Faculty of Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

BME-3, BIE-3, BEE-3
Electronics (MEC-ELE-311)
Assignment 2 Due date: 3 May, 2021

Question 1: Power electronic Devices.

a) With a well labelled diagram, describe the construction of a Silicon Controlled Rectifier.
(5)
b) Name the two types of MOSFETs and describe their difference in construction .(5)
c) In your own words, describe the operation of a MOSFET of your choice. (10)
Question 2: Digital electronics.
a) Find the Boolean expressions for the circuits if Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3. (6)

Figure 1

Figure 2
 Figure 3

b) Develop the truth table of each of the circuit diagrams in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3.
(9)
c) Figure 4 shows part of a simple alarm system used to protect a valuable necklace.

Figure 4

i) Construct a truth table for the alarm system. (5)

ii) Describe the operation of the alarm system. (10)

End of assignment