ii) Discuss the operation of RS flip flop and D flip flop. (6) 2. Draw and explain the operation of A/D and D/A converters. 3. Design a full adder circuit with the aid of neat diagram and a truth table. (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) 4. With the help of neat circuit diagram explain the function of a Ripple counter. (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) 5. With the logic diagram, explain the working of Ring counter. Also draw the timing diagrams. 6. Reduce the following function and implement using universal gates. F = ABC + ABC + ABC + ABC + ABC + ABC (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC May/Jun 2012)

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Implement the full adder circuit from its truth table.

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8. Design a four bit binary parallel counter. Support your answer with circuit diagram and truth table. UNIT IV: 8085 MICROPROCESSOR (AUC Apr/May 2010)

PART - A (2 Marks) 1. List the various instruction types in 8085. 2. What are the various addressing modes in 8085? 3. What do you mean by ALU? 4. What are the types of addressing modes? 5. Name the address partitioning technique used in 8085. (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2011)

6. What is the output at port 1 when the following instructions are executed? (AUC Apr/May 2011) MVI ADI JC OUT HLT LOOP: XRA A OUT PORT 1 HLT 7. Specify the output at port 1 if the following ALP is executed. MVI B,88H MOV A,B MOV C,A MVI D,73H OUT PORT 1 HLT 8. List the interrupts and their call locations. (AUC Apr/May 2010) (AUC Apr/May 2010) A,8FH 72H LOOP PORT 1

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PART B (16 Marks) 1. Sketch the architecture of 8085 and explain the modules in detail. (AUC May/Jun 2012)

2. With examples, explain the data transfer instructions and arithmetic instructions of 8085. (AUC May/Jun 2012) 3. With a neat sketch explain the architecture of the microprocessor 8085. (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) 4. Explain the classification of instruction set of the microprocessor 8085. (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) 5. The following block of data is stored in the memory locations from 4000H to 4005H. Transfer the data to the locations 5000H to 5005H in the reverse order. Write an ALP in 8085 to perform the block transfer. 22H, A5H, B2H, 99H, 7FH, 37H (AUC Apr/May 2011) 6. Explain the interrupt structure of 8085 CPU with the required diagrams. (AUC Apr/May 2011) 7. What are the addressing modes supported in 8085 CPU? Explain each of them with minimum of 2 sample instructions. the same. UNIT V: INTERFACING AND APPLICATIONS OF MICROPROCESSOR PART - A (2 Marks) 1. What do you mean by interfacing? 2. List out some applications of the microprocessors. 3. Name any two applications of microprocessor. 4. Define the term step angle with reference to a stepper motor. (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2010) (AUC Apr/May 2010)

8. Explain the architecture of 8085 with the required diagrams. Also write the salient features of

5. What is the role of tri state buffer in interfacing of peripherals with CPU? (AUC Apr/May 2011) 6. Write the use of ALE signal in 8085. 7. Define interfacing devices. 8. What is transceiver? PART B (16 Marks) 1. Draw and explain the block diagram and operation of temperature controlling system with a microprocessor. (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Apr/May 2011) (AUC Apr/May 2010) (AUC Apr/May 2010)

2. Draw and explain the block diagram and operation of Traffic light controller with a microprocessor. 3. Write short notes on keyboard interfacing. (AUC May/Jun 2012) (AUC Nov/Dec 2011)

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4. Explain the operation of microprocessor based traffic light controller. corner junction.

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5. Design an 8085 CPU based traffic monitoring and control system to control the traffic at 4

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6. Suggest the methods to vary the speed of shaft of a machine using stepper motor. Design the microprocessor based system interface to control the speed of stepper motor. (AUC Apr/May 2011) 7. How to control the speed of a stepper motor with 8085 CPU and its interface? Draw a neat interface diagram and explain its operation. (AUC Apr/May 2010)

8. Design a traffic light control system using 8085 CPU. Write its sequence of operation with neat block diagram of the system. Support your answer with the software flowchart. (AUC Apr/May 2010)

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