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ELECTRONICS: A to D and D to A CONVERTER
CSIR NET-JRF/ GATE/ JEST/ TIFR
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
1. A 3-bit analog-to-digital converter is designed to mum value of n is _______________
digitize analog signals ranging from 0V to 10V. [GATE 2014]
For this converter, the binary output corre- 7. To measure the voltage in the range 0 5 V
sponding to an input of 6V is [GATE 2019] with a precision of 5 mV, the minimum number
(a) 011 (b) 101 of bits required in a digital voltmeter is
[TIFR 2015]
(c) 100 (d) 010
(a) 9 (b) 10
2. Minimum number of bits required to represent (c) 11 (d) 12
maximum value of given analog signal with 0.1%
accuracy is 8. A 5 bit DAC has a current output. For a digital
input of 10100, an output current of 10m, is
(a) 8 bits (b) 9 bits produced. What will be the output current for a
(c) 10 bits (d) 12 bits digital input of 11101?
3. The number of comparators needed in a 8 bit flash (a) 14.5mA (b) 10mA
type A to D converter is (c) 100mA
(a) 8 (b) 16 (d) Not possible to calculate
(c) 255 (d) 256 9. The largest analog output voltage from a 6-bit digital
4. For a 10-bit digital ramp ADC using 500kHz to analog converter (DAC) which produces 1.0
clock, the maximum conversion time is V output for a digital input of 010100, is :
[GATE 2006]
(a) 2048s (b) 2064s (a) 1.6 V (b) 2.9 V
(c) 3.15 V (d) 5.0 V
(c) 2046s (d) 2084s
10. The full scale of a 3-bit digital-to-analog (DAC)
5. The full scale voltage of an n-bit Digital-to-Ana- converter is 7 V. Which of the following tables
log Converter is V. The resolution that can be represents the output voltage of this 3-bit DAC
achieved in it is [NET Dec 2017] for the given set of input bits ?
V V [NET June 2018]
(a) n (b) n
(2 1) (2 1)
Input bits Output voltage
V V
(c) 2 n (d) 000 0
2 n
001 1
6. In order to measure a maximum of 1V with a reso- (a) 010 2
lution of 1mV using a n-bit A/D converter, work- 011 3
ing under the principle of ladder network, the mini-
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Input bits Output voltage
000 0
001 1.25
(b) 010 2.5
011 3.75
Input bits Output voltage
000 1.25
001 2.5
(c) 010 3.75
011 5
Input bits Output voltage
000 1
001 2
(d) 010 3
011 4
ANSWER KEY
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c)
4. (c) 5. (a)
6. (0.99 to 10.01) 7. (b)
8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (a)
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