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TARGET : GATE 2024/25

academy S i nc e 20 0 4

Analog Electronics
(Brahmastra Plus)
Topic : Current Mirror Circuit DPP - 07
Question 1
Consider a MOS current mirror circuit shown in below figure, given that parameter of MOSFET are
Vss  10 V , Kn  250 A/V2 , VTN  1 V,   0.0133 V1 and I REF  150 A . The value of current ‘ I 0 ’ (in
mA) is _________. (Rounded upto one decimal place)

I REF I0

M1 M2

Vss

..Common Data for Q.2 & Q.3..

Consider a MOS current mirror circuit shown in below figure, given that parameter of MOSFET
VTN  1 V, Kn'  25 A/V2 , and I REF  50 A .

I REF I0

W  3 W  25
     
 L 1 1  L 2 1

15 V

Question 2
The value of the mirror ratio of the circuit when channel length modulation is zero ______. (Rounded
upto two decimal place)
Question 3
The value of the mirror ratio of the circuit when channel length modulation is 0.02 V 1 ______. (Rounded
upto two decimal place)
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..Common Data for Q.4 & Q.5..
Consider a MOS current mirror circuit shown in below figure, given that parameter of MOSFET
VTN  1 V, Kn'  25 A/V2 , and I REF  50 A .
10 V

I REF
I0

W  5 W  2
     
 L 2 1  L 2 1

15 V
Question 4
The value of the mirror ratio of the circuit when channel length modulation is zero ______. (Rounded
upto two decimal place)
Question 5
The value of the mirror ratio of the circuit when channel length modulation is 0.02 V 1 ______. (Rounded
upto two decimal place)

..Common Data for Q.6 & Q.7..

Consider a MOS and BJT current mirrors circuit shown in below figure, given that parameter of MOSFET and
BJT are VGS  2V, VDS 2  10 V  VCE 2 ,   0.02 V1, VA  50 V , and   100 . Assume MOSFET M1 & M 2 and
both BJT Q1 & Q2 are identical.

I REF I0
I REF I0

M1 M2
Q1 Q2

Vss VEE
Question 6
The value of the mirror ratio of the MOS current mirror circuit is ________. (Rounded upto two decimal
place)
Question 7
The value of the mirror ratio of the BJT current mirror circuit is ________. (Rounded upto two decimal
place)

..Common Data for Q.8 to Q.10..

Consider a BJT current mirror circuit shown in below figure,
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Question 8 15 V

The value of mirror ratio such that VA   and    is __________.

I REF  1 A I 0  0.5 A
(Rounded upto two decimal place)
Question 9
The value of mirror ratio such that VA   and   75 is
__________. (Rounded upto two decimal place) A 0.5 A

Question 10
The value of mirror ratio such that VA  60 and   75 and
VB  0.7 V is __________. (Rounded upto two decimal place)

..Common Data for Q.11 to Q.13..

Consider a BJT current mirror circuit shown in below figure,
Question 11 15 V

The value of mirror ratio such that VA   and    is __________.

I REF  2 A I0  5 A
(Rounded upto two decimal place)
Question 12
The value of mirror ratio such that VA   and   75 is __________.
(Rounded upto two decimal place)
Question 13
The value of mirror ratio such that VA  60 and   75 and VB  0.7 V
is __________. (Rounded upto two decimal place)

..Common Data for Q.14 & Q.15..

Consider the Widlar current mirror circuit shown in below figure,

I REF I0

Q1, AE1 Q2 , AE 2

Question 14
The value of resistance R (in k ) is required to set I 0  25 A if I REF  100 A and AE 2  5 AE1 is
_________. (Rounded upto one decimal place)
Question 15
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The value of output current ‘ I 0 ’ (in A ) the Widlar source if I REF  100 A, R  100  and AE 2  10 AE1
is ___________. (Rounded upto two decimal place)
Question 16
Consider the MOS current mirror circuit shown in below figure, the value of output current I 0 (in A )
such that I REF  200 A, R  2 k , and Kn2  10, Kn1  250 A/V2 is _________. (Rounded upto two
decimal place)
VDD

I REF I0

M1 M2

..Common Data for Q.17 to Q.19..

Consider the Widlar current mirror circuit shown in below figure, if R1  50 k, RE  3 k, V   5V , and
V   5 V . The transistor parameters are   120 and VBE1 on   0.7 V .
V

IRE F R1
I0

Q1 Q2

RE

V
Question 17
The value of the current ‘ I REF ’ (in mA) is _________ (Rounded upto two decimal places).
Question 18
The value of the current ‘ I 0 ’ (in A) is _________ (Rounded upto two decimal places).
Question 19
The value of the base to emitter of transistor Q2 (in volt) is _________ (Rounded upto two decimal places).

