Dept. Electrnics & Instrumentation. Lab exam Viva Questions 34. What is the necessity of negative feedback?

35. What are 4 building blocks of an op-amp?

1. Identify the feed back topology in figure 1. 36. What is the purpose of shunting Cf across Rf and connecting R1 in
2. What is the input impedence of the circuit in figure 1? series with the input signal?
3. Give the two fundamental assumptions of feedback. 37. What are the applications of Differentiator?
4. Give the feed back factorβ in figure 1. 38. What do you mean by unity gain bandwidth?
5. What is the difference between virtual ground & physical ground? 39. What did you observe at the output when the signal frequency is
6. Give the frequency range of instrumentation signals? increased above fa?
7. What is CMRR? 40. How would you eliminate the high frequency noise in integrator?
8. Why do you use a sinusoidal input to find the frequency response of 41. What are the main applications of the Integrator?
amplifiers? 42. Is it possible to design an analog computer using integrator and
9. Give the unity gain bandwidth product of μA741 op amp. differentiator?
10. How do precision rectifiers achieve rectification below cut in 43. What happens to the output of integrator when input signal
voltage of diode? frequency goes below fa?
11. Integrator is a . . . . . . pass filter.? 44. What is other name for Astable Multivibrators?
12. Give Barkhuesen criterion for oscillation.? 45. How an Op-amp is used to generate square wave?
13. What is the value of feedback factor β in a phase shift oscillator? 46. What are the changes to be done in a symmetric square wave
14. 14.What is the value of feedback factor β in a Wienbridge generator to generate asymmetric square wave?
oscillator?
15. What is retriggerable monoshot?
16. State 2 applications of monoshot circuit.
17. What is the use of voltage follower?
18. Whait is the duty cycle of a pulse waveform?
19. How much is the slew rate for μA741 op amp?
20. Give the reason for the kink in the negative half cycle at the output
of positive precision half wave rectifier?
21. A second order active low pass filter has a roll off rate of . . . . . .
dB/decade.?
22. Name an analog circuit that can be used as a divide by 3 counter.
23. Give the expression for the frequency of a phase shift oscillator.
24. Give the expression for the frequency of a wienbridge oscillator.
25. On which parameter does the voltage gain of amplifier depend? Figure 1
26. What is the difference between active filters & passive filters?
27. Give the speciality of a Butterworth filter.
28. Draw the circuit of a noninverting integrator.
29. What is the purpose of pins 1 & 5 in μA741.
30. Draw the circuit of a positive half wave precision rectifier.
31. What is an op-amp?
32. Give the characteristics of an ideal op-amp:
33. How a non-inverting amplifier can be courted into voltage follower?