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University of California San Diego

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 35 Winter 2010


Practice Final Exam A

Name (Last, First) _____________________________


Student ID Number _____________________________
Signature _____________________________________

This is a closed book exam, but you are allowed a calculator and a single 8.5 x 11 sheet of notes.
You must SHOW YOUR WORK to receive credit on any problem.
Write clearly: work which is not legible WILL NOT COUNT towards your grade.
Numeric answers MUST HAVE UNITS to be correct (i.e., 3, 2A, 4mV)
Grade
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(1) READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXAM BEFORE BEGINNING

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(2) WORK ON THE SIMPLER PROBLEMS FIRST

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(3) TRY TO ANSWER ALL PROBLEMS

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Always good exam policy:

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Problem 1 (20 pts): For each case, calculate the value which will be displayed by a real meter and say (Y/N)
whether the value is accurate, defined as within 5% of the value which would be shown by an ideal meter.

1M
6V

Real voltage meter:


(with 1M internal resistance)

1M

voltage
meter

+
6V

0.01

Real voltage meter:


(with 1M internal resistance)

1M

Vmeasured = _____________ Accurate? ____

voltage
meter

Real current meter:

6V

(with 0.01 internal resistance)

Vmeasured = _____________ Accurate? ____

Imeasured = _____________ Accurate? ____

current
meter

0.01
+

Real current meter:


(with 0.01 internal resistance)

1A

current
meter

Imeaasured = _____________ Accurate? ____

Problem 2 (20 pts): Find the Thevenin and Norton equivalent values for the circuit below

4i
a
IS

R1

2A: Vth = _________________

2B: In = _________________

R2
b
2C: Rth = _________________

Problem 3 (20 pts):


3A (5 pts):You used a circuit similar to the one at right in one of your labs.
Briefly state what it was used to do:

5V

RLOAD

+
C

Vin

Vout

2.5V

For the opamp circuit at right, calculate the following:

10 k

3B (5 pts): vin = _______


3C (5 pts): vout = _______

+
+

3D (5 pts):

iL = _______

0.1 mA

vin
-

20 k
5V

vout
-

iL

Problem 4 (20 pts): In the circuit below, the switch was open for a long time then closed at ts = 5 seconds.
4A: What is the voltage VC just before switching ( t < ts )? VC ( t < ts ) = ______________
4B: What is the voltage VC long after switching ( t >> ts )?

VC ( t >> ts ) = ______________

4C: What is the time constant for the circuit after switching?

= ______________

4D: What is the equation for voltage Vc after switching? VC( t > ts ) = ____________________________
4E: Sketch the voltage from t = 0 on the graph below; be sure to label the vertical scale and to show .

Vc

20

8V

500 mF

10

10
+
-

Vc

ts

time

Problem 5A (10 pts): Transform the circuit below to the frequency domain by labelling each element
showing all values in angle notation, e.g. X / Y. , and providing the angle in radians.

0.02 F

25 mF
0.2 H
4 sin (10t + /4) V

2 cos (10t + /2) A

1H

Problem 5B (10 pts): The inductor (inductance L1) & resistor (resistance R1) at left are driven at frequency .
The same impedance can be implemented using two circuit elements connected in series, as shown at right.
State each type of element (L, R or C), and its physical value in terms of the original values L1, R1 and .

Type of element: _________

L1

ZA

Physical value: _____________________

ZB

Type of element: _________

R1

Physical value: _____________________

Problem 6 (20 pts): Find i(t).

10

vs(t) = 30 cos (11t ) V

1H

i(t) = ?

1F

Is(T) = 30 cos ( 10t ) A

Problem 7 (20 pts): Write an expression for the VA, the complex voltage at node A, in terms of the values
defined in the circuit below. You do NOT need to simplify this expression.

2i

ZC2
ZR
ZL

V1

ZL2

VA

+
-

ZC

Is

Problem 8 (20 pts): For the drive circuit below, the average power transfered from the AC current source
into the load can be maximized by two series components (one resistor and either an inductor or capacitor).

3H

is(t) = cos (10t) A

ZL

10
b
20 mF

8A: What are the two components physical values?


Resistor: _________________________ Capacitor / Inductor: __________________________

8B: If the same load was driven by the circuit above, except that the AC source were replaced by a 1A DC
current source, how much average (steady state) power would be transferred into the load?

Problem 9 (20 pts)


9A & 9B (10 points each) What are the transfer functions H1() and H2() (Vout/Vin) for the two circuits below?

Vin1

Vout1
C

Vin2

Rs

RF
+VCC

+
-

RB

Vout2
-VCC

9C: (5 pts) Which values defined in the circuits limit the maximum transferred frequency, and how?

9D: (5 pts) Which values defined in the circuits limit the maximum and minimum transferred output voltage, and
how?

9E: (5pts) If the output of the second circuit is connected to the input of the first, what is the new transfer function?

9F: (5 pts) Does this transfer function change of the order of the two circuits were reversed? Why?

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