..Common Data for Q.20 & Q.21..

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Consider the circuit shown in below figure, let I REF  200 A . The transistor parameters are

Kn1  Kn2  0.2 mA/V2 , VTN1  VTN 2  0.5 V and 1   2  0 .

V 5V

IRE F
I0

M1 M2

RS

Question 20
The value of the current ‘ I 0 ’ (in A) such a that Rs  10 k is ________ (Rounded upto two decimal
places)
Question 21
The value of the resistance ‘ Rs ’ (in k ) such a that I 0  0.5 I REF is ________ (Rounded upto two decimal
places)

..Common Data for Q.22 to Q.24..

Consider the circuit shown in below figure, the transistor M 2 sources a bias current to a load circuit. Assume the
circuit is biased at V   5 V and V   5 V , and assume the transistor parameters are,

VTP  0.5 V, k p'  50 A/V2 , W / L 1  W / L 2  15, W / L 3  3 V

and   0 .
Question 22
M1 M2
The value of the current ‘ I REF ’ (in mA) is _________. (Rounded upto two
decimal places). IRE F

Question 23 I0
The value of the current ‘ I 0 ’ (in mA) is _________. (Rounded upto two
decimal places). M3

Question 24
The value of the voltage ‘ VSD 2 ’ (sat) (in Volt) is _________. (Rounded upto
two decimal places). V

..Common Data for Q.25 to Q.27.

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Consider the circuit shown in below figure, the transistor M 2 sources a bias current to a load circuit. Assume the
circuit is biased at V   5 V and V   5 V . The transistor parameters are

VTP  1.2 V, k p'  80 A/V2 ,   0, W / L 1  W / L 2  25 , and W / L3  W / L 4  4 .

V

M1 M2

IRE F I0

M3

M4

V
Question 25
The value of the current ‘ I REF ’ (in mA) is _________. (Rounded upto two decimal places).
Question 26
The value of the current ‘ I 0 ’ (in mA) is _________. (Rounded upto two decimal places).
Question 27
The value of the voltage ‘ VSD 2 ’ (sat) (in Volt) is _________. (Rounded upto two decimal places).

..Common Data for Q.28 & Q.29..

A Wilson current mirror is shown in Figure, the parameters are : V   5 V,V   5 V and I REF  80 A .

The transistor parameters are : VTN  1 V,Kn  80 A/V2 and   0.02 V 1 .

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V

IRE F I0
VD 3
M3

M1 M2

V
Question 28
The value of the current I 0 (in A ) such a that VD3  1 V is ________ (Rounded upto two decimal
places).
Question 29
The value of the current I 0 (in A ) such a that VD3  3 V is ________ (Rounded upto two decimal
places).
Question 30
Consider the multi transistor current source shown in below figure, the V 5V

transistor parameters are VTN  0.7 V, kn'  80 A/V2 and   0 . IRE F

Assume M 3 , M 4 and M 5 are identical. The value of the width-to-length

M5
ratio of the transistor M1 and M 4 of the circuit such that
I REF  0.1 mA, I01  0.2 mA and I 02  0.3 mA .
W  W  M4
(A)    5.35,    2.68
 L 1  L 4 I01 I02
W  W 
(B)    2.68,    5.35 M3 M2
 L 1  L 4 M1
W  W 
(C)    6.45,    5.35
 L 1  L 4
W  W 
(D)    2.68,    6.45
 L 1  L 4 V
Question 31
For the circuit shown in Figure, I REF  100 A . The transistor parameters are
VTN  0.4 V, VTP  0.4 V, kn'  100 A/V2 , k p'  60 A/V2 , and I REF
M3 M4

n   p  0 . The transistor width-to-length ratios are I0

W / L 1  4, W / L 2  2.5, W / L 3  6 and W / L 4  4 .
M1 M2
The value of the ‘ I 0 ’ (in A ) is __________ (Rounded upto two decimal
places).
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Answer Key
1. 165.0 2. 8.33 3. 0.400 4. 10.4 5. 0.462
6. 1.15 7. 1.16 8. 0.500 9. 2.500 10. 0.49
11. 2.39 12. 0.606 13. 2.95 14. 3.0 15. 301.0
16. 764.0 17. 0.18 18. 19.53 19. 0.64 20. 50.00
21. 2.93 22. 2.90 23. 2.90 24. 2.78 25. 1.14
26. 1.14 27. 1.07 28. 76.94 29. 77.14 30. A
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