SSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KALAVAKKAM- 603 110

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

EE 6303- LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS &

APPLICATIONS

REVIEW QUESTIONS
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What are the advantages of IC?

What are the features of differential amplifier?
What are the basic feedback configurations?
What is meant by virtual ground?
What are the packages available for IC741?
Compare Inverting & Non inverting op-amps.(Ideal & Practical)
Determine the output voltage of a differential amplifier for the input
voltages of 300V and 240 V. The differential gain of the amplifier is
5000 and the value of the CMRR is (i) 100 and (ii) 105.
Ans: Vo = 313.5mV, Vo = 300.0135mV

8. If the base currents for the emitter coupled transistors of a differential

amplifier are 18A and 22A, determine (i) Input bias Current, (ii)
Input offset current for an op-amp.
Ans: IB = 20 A , Iios =4 A.
9. For a particular op-amp, the input offset current is 20nA while input
bias current is 60nA. Calculate the values of two input bias currents.
Ans: Ib1=70nA, Ib2=50nA.
10. An op-amp operates as a unity gain buffer with 3V peak to peak square
wave input. If op-amp is ideal with slew rate 0.5V/sec, find the
maximum frequency of operation.
Ans: fmax =53.051 kHz.
11. For a typical op-amp, ICQ =15A and C=35pF. The peak value of the
input is 12V. Determine the slew rate and maximum possible
frequency of the input voltage that can be applied to get undistorted
output .
Ans: fmax =5.684 kHz.

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12. The open loop gain of a certain op-amp falls to 0dB at a frequency of
10MHz. Find the transient response rise time, if it is used as unity gain
amplifier. Ans: 35ns
13. Write notes on commercial op-amp parameters.
14. Mention the most commonly used cascode connections.
15. What is the significance of swamping resistors?
16. Draw the different arrangements for obtaining dual power supply for
an op-amp.
17. Draw the ideal transfer characteristic of an op-amp.
18. For a noninverting amplifier, the values of R1 & Rf are 1 k and 10 k
respectively. The various op-amp parameters are AOL =2105, Ri
=2M,
Ro =75, single break frequency =5Hz, Supply voltages
= 12V. Calculate the closed loop gain, input resistance, output
resistance and bandwidth with feedback.
Ans: ACL =10.999; Rinf =36.36G;Rof=4.12m;ff=90.91kHz.
19. For a practical inverting amplifier, the values of R1 & Rf are 470 and
4.7 k respectively. The various op-amp parameters are AOL =2105,
Ri =2M, Ro =75, single break frequency=5Hz,Supply voltages =
15V. Calculate the closed loop gain, input resistance, output
resistance and bandwidth with feedback.
Ans: ACL =-10; Rinf =2M;Rof=4.12m;ff=90.905kHz.
20. What is an averaging amplifier?
21. Design an op-amp circuit which can give the output as Vo =2Vi3V2+4V3-5V4.
22. Calculate the output voltage Vo of the circuit shown in fig. below :
Ans: Vo = -2.5V

23. Derive the expression in the form of a differential equation for the
output voltage of the circuit shown below. Ans:

d 2 v(t ) L CR1 R 2 dv(t ) R 2

vo(t ) LC

dt R1 v(t )
R1
dt 2

24. Draw an op-amp circuit to implement the following expression.

25. Vo V1 V2 V3 V4 2
26. Find Vo for the adder-subtractor circuit shown in figure.
Ans: Vo = 6.58V

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27. A sine wave of 0.5V peak-to-peak voltage is applied to an inverting

amplifier using R1=10k and Rf=5010k. It uses the supply voltage of
12V.Simulate the circuit and paste the waveform. If the amplitude is
increased to 5V, what will be the output? Is it practically possible?
Simulate the condition and paste the waveform.
28. Simulate the frequency response of practical differentiator using
PSPICE software.
29. Simulate the frequency response of practical integrator circuits
PSPICE software.
30. Mention the various stages of an Op-amp.
31. What is the order of forward voltage drop in precision diode?
32. What are the advantages of ICs over discrete component circuits?
33. Why are FET op-amps better than BJT op-amps?
34. Classify ICs.
35. What is the use of precision diode?
36. What is the other name for clamper?
37. What is the purpose of compensating network?
38. What is the minimum gain of Op-amp RC phase shift oscillator?
39. Draw the input & output waveforms of op-amp monostable multi.
40. What is the difference between triangular & saw tooth waveform
generators?
41. What are the advantages of Wein bridge oscillator?
42. What is a Sallen-key filter?
43. Define a Notch filter.
44. What are the performance parameters of DAC?
45. What are the steps in making Si-wafers?
46. Write the chemical reaction during oxidation process.
47. What is Rubylith?
48. Draw the arrangement used for Ion implanation.
49. What are the advantages of using Aluminum for metallization of ICs?
50. Convert the following circuit into IC with necessary explanation.

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51. For the Instrumentation amplifier shown in Fig.2., Verify that,

R
2R
VO 1 2 2 V2 V1
R
R1

52. Design a fourth order Butterworth low pass filter having upper cut-off
frequency of 1kHz. Assume C = 0.1microFarad. Draw the circuit.
53. Design a 50Hz active notch filter. Assume C = 0.1microFarad.
54. A Schmitt trigger with VUT = 0V and VH =0.2V converts a 1kHz sine
wave of amplitude 4Vpp into square wave. Calculate the time duration
of the negative and positive portion of the output waveform.
55. Design the square wave oscillator for f =1kHz. The op-amp with
supply voltages of 15V.
56. The basic step of 9-bit DAC is 10.3mV.If 000000000 represents 0V,
what output is produced if the input is 101101111? Ans: 3.78V
57. What output voltage would be produced by a DAC whose output range
is 0 to 10V and whose binary number is 10111100? Ans: 7.34V
58. What is the conversion time of a 10-bit successive approximation ADC
if its input clock is 5MHz? Ans:2usec
59. A dual slope ADC uses a 18-bit counter with 5MHz clock. The
maximum input voltage is +12V and the maximum integrator output
voltage at 2N count is 10V. R=100k. If the input voltage is +5.237,
find the digital number in binary, which represents the count in the
register. Ans:101000100001100001
60. Write short notes on Opto coupler ICs.

Dr. R. Ramaprabha, Associate Professor