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EE, EC, CS & IT, IN GATE 2023 Crash Course

Subject : Digital Electronics DPP-12

Topic : ADC & DAC

1. Consider the following statements 5. An 8-bit successive approximation ADC has
I. A 5-bit DAC providing current outputs, produces resolution of 20 mV. If analog input is 2.17 V, then its
10 mA of current for a digital inputs of 101002. digital output will be
This DAC will produce output current of 100 (a) 00101000 (b) 1101 0111
mA for a digital input of 111012. (c) 0110 1100 (d) 1001 0011
II. The largest value of output voltage from an 8-bit 6. The majority of digital voltmeters are built with dual
DAC that produces 1.0 V for a digital input of slope ADCs because these
00110010, will be 5.1 V.
(a) are less complex than other types of ADCs.
Of these, the correct statement(s) is (are)
(b) are faster than other types of ADCs.
(a) only I (b) only II
(c) can be designed to be insensitive to noise and
(c) both I and II (d) neither I nor II interference
Consider data for 2, 3 and 4 (d) provide BCD outputs.
A 4-bit DAC using binary weighted resistors, is shown 7. The resolution of a 4-bit counting ADC is 0.5 Volts.
below. The digital inputs are either 0 V or 5 V. For an analog input of 6.6 Volts, the digital output of
the ADC will be
(a) 1011 (b) 1101
(c) 1100 (d) 1110
8. An 8 bit successive approximation analog to digital
converter has full scale reading of 2.55 V and its
conversion time for an analog input of 1V is 20 s.
2. What is full scale output (in volts) of DAC ?
The conversion time for a 2 V input will be
(a) -4.6875 (b) -18
(a) 10 s (b) 20 s
(c) 5 (d) -9.375
(c) 40 s (d) 50 s
3. If value of RL is changed to 0.8 k the resolution will
9. The number of comparators in a 4-bit flash ADC is
be
(a) 4 (b) 5
(a) 0.5 V (b) 0.25 V
(c) 15 (d) 16
(c) 0.35 V (d) 0.8 V
10. Consider a four bit D to A converter. The analog
4. lf value of Rf is reduced by a factor 4, the full scale
value corresponding to a digital signals of values
output will
0000 and 0001 are 0 V and 0.0625 V respectively.
(a) also reduce by a factor of 4 , The analog value (in Volts) corresponding to the
(b) remain unchanged digital signal 1111 is _________.
(c) be halved
(d) increase by a factor of 4.
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Answer Key
1. (b) 7. (d)
2. (d) 8. (b)
3. (a) 9. (c)
4. (a) 10. (0.9-1.0)
5. (c)
6. (c)

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