1. What is an op-amp? 2. Give the characteristics of an ideal op-amp: 3. How a non-inverting amplifier can be courted into voltage follower?

4. What is the necessity of negative feedback? 5. What are 4 building blocks of an op-amp? 6. What is the purpose of shunting Cf across Rf and connecting R1 in series with the input signal? 7. What are the applications of Differentiator? 8. What do you mean by unity gain bandwidth? 9. What did you observe at the output when the signal frequency is increased above fa? 10. How would you eliminate the high frequency noise in integrator? 11. What are the main applications of the Integrator? 12. What happens to the output of integrator when input signal frequency goes below fa? 13. What do you mean by upper and lower threshold voltage in Schmitt Trigger? 14. What is the difference between a basic comparator and the Schmitt trigger? 15. What is a sample and hold circuit? Why is it needed? 16. What is other name for Astable Multivibrators? 17. How an Op-amp is used to generate square wave? 18. What is a multivibrator? What are the types? 19. What is meant by astable and monostable multivibrator? 20. Give the features of instrumentation amplifier. 21. What is a Schmitt trigger? 22. What are the features of 555 timer? 23. What are the applications of 555 timer? 24. Define duty cycle ratio. 25. What are the applications of monostable Multivibrators? 26. What is meant by quasi stable state? 27. What should be the amplitude of trigger pulse? 28. State the two conditions for oscillations. 29. Classify the Oscillators? 30. Define an oscillator? 31. What is the frequency range generated by Wein Bridge Oscillator? 32. What is frequency stability? 33. What is the frequency range generated by RC phase shift Oscillator? 34. In RC phase shift oscillator how the total phase shift of 180 around the loop is achieved? 35. What is meant by a filter? give its types. 36. What is LPF, HPF and BPF? 37. What is an inverting amplifier? 38. What is a non-inverting amplifier? 39. What is meant by differential amplifier? 40. Give the applications of PLL. 41. Define capture range. 42. Define lock range. 43. Define pull in time. 44. Give the pin diagram of IC566 VCO. 45. What is a voltage regulator? 46. Give the classification of voltage regulators. 47. What is a linear voltage regulator? 48. What are the limitations of linear voltage regulators? 49. What is a switching regulator? 50. What are the advantages of IC voltage regulators? 51. Define SMPS. 52. What is meant bybPSPICE? 52. What is a simulation? 53. What is meant by VCO?

54. What is the purpose of having input and output capacitors in three terminal IC regulators? 55. Define Line regulation. 56. Define load regulation.