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Midband Analysis of Small Signal Amplifiers Part - A
Midband Analysis of Small Signal Amplifiers Part - A
PART A
1. What do you understand by Operating point? (2)
2. Why do we choose the Q point at the center of the load line? (2)
3. Name the two techniques used in the stability of the q point
.explain.? (2)
4. Define stability factor &Give the expression for stability factor? (2)
5. List out the different types of biasing. (2)
6. What do you meant by thermal runway? (2)
7. Why transistor is called as a current controlled device? (2)
8. Define current amplification factor? (2)
9. What are the requirements for biasing circuits? (2)
10. When does a transistor act as a switch? (2)
11. What is biasing? (2)
12. What is an operating point? (2)
13. What is d.c load line? (2)
14. Explain about the various regions in a transistor? (2)
15. Explain about the characteristics of a transistor? (2)
16. Why the operating point is selected at the Centre of the active
region? (2)
17. What is an amplifier? (2)
18. What is small signal amplifier? (2)
19. What is a Darlington pair? (2)
20. Define Common Mode Rejection Ratio. (2)
21. What is meant by Differential Amplifier? (2)
22. What do you mean by balanced and unbalanced output? (2)
23. What are the methods of improving CMRR? (2)
24. Give few applications of differential amplifier (2)
25. What are the advantages of double tuned over single tuned? (2)
26. List the four differential amplifier configurations (2)
PART B
1. Draw the circuit of a common source FET amplifier & explain its
operation? (16)
2. Briefly explain the operation of a Darlington emitter follower and
also derive an
expression for its performance measures? (16)
3. What is a differential amplifier? Explain its working in common mode
operation.
Obtain its AC equivalent circuit & drive the expression for voltage gain?
(16)
4. Draw the circuit diagram of a differential amplifier. Explain the
operation in difference
mode and common mode? (16)
5. What are the methods to improve the CMRR of differential amplifier?
Detail any two
of them. (16)
6. i) What is meant by bias stability? What factors affect BJT biasing?
(8)
ii)With the help of neat diagram explain the voltage divider biasing
method for JFET
(8)
7. i) Explain with circuit diagram the boot strapped Darlington emitter
follower. (8)
ii) Draw the circuit diagram of self-bias circuit using CE configuration
and explain
how it stabilizes operating point. (8)
8. Draw the small signal hybrid model of CE amplifier and derive the
expression for its
AI.AV,RI and RO. (16)
UNIT II
FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF AMPLIFIERS
PART A
1. Draw a hybrid- model for a BJT. (2)
2. What is the relationship between bandwidth and rise time? (2)
3. What are the high frequency effects? (2)
4. If the rise time of a BJT is 35 nano seconds, what is the bandwidth
that can be
obtained using this BJT? (2)
5. Explain the usefulness of the decibel unit. (2)
6. Define the term bandwidth of an amplifier? (2)
7. State various capacitances in the hybrid model? (2)
8. Define the term bandwidth of an amplifier? (2)
9. Why it is not possible to use the h- parameters at high frequencies?
(2)
10. What do you mean by the half power or 3 db frequencies? (2)
PART B
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? (8)
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. (12)
ii) Define alpha cut off frequency. (4)
4. i) Define f,f and fT and state the relation between f and fT (8)
ii) Explain the significance of octaves and decades. (8)