Basic Electronics

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

Module - 1
Semiconductor Diodes and Applications & Bipolar Junction Transistors
1. What are conductor, insulator, and semiconductors?
2. Explain what is depletion region in PN-junction diode?
3. What is reverse saturation current in a diode?
4. What is threshold voltage of a diode?
5. Write a diode conduction equation. Explain the meaning of each symbol.
6. Draw the circuit of forward-biased diode.
7. A Ge diode operates at room temperature of 220C with a forward current of 40mA.
The forward voltage across diode is 0.25V. Find reverse saturation current of diode.
8. What is HWR? Explain the operation with circuit diagram.
9. What is FWR? Explain the operation with circuit diagram.
10. Derive equation for IDC, IRMS , ERMS, Pin , Pout , and for HWR.
11. Derive equation for IDC, IRMS , ERMS, Pin , Pout , and for FWR.
12. Explain the circuit operation of Zener diode.
13. What is ripple factor of a diode rectifier?
14. Design the Zener regulator for the following specifications
Output voltage

5V

Load current

20Ma

Zener wattage

500mW

Input voltage

125 3V

15. Explain biased and unbiased BJT operation.

16. Why the base layer of a BJT is made very thin compared to other two layers?
17. In three regions of operation of a BJT how are the junction diodes.
18. Define and of a BJT? And what is the relation between them?
19. Explain common collector configuration.
20. Compare CC,CE and CB configurations.

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Module - 2
BJT Biasing & Introduction to OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS
1. What is meant by biasing of a transistor?
2. For voltage divider bias circuit, write equations for calculating RB, RC and the
voltage divider resistors.
3. Define ripple factor show from first principles R.F.of a H.W.R.
4. Draw and explain the working of bridge type F.W.R with necessary waveforms.
Derive the expression for Idc and .
5. A transistor has IB= 100A and IC= 2mA. Find a) and of the transistor c) Emitter
current IE d) If IB changes by +25A and IC changes by 0.6mA, find new value of .
6. A transistor has = 150, calculate collector and base currents if emitter current is 12
mA.
7. In the circuit shown, a silicon transistor with Vbe= 0.7V, = 50 is used. Draw dc load

line and mark Q point for the given values of VCC = 12 V,RC = 2.2 K, Rb = 240
K

8. What is an Op-Amp? What are the basic properties of an Op-Amp

9. Give ideal and practical OP-AMP characteristics.
10. Explain inverting and non inverting OP-AMP operation.
11. Explain the working of Op-Amp as
a. Summing Amplifier
b. Integrator
c. Differentiator
12. List of characteristics of an ideal Op-Amp.
13. State some of the applications of Op-Amp.
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14. Explain the application of an Op-Amp as a voltage follower.

15. Describe Op-Amp, and various stages of Op-Amp.
16. How an Op-Amp is used as an Comparator?
17. What is meant by virtual ground?

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Module - 3
DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
1. Convert 11011012 to decimal.
2. Convert 6910 to binary.
3. Convert 1010111011110101 to hexadecimal.
4. Perform (123456)8 =(?)10
5. Perform (ABCDEF)H = (?)d
6. Convert FA87616 to binary.
7. Convert FA27D16 to decimal.
8. Convert the decimal number 57345 to hexadecimal.
9. Convert 1010111011110101 to octal.
10. Convert 67548 to binary.
11. Convert the decimal number 57345 to octal.
12. List and prove the Boolean identities (Boolean relations).
13. What are universal gates.
14. Implement all logic gates using NOR gate.
15. Implement all logic gates using NAND gate.
16. State and prove De-Morgans Theorem.
17. Implement all the logic gates with a truth table.
18. Factorize the following Boolean equation.
(a) Y = AB+AC+BD+CD
19. Implement NOT, AND, OR gates using NAND and NOR gates.
20. What is half adder? Give expressions for sum and carry.
21. What is full adder? Give expressions for sum and carry.
22. Explain Full adder, Implement full adder circuit with two half adder circuit.

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Module - 4
Flip-Flops & Microcontrollers
1. Explain NAND gate latch and NOR gate latch.
2. Explain RS flip flops.
3. Explain gated flip flops.
4. Explain the microcontroller architecture? Explain the working of it.
5. Explain the features of microcontroller 8051.

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Module - 5
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS & TRANSDUCERS
1. What are the advantages of digital communication over analog communication?
2. What is modulation? Why its required?
3. Write short note Amplitude modulation
4. What are diff b/w FM & AM
5. Explain with neat diagram the principle of Amplitude Modulation; write the
expressions for an AM wave.
6. What is a transducer?
7. Distinguish between active and passive transducers?
8. Explain resistance displacement transducer.
9. What are resistance thermometers?
10. Explain the thermistor. Give a expression for its resistance.
11. What are the applications of thermistor?
12. Explain the working of linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) with a
diagram.
13. Explain the principle of piezoelectric transducer. What is the application?
14. What is an electric transducer? What are the different forms?
15. Explain the principle of photoelectric transducer. What is the application?

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