16EC14 /24
USN
RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU)
I / II Semester B. E. Fast-track Examinations Jan / Feb - 2023
COMMON TO ALL PROGRAMMES
BASICS OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
1. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be answered
in first three pages of the answer book only.
2. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B. In Part B question number 2, 7
and 8 are compulsory. Answer any one full question from 3 and 4 & one
full question from 5 and 6.
PART A
1 1.1 The forward voltage drop of a diode at is , the forward voltage
drop at is _________________. 01
1.2 ̅ _______________. 01
1.3 A decoder with 4 inputs will have ______________ number of outputs. 01
1.4 The total number of gates required to implement multiplexer is _______. 01
1.5 In a voltage divider circuit for a silicon transistor having has
and , ________________. 01
1.6 A Zener diode is connected in series with a resistor and a dc
supply of . The power dissipated in the Zener is ______________. 02
1.7 The open loop and closed loop gains of an amplifier are and
respectively. The amount of negative feedback in is __________. 01
1.8 A 2-stage cascaded amplifier has voltage gains and . The
overall voltage gain in dB is ________________. 01
1.9 An n-channel MOSFET operating in saturation has Its
trans-conductance is ______________. 01
1.10 An op-amp has common mode gain of and CMRR of . If the
differential input voltage is and the common mode input is , the
output voltage = ______________. 02
1.11 The output signal of an op-amp with a slew rate of has a peak-to-
peak value of . Find the maximum frequency of undistorted output
signal. 02
1.12 In the circuit of Fig 1.16, _________.
Fig 1.16 02
1.13 A carrier with peak amplitude of is amplitude modulated by a
sinusoidal signal of frequency . The depth of modulation is . The
amplitude of the lower sideband is equal to __________. 01
1.14 An FM wave is represented by . The bandwidth
required is ___________. 02
1.15 The total power delivered by an amplitude modulated wave is . If the
modulation index , the power in each sideband is ____________. 01
PART B
2 a Write the truth table for SUM and Carry-out of a full adder. From the truth
table, obtain the logic expressions. From these expressions, realize full adder
using NAND gates. 08
b Simplify the following function: ̅ ̅ ̅ ̅ ̅ ̅ and implement
the same with basic gates. 08
3 a In the voltage divider biasing circuit shown in Fig 3a, determine the
operating point and .
Fig 3a 08
b In a Zener regulation circuit of Fig 3b, calculate the value of R so that circuit
performs satisfactorily under all the given conditions. Given
.
Fig 3b 08
OR
4 a A full wave bridge rectifier using ideal diodes is supplied from the secondary
of a transformer whose primary is connected to main supply.
The output of the rectifier is connected to a load resistance of in
parallel with a capacitor filter . Calculate the value of required so that the
ripple factor is . Also determine:
i. The DC output voltage
ii. The peak – to – peak ripple voltage
iii. The load regulation 08
b Explain the different operating regions of a transistor along with the
applications and draw the output characteristics for transistor in common
emitter configuration. 08
5 a An N-channel MOSFET has a threshold voltage and
when . Calculate
i) Drain current if and
ii) Drain to source resistance for small values of , if 06
b Mention advantages of providing voltage-series negative feedback to an
amplifier. 05
c Draw the circuit of CMOS NAND and explain its working. 05
OR
6 a Three amplifier stages are cascaded with input providing 150V peak
to peak output. If the voltage gain of the first stage is 20 and the input to the
third stage is , find:
(i) The overall voltage gain in dB
(ii) Voltage gains of second and third stages
(iii) Input voltage to the second stage.
(iv) Voltage gain of each stage in dB. 08
b Explain the operation of an N-channel enhancement MOSFET with a
suitable diagram along with its output characteristics. 08
7 a List atleast 8 characteristics of an ideal op-amp and indicate their typical
values for a practical op-amp. 08
b Draw a circuit and design the values of different resistors of a summer
circuit using 2 ideal op-amps to get an output voltage
where and are the available input voltages. 08
8 a List six differences between amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency
modulation (FM). 06
b Draw the block diagram of communication system and explain the function
of each block. 05
c An amplitude modulated wave with a modulation index of 50% produces
sideband frequencies of 8.824MHz and 8.854MHz. The amplitude of each
sideband is 50V. Determine the amplitude and frequency of both carrier and
modulating signals. 05
