ii. Find Ic and Vce for the voltage divider bias circuit shown in below neglect Ves.

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B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEI\,IBER 2016
Third Semester

I5EE2O8 _ ELECTRON IC DEVICES AND CIRCI.IITS

@or the candidates admitted during the academic year 2015 - 2016 onwuds)
Note:
(r) Part - A should be answered in OMR sheet wittrin first 45 minutes and OMR sheet should be handed
over to hall invigilator at the end of 456 minute.
(ii) Part - B and Part - C should be answered in answer booklet.

Time: Three Hours Max. Marks: 100

30. ai. Explain the operation of class B push pull amplifier with a neat diagram and derive its PART-A(20x1=20Marks)
efficiency. (10 Marks) Answer ALL Questions
1. LCD displays are p,referred due to
ii. Define: Cross over distortion. (2 Marks) (A) Hieh decay time (B) Reflective
(C) Transmitive (D) Low power consumption
(oR)
b. Derive the common mode gain of differential arnplifier. The use of capacitor filter in a rectifier circuit gives satisfactory performance only when the
load
31. a. Derive the expressions ofinput resistance, tansconductance and output resistance ofcurrent (A) Current is high
series feedback amplifi er. @) Current is low
(C) Voltage is high @) Voltage is low
(oR) 3. In which ofthese diode, the reverse recovery time is nearly zero?
b. Discuss the working of Hartley oscillator and derive the expression for its frequency of (A) Diode
oscillation. @) Schottkey diode
(C) Tunnel diode (D) PIN diode
32. a. Describe the circuit operation of free running relaxation oscillator with its relevant switching
waveforms.
4. The main job of a voltage regulator is to provide nearly a output voltage.
(A) Constant @) Sinusoidal
(C) Smooth (D) Fluctuating
(oR)
b. Explain the operation of a 5. A cascode amplifier has the advantage of
(D Integrator (A) Large voltage gain
(iD UJT relaxation oscillator. @) Low inputimpedance
(C) Low input capacitance (D) Higher gm

*:trF** 6. The manimum peak to peak ouhut voltage swing is obtained when Q point of a circuit is
located
(A) Near saturation point @) Near cut offpoint
(C) At least on the load line (D) At the center of the load line
7. The ideal value of stability factor of a biasing circuit is
(A) I (B) s
(c) 10 @) 100
The potential divider biasing is used in amplifiers to
(A) Limit the input AC signal going to @) Reduce DC base current
the base
(C) Make the operating point almost (D) Reduce the cost of the circuit by limiting
independent of p the number of resistors
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 9. What tansformer tums ratio is required to match an 8C) speaker load. So that the effective PART-B(5x4=20Marks)
load resistance seen at the primary is 12.8kO? Answer AIIIY FM Questions
(A) 20:1 @) a0:l
(C) 50:1 (D) 60:l 2t. Draw the characteristics of LED and explain its operation.

10. A parallel resonant circuit iras a resonant frequency of I MHz. To get a bandwidth of 20 22. For the fxed bias circuit, detemtine the values of Iu, L and Vce.
kHz, its Q-factor must be equal to
(A) s00 (B) 100
(c) s0 (D) 20
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11. Which type of amplifier uses pulse sigrrals in its operation?

(A) Cla.ss D (B) Class C
(C) Class AB @) ClassA

12. Which of the following transistors has been quite popular as the driver device for class D
amplification?
(A) BJr (B) FEr
(c) uJr (D) MOSFET

13. The main advantage of a crystal oscillator is that its output is

(A) DC @) Variable frequency 23. List any four characteristics of class A amplifier.
(C) A constant frequency (D) 50IIz to 60Hz
)n Write the advantages and disadvantages of negative feedback.
14. In a bistable multi vibrator circuit, commutating capacitor is used
(A) To increase the base storage charge (B) To increase the speed of response 25. Explain the working of voltage quadrupler with neat diagram.
(C) To provide AC coupling @) To provide the speed of oscillations
26. Explainthe frequenry response of single hrned amplifier.
15. When a sinusoidal voltage wave is fed to a Schmitt tigger, the output will be?
(A) Triangular wave @) Trapezoidal wave 27. How a Schmitt nigger is different from a multi-vibrator?
(C) Rectangular wave (D) Asymmetric square wave
PART-C (5 x12= 60 Marks)
16. The wein bridge oscillator circuits, the minimum gain of amplifier must be Answer ALL Questions
(A) 1 (B) 3
(c) 10 (D') 29 28. a. Explain the construction and characteristics of DIAC, TRLAC, tururel diode.

17. The product of feedback factor'p' and amplification factor'A' is called (oR)
(A) Return difference @) Retumratio b. Derive the expression for ripple factor of full wave rectifier using 'LC' filter and desip it to
(C) Series ratio (D) Shunt ratio provide on output voltage of lOV with a load current of 200mA, where the ripple is limited
tozYo.
1 8. In a RC phase shift oscillator, the expression for frequency of oscillation is
(A) rlztJrc (p) yznRc 29.a.i. Draw the equivalent circuit of a common emitter amplifier in terms of h-parameter and
obtain the expression for current gain and input resistance.
(c) rlnncJe (D) lrrRc
ii. A tansistor used in a CB amplifier has the following values of h-parameters.
19. What type of diode circuit is used to clip off portions of signal voltages above or below
hr6 - 28},hp = -0.98,4a= 5 x lOa and 4t = 0.34 xl}-q S, calculate the values of input
certain levels?
(A) Clippers @) Clampers resistance, current gain, voltage gain, if the load resistance is 1.2kO'
(C) Voltage regulators (D) DC restorer
(oR)
20. The most important application of a time base generator is in b.i. Draw the AC equivalent model of common drain (CD) amplifier and derive its voltage gain.
(A) Television (B) Radar displays
(c) cRo (D) Time measurements
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