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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING SUB.NAME BRANCH YEAR : EE2203 - ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS : EEE : II SEMESTER: III UNIT I PN DIODE AND ITS APPLICATIONS PART A 1. What is meant by semiconductor diodes? 2. What are the classifications of semiconductor devices? 3. What is meant by intrinsic semiconductor diodes? 4. What is meant by extrinsic semiconductor? 5. What are the types of extrinsic semiconductor? 6. What is meant by N-type semiconductor? 7. How will you get P-type semiconductor? 8. Write about donor impurities? 9. Write about acceptor impurities? 10. What is meant by continuity equation? 11. What is meant by conductivity? 12. Name the current that flows through a PN Junction .diode? 13. What is meant by PN Junction diode? 14. What is meant by diffusion? 15. What is meant by depletion region? 16. What is meant by drift current? 17. What is meant by diffusion current? 18. Define-Reverse Resistance? 19. What is meant by diffusion capacitance (CD)? 20. What is a zener diode? 21. What is zener breakdown? 22. What is photodiode? 23. What is photo voltaic effect? 24. What is a LED? 25. Explain the construction of LED. 26. What is LCD? 27. Explain the construction of LCD. PART B 1. Explain the operation of forward biased and reverse biased PN junction Diode. (16) 2. (i) Explain the current components in a PN junction diode. (8) (ii) Derive the diode current equation. (8) 3. (i) Briefly explain about avalanche and zener breakdown. (8) (ii)Draw the display of number 1 using seven segment display and explain the theory of

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liquid crystal cells. (8) 4. Explain the working of Bridge rectifier. Give the expressions for RMS current, PIV, ripple factor