Assignment # 1

EE-215 Fall 23 DE-44 (C&SE)

Submission Deadline: 17/11/2023
Marks: 100 TVF: Ihsan Ullah Khalil
Q#1: In each of the ideal-diode circuits shown below (i-j), VI is a 1-kHz, 10-V peak sine wave. Sketch the
waveform resulting at VO. What are its positive and negative peak values?

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Q#2: A junction diode is operated in a circuit in which it is supplied with a constant current I. What is the effect
on the forward voltage of the diode if an identical diode is connected in parallel?

Q#3: Consider the half-wave rectifier circuit with the diode reversed. Let vS be a sinusoid with 12-V peak
amplitude and let R = 1.5 kΩ. Use the constant-voltage drop diode model with VD = 0.7 V.

(a) Sketch the transfer characteristic.

(b) Sketch the waveform of vO.
(c) Find the average value of vO.
(d) Find the peak current in the diode.
Q#4: A half-wave rectifier circuit with a 1-kΩ load operates from a 120-V (rms) 60-Hz household supply through
a 10-to-1 step-down transformer. It uses a silicon diode that can be modelled to have a 0.7-V drop for any current.
What is the peak voltage of the rectified output? For what fraction of the cycle does the diode conduct? What is
the average output voltage? What is the average current in the load?
Q#5: A full-wave bridge rectifier circuit with a 1-kΩ load operates from a 120-V (rms) 60-Hz household supply
through a 10-to-1 step-down transformer having a single secondary winding. It uses four diodes, each of which
can be modelled to have a 0.7-V drop for any current. What is the peak value of the rectified voltage across the
load? For what fraction of a cycle does each diode conduct? What is the average voltage across the load? What is
the average current through the load?
Q#6: Two transistors have EBJ areas as follows: AE1 = 400 μm × 400 μm and AE2 = 0.4 μm × 0.2 μm. If the two
transistors are operated in the active mode and conduct equal collector currents, what do you expect the difference
in their VBE values to be?
Q# 7: In a particular BJT, the base current is 10 μA, and the collector current is 600 μA. Find α and β for this
device.
Q# 8: Measurements made on a number of transistors operating in the active mode with IE= 1mA indicate base
currents of 50 μA, 10 μA, and 25 μA. For each device, find IC, α and β.
Q# 9: Consider an npn transistor whose base–emitter drop is 0.76 V at a collector current of 10 mA. What current
will it conduct at VBE = 0.70 V? What is its base–emitter voltage for IC = 10 μA.
Q# 10: A transistor for which IS = 10–16 A and β = 100 is conducting a collector current of 1 mA. Find VBE. Also,
find ISE and ISB for this transistor.