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QUESTION 1 (10)
1.1 The output voltage of a voltage amplifier has been found to decrease by 30 % when a
load resistance of 100 Ω is connected. What is the value of amplifier output
resistance? [2]
1.2 An amplifier operating from a ± 15 V power supply is fed with sinusoidal voltage
having 1.5 Vpeak and delivers a sinusoidal output voltage of 12 V peak to a 50 Ω load.
The amplifier draws a current of 0.2 A from each of its power supplies. The input
current of the amplifier is in a sinusoidal form with 1 mA peak.
1.2.1 Find the voltage gain. [1]
1.2.2 Find the current gain. [2]
1.2.3 Find the power gain. [1]
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1.2.4 Find the power drawn from the DC power supplies. [1]
1.2.5 Find the power dissipated in the amplifier. [2]
1.2.6 Calculate the amplifier efficiency. [1]
QUESTION 2 (10)
2.1 With respect to a semiconductor junction, what cause
i. Drift current ------------------------
ii. Diffusion current ------------------------- [2]
2.2 Sketch the circuit diagram of a full-wave bridge rectifier, label the input, output, and
label all components. [2]
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2.3 A step-down transformer secondary with a sinusoidal wave of 24 V (r. m. s.) is passed
through the full-wave bridge rectifier in 2.2. Calculate the average DC output voltage.
[2]
2.4 A peak detector with a capacitor of 1000 µF/50 V is connected in shunt to the rectifier
in 2.3, a load current of IL = 1.5 A is drawn from this circuit. Calculate the DC load
voltage. [4]
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QUESTION 3 (20)
3.1 A series voltage regulator is illustrated in Fig. Q 3.1. Data: Vi unregulated = 12 V,
RL = 8 Ω, Vz = 6.2 V, R = 270 Ω, β = 50. Calculate all node voltages, currents through
all components and the power consumed in the Zener. [6]
Fig. Q 3.1
3.2 Somebody made a short circuit across the load by mistake. Answer the following two
questions.
3.2.1 Calculate the short circuit current that flow through Q1. [2]
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3.2.2 Calculate the power consumed in Q1. [2]
3.3 A full-wave bridge rectifier with a capacitor filter has VDC = 24 V unregulated
available. Design a circuit using a fixed voltage regulator to supply a 5 Ω load for
regulated voltage of 18 V. Use an external BJT to extend the total load current
requirement (choose Iext = 3.18 A). Sketch a circuit diagram and calculate for the
value of Rext. [6]
3.3.1 Calculate the power dissipated in external transistor. [2]
3.3.2 Modify the circuit by adding a short circuit protection, limit the short circuit current at
50 % safety margin. Calculate Rlimit. [2]
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QUESTION 4 (30)
4.1 Mention two DC imperfections applicable an op-amp circuit. Describe how these DC
imperfections limit the range of operation in real life situations. [4]
1.1 Design an inverting configuration to provide a gain of 180 V/V, and input impedance
of 10 k? [2]
1.2 Calculate the closed loop gain of the inverting circuit designed in Q 4.2 if the op-amp
used has a finite open-loop gain of 800 V/V. [4]
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1.3 Analyse the op-amp circuit in Fig. Q 4.4 and calculate all labelled currents v1 = 2.4 V
and v2 = -3 V. [6]
Fig. Q 4.4
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1.4 An instrumentation circuit given in Fig. Q 4.5 needs to be designed. Answer the
following questions to complete the design. Choose the smallest resistance to be 1 kΩ
in this design.
Fig. Q 4.5
4.5.1 Design stage 2 (A3) for a differential gain Ad = 1.2 V/V. [2]
4.5.2 The overall gain of this instrumentation system needs to be 114 V/V, calculate the
required gain for first stage and find the values of (2R1) and R2. [5]
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4.5.3 Design the values of Rf and Rv such that a maximum overall gain of 300 V/V is
possible.
[5]
4.6 A difference amplifier using 1 kΩ input and 120 kΩ feedback resistors, have VOS = 4
mV and IOS = 600 nA. Calculate the worst-case DC offset voltage at the output. [2]
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QUESTION 5 (30)
5.1 A pnp BJT with β = 30 is connected as in Fig. Q 5.1. Choose -VCC = VEE = 5 V,
RE = 1 kΩ, RB=10 kΩ, RC = 10 kΩ. Answer the following questions in sequence.
Fig. Q 5.1
5.1.1 Calculate all the currents and node voltages. [4]
5.1.2 Calculate the VEC, and comment on the mode of operation. [2]
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5.1.3 Calculate βforced if it is relevant. [2]
5.2 Study the common emitter amplifier in Fig Q 5.2 and answer the following questions.
The BJT has β = 200.
5.2.1 Calculate the bias currents and voltages(IC, VCE), and comment on the mode of
operation. [6]
Fig. Q 5.2
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5.2.2 Calculate the small-signal parameters of this amplifier (gm, rπ). [2]
5.2.3 Sketch the small-signal equivalent diagram of this amplifier and label all voltages,
currents and impedances. [5]
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5.2.4 Calculate the input impedance and the output impedance. [4]
5.2.5 Calculate the overall voltage gain. [5]
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