UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND TELCEOMMUNICATIONS

ENGINEERING

TE441: ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS FOR ENGINEERS III

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS # 1
1.

What should be the minimum value of PIV for each diode of a full-wave bridge
rectifier when connected to an ac source of 30Vrms?

2.

What is the average of a half-wave rectified voltage with a peak value of 15V?

3.

What is the ripple factor of a sinusoidal signal having a peak ripple of 2V on an

average of 50V?

4.

A half-wave rectifier develops 20Vdc, what is the value of the ripple voltage?

5.

What is the rms ripple voltage of a full-wave rectifier with output voltage of
8Vdc?

6.

A certain full-wave rectifier has a peak output voltage of 30V. A 50uF capacitor
filter is connected to the rectifier. Calculate the rms ripple and the dc output
voltage developed across a 600-Ohms load resistance? What is the percentage of
ripple?

7.

Calculate the output voltage and zener diode current in the regulator given in
figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1

8.

A voltage regulator circuit is given in figure 1-2. Explain how voltage regulation
is achieved. Determine the value of the regulated output voltage and the power
rating of transistor Q1

Figure 1-2
9.

A shunt voltage regulator is give in figure 1-3. Determine the regulated output
voltage, collector current, load current and current through the 33-Ohm resistor.

Figure 1-3
10.

Determine the output voltage for the circuit give in figure 1-4. If R3 is increased to
4700-Ohm, what happens to the output voltage?

Figure 1-4
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11.

Explain how the voltage regulator in figure 1-5 is protected against overload.
Determine the value of R4 if the load current is to be limited to a maximum of
250mA. What power rating must R4 have?

Figure 1-5

12.

If the maximum allowable input voltage in figure 1-6 is 25V, what is the
maximum possible output current when the output short-circuited? What power
rating should R1 have?

Figure 1-6

13.

A basic switching voltage regulator is shown in figure 1-7. If the switching

frequency of the transistor is 100-Hz with an off-time of 6ms, what is the output
voltage? What is the duty cycle?

Figure 1-7

14.

Determine the regulated output voltage from the circuit given in figure 1-8

Figure 1-8
15.

For the voltage regulator circuit given in figure 1-9, determine the value of Rext if
the maximum internal regulator current is to be 250mA.

Figure 1-9
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