EC1203

Electronics Circuits - I

ECE

KINGS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Subject Code:

EC1203

Subject Name:

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - I

Year/Sem: II/III

UNIT I - TRANSISTOR BIASING

PART A (2 Marks)
1. Why do we choose q point at the center of the load line?
2. Name the two techniques used in the stability of the q point, explain.
3. Why is the operating point selected at the Centre of the active region?
4. List out the different types of biasing.
5. What do you meant by thermal runway?
6.Why is the transistor called a current controlled device?
7. Define current amplification factor?
8. What are the requirements for biasing circuits?
9. When does a transistor act as a switch?
10. What is biasing?
11. What is operating point?
12. What is stability factor?
13. What is d.c load line?
14. What are the advantages of fixed bias circuit?
15. Explain about the various regions in a transistor
16. Explain about the characteristics of a transistor
17. What is the necessary of the coupling capacitor?
18. What is reverse saturation current?
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. Explain the need for biasing , Stability factor and Fixed bias circuit
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2. Explain in detail different types of biasing circuits

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3. Explain the advantage of self bias (voltage divider bias) over other types of biasing.

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4. Explain the various types of bias compensation techniques.

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5. i) Explain biasing of FET

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ii) Explain biasing of MOSFET

UNIT II

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SMALL SIGNAL AMPLIFIERS
PART A (2 Marks)

1. What is an amplifier?
2. How are amplifiers classified according to the input?
3. How are amplifiers classified according to the transistor configuration?
4. What is the different analysis available to analyze a transistor?
5. How can a DC equivalent circuit of an amplifier be obtained?
6. How can a AC equivalent circuit of a amplifier be obtained?
7. What is small signal amplifier?
8. Draw the small signal equivalent model or h-parameter model of a transistor.
9. What are the advantages of h-parameter equivalent circuit?
10. Tabulate the h-parameters for all the 3 configurations.
11. What are the steps involved in midband analysis of single stage amplifiers?
12. What is the need to go for simplified hybrid model?
13. What are the techniques available to improve the input impedances?
14. Define CMRR
15. State Millers theorem.
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. Explain the AC and DC Analysis of Common Emitter amplifier.

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2. Explain the AC and DC Analysis Common Base Amplifier.

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3. Explain the AC and DC Analysis Common collector Amplifier.

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4. Draw the circuit of a common source FET amplifier & explain its operation

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5. Briefly explain the operation of a Darlington emitter follower and also derive an expression
for its performance measures

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6. What is a differential amplifier? Explain its working in common mode operation. Obtain its
AC equivalent circuit & drive the expression for voltage gain

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7. Draw the circuit diagram of a differential amplifier. Explain the operation in difference mode
and common mode

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8. What are the methods to improve the CMRR of differential amplifier? Detail any two of them.
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9. i) Explain with circuit diagram the boot strapped Darlington emitter follower.

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ii) Draw the circuit diagram of self-bias circuit using CE configuration and explain how it
stabilizes operating point.

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10. Draw the small signal hybrid model of CE amplifier and derive the expression for its
AI,AV,RI and RO.

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UNIT III

FREQUENCY RESPONSE
PART A (2 Marks)

1. Draw the general shape of the Frequency response of amplifiers.

2. Define bandwidth.
3. Draw the hybrid equivalent circuit of BJTs.
4. Define base spreading resistance (rbb).
5. Define rise time
6. Give the relationship between rise time and bandwidth.
7. What are high frequency effects?
8. What is the difference in bandwidth between single stage and multistage amplifiers?
9. What results in a sag?
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. Derive the expression for the CE short circuit current gain of transistor at high frequency (16)
2. i)What is the effect of Cbe on the input circuit of a BJT amplifier at High frequencies?

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ii) Derive the equation for gm which gives the relation between gm, Ic and temperature. (8)
3. i) Draw the high frequency hybrid model for a transistor in the CE configuration and
explain the significance of each component.

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ii) Define alpha cut off frequency.

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4. i) Define f,f and fT and state the relation between f and fT

ii) Explain the significance of octaves and decades.

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5. Define unity gain frequency. Obtain the necessary relation using transistor frequency
response.

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6. Using hybrid model for CE amplifier. Derive an expression for its short circuit
current gain.

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UNIT IV

LARGE SIGNAL AMPLIFIERS

PART A (2 Marks)

1. Define large signal amplifier.

2. What are applications of power amplifier?
3. What are the features of large signal amplifiers?
4. What are the classification of large signal amplifiers?
5. What is class A amplifier?
6. What is class A amplifier?
7. What is class C amplifier?
8. What is class AB amplifier?
9. What is the construction of a class D amplifier?
10. What are the classification of Class A amplifier?
11. What are the advantages of directly coupled class A amplifier?
12. What are the advantages of transformer coupled class A amplifier?
13. What is frequency distortion?
14. Define heat sink.
PART B (16 MARKS)
1. Draw a neat circuit diagram of push-pull class-B amplifier. Explain its working.

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2. For the transformer coupled class A power amplifier circuit derive the expression for its
efficiency.

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3. Prove that the maximum efficiency of class B amplifier is 78.5% and that of Class A type is
50%.

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4. i) Compare class A, class B and class C power amplifier in their performance and
efficiency.

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ii) Give the design procedure for heat sinks.

5. What is the difference between a voltage amplifier and a power amplifier?

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6. Discuss the advantage and disadvantage of a complementary symmetry class B amplifier (16)
7. With the help of neat diagram. Explain the characteristics of class A amplifier and also derive
an expression for its efficiency and figure of merit.

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UNIT V -FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS

PART A (2 Marks)
1. What is feedback?
2. What are feedback amplifiers?
3. What are the types of feedback?
4. What is positive feedback?
5. What is negative feedback?
6. Which feedback decreases the gain of the amplifier?
7. Which feedback increases the gain of the amplifier?
8. What is the advantage of negative feedback?
9. What is the disadvantage of negative feedback?
10. Define sensitivity.
11. Define Desensitivity.
12. What are the conditions for sustained oscillator or what is Barkhausen criterion?

PARTB (16MARKS)
1. i. Explain the Concepts of Feedback in Amplifier.
ii. Give the properties of Negative feedback.

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2. Discuss the differential voltage/current-series/shunt feedback connections with expression for

gain, input resistance and output resistance.

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3. Draw and explain various feedback amplifier topologies

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4. Determine the voltage gain, input and output impedence with feedback for Voltage series
feedback having A =-100, Ri=10k, Ro=20 k and = -0.1

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5. With the topologies compare the four types of negative feedback amplifier?

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