Assignment 5

ESC 201

Basic
1. Find the average power and reactive power, in the network shown in figure below

j4
2
5 j10

j3 1

+
(230V,50Hz)

2. For the circuits shown below, using ideal diodes, find the voltage (V0 ) and current (I)
indicated.

+5V
+1V
(a) (b)
+3V V0
1 k

1 k I
+1V V0
I
+3V
-5V

+15V +15V +10V

(c) (d)
10 k 10 k 10 k
I
V0 V0
I
20 k 20 k 10 k 10 k

3. A rectangular pulse of 10 V amplitude and duration 4 s is applied as Vi at the input

of circuit given. Determine and sketch Vo (t) for t > 0 assuming that the diode is ideal
and the initial voltage across the capacitor is zero.

1
 5 k
+ +
Vi 20 k 1 nF Vo

Advanced
4. For the given circuit, calculate the resonant frequency, 0 . Also compute the quality
factor and the maximum value of |Vc (j) |.

125 10 4H
+
V1 +
+
1.5 V Vc 0.25 F
0.105V1

5. Design a parallel resonant circuit for an AM radio so that a variable inductor can adjust
the resonant frequency over the AM broadcast band, 535 to 1605 Khz, with Q0 = 45 at
one end of the band and, Q0 45 throughout the band. Let R = 20k. Specify values
for C, Lmin , Lmax
6. Consider the diode connected in a circuit as shown.
+9V

10 k

VO
iD
20 k 20 k

(a) Represent the circuit to the left of the diode with its Thevenin equivalent circuit.
(b) Evaluate the voltage Vo and current ID for the following assumption about the
diode:
i. The diode is ideal.
ii. The diode cut-in voltage V = 0.7 V and on-resistance rD = 10 .
iii. The diode reserve saturation current Is = 9.5 1015 A, ideality factor n = 1
and for room temperature, the thermal voltage may be taken to be VT = 26
mV.

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