FIFTH SEMESTER B.TECH.

(ENGINEERING) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010

EC 2K 504 / PTEC 2K 503 - LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

I.

(a) What is the need for compensation? (b) List the characteristics

How the compensation schemes are achieved?

of an Ideal operational amplifier.

(c) Draw the wide swing current differential amplifier and discuss its advantages. (d) Compare the CMOS op-amp configurations with and without compensations. (e) Explain the operation of a 4-quadrant multiplier. (f) Briefly explain the current-to-voltage converter.

(g) Give the active realization of IT order high pass filter. (h) With the expression for the gain, explain in detail about the Butterworth approximation. (8 x 5 = 40 marks) II. (a) Derive the frequency response of the 741-operational Or (b) Draw the BJT differential amplifier configuration and derive the expression for its output voltage. Also give any two applications of the differential amplifiers. III. (a) Explain in detail about wide swing constant transconductance Or (b) Explain how the voltage gain of an two stage amplifier is improved using the cascode configuration. IV. (a) Draw the circuit of a log amplifier using two op-amps and explain its operation. Also derive an expression for its output voltage. Or (b) (i) List the different types of comparators. (ii) Draw the circuit of an comparator and explain its operation. V. (a) Design a low-pass Butterworth filter with 3-dB bandwidth of 200 Hz and an attenuation of 50 dB at 400 Hz. Find the order of the filter. Or (b) Draw the second order Sallen Key filter and derive the expression for its voltage gain. (4 x 15 differential amplifier. amplifier.

= 60 marks)