DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK (REGULATION 2021)

SUBJECT NAME : ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS

YEAR/SEMESTER:II/III
UNIT – I

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

PART- A
1. Define the transition capacitance of the diode.
2. Differentiate between zener breakdown and avalanche breakdown.
3. What is a rectifier?
4. What are the applications of zener diode?
5. Why is BJT a current controlled device?
6. What are the applications of UJT?
7. Determine the emitter current for the transistor circuit if Ic=80mA and β=170.
8. Mention the operating modes of MOSFET.
9. Define static resistance.
10. Define dynamic resistance.
11. What are the types of biasing?
12. Draw the VI characteristics of PN junction diode.
13. What is meant by depletion region?
14. Why is collector region wider than emitter region in BJT?
15. Give the current gain expression for a CE transistor configuration.
PART B
1.Explain the operation of PN junction under forward bias condition and under reverse bias condition
with its characteristics.
2.Explain details about the characteristics on zener diode with neat Sketch.
3. Explain the input and output characteristics of a transistor in CB configuration.
4.Draw the circuit diagram of a NPN transistor CE configuration and the input and output characteristics.
Also define its operating regions.
5. Explain the input and output characteristics of a transistor in CC configuration.
6.With neat diagram explain the operation of MOSFET in Depletion mode and derive its current
equations
7.With neat diagram explain the operation of MOSFET in Enhancement mode and derive its current
equations
8. Explain the construction , operation, equivalent circuit V-I characteristics and application of UJT
9.With neat diagram explain the operation of Half wave rectifier.
10.Draw the circuit diagram of a Full wave rectifier and explain its characteristics.
UNIT – II
 AMPLIFIERS
1. Why do you fix the operating point in the middle of the dc load line?
2. .Define stability factor
3. What is the need for biasing?
4. What do you understand by dc load line?
5. What are the characteristics of CC amplifier?
6. What are the characteristics of CE amplifier?
7. What are the characteristics of CB amplifier?
8. Draw the small signal equivalent circuit of the BJT.
9. Define stability factor.
10. Why capacitive coupling used to connect a signal source to an amplifier?
PART – B

1. Explain the basic three types of biasing circuit

2. Explain the analysis of CE small signal amplifier using h-parameter.
3. Draw the small signal equivalent circuit of FET amplifier in CS connection and derive the equations
for voltage gain, Input Impedance and output impedance.
4. Compare CB, CE and CC amplifiers.
5. Draw the small signal equivalent circuit of FET amplifier in CD connection and derive the equations
for voltage gain, Input Impedance and output impedance.
6. With a neat diagram explain the source and drain resistance biasing of MOSFET.
7. Summarize the gain, input impedance and output impedance of single stage BJT amplifier using mid
bandanalysis.
8. Explain the basic common base amplifier circuit and derive the expressions for its small signal voltage
gain, current gain, input impedance and output impedance.

UNIT – III
MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIERS AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER
PART A
1. Define CMRR.
2. What is meant by differential amplifier?
3. If CMRR of an amplifier is 100 dB, calculate common mode gain , if the differential gain is 1000.
4. Find CMRR of differential amplifier with differential gain of 300 and common mode gain of 0.2.
5. What are the significance of differential amplifiers?
6. What are the applications of tuned amplifiers?
7. What is frequency response of an aamplifier?
8. What is neutralization?
9. Two amplifiers having gain 20dB and 40dB are cascaded. Find the overall gain in dB?
PART B
1. Explain cascode amplifier with neat sketch.
2. Explain the function of differential amplifier with neat circuit. Derive its Ad ,Ac and CMRR .
3. With neat circuit diagram, explain the operation of single tuned amplifier.
4. With neat circuit diagram, explain the operation of single tuned amplifier.
5. Explain MOSFET input stage of amplifier
6. Explain the variation in gain of amplifier with frequency
7. Explain any two types of neutralization method.

UNIT – IV
FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS
PART A
1. List the advantages of negative feedback amplifiers.
2. Name the types of feedback amplifiers.
3. A feedback amplifier has an open loop gain of 600 and feedback factor β=0.01. Find the closed
loop gain with negative feedback.
4. Define loop gain.
5. What is the effect of negative feedback on bandwidth?
6. Determine the gain with feedback for the amplifier with open loop gain of 300 and feedback
factor of 0.1
7. State Barkhausen Criterion for an oscillator.
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of RC phase shift oscillator.
9. A Wein Bridge oscillator is used for operation at 10KHz. If the value of the resistance R is
100KΩ, What is the value of C required?
10. Define Piezo electric effect.
11. List the advantages of crystal oscillator.
12. Mention any two high frequency LC oscillator.
13. Differentiate oscillator with amplifier.
14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Wein Bridge oscillator.
PART B
1. Describe the operation of voltage series feedback amplifier and derive the input impedance,
output impedance and gain..
2. Describe the operation of voltage shunt feedback amplifierand derive the input impedance, output
impedance and gain.
3. Describe the operation of current series feedback amplifier and derive the input impedance, output
impedance and gain..
4. Describe the operation of current shunt feedback amplifier and derive the input impedance, output
impedance and gain.
5. Draw the circuit of a Hartley oscillator and derive the condition for the frequency of oscillation.
6. Draw the circuit of a Colpitts oscillator and derive the condition for the frequency of oscillation.
7. With neat diagram, explain the RC phase shift oscillator.
8. With neat diagram, explain the Wein Bridge oscillator.
9. What is crystal oscillator? Draw the circuit and explain the operation
UNIT – V
POWER AMPLIFIERS AND DC TO DC CONVERTERS
PART A
1. Define power amplifier.
2. Why Buck converter is also called step down converter?
3. Compare the efficiency of class A, B,C and AB.
4. What is conversion efficiency in a power amplifier?
5. Why class A amplifier must not be operated under no signal condition?
6. Draw the circuit diagram of transformer coupled class A amplifier.
7. Define Class C operation of power amplifier.
8. What are the applications of Class C amplifiers?
9. Draw the characteristics of power MOSFET.
10. What is DC to DC converter? What are its types?

PART B
1. Explain the operation of series fed class A amplifier.
2. Discuss the class B push pull amplifier.
3. Explain the operation of Class C Power Amplifier
4. Explain the operation of class B MOSEFET amplifier
5. Explain the operation of Class AB MOSFET amplifier
6. With neat circuit, explain Buck converter and deduce the expression for iL
7. Explain the operation of Boost converter and deduce an expression for C.
8. Describe Buck Boost Converter with neat sketch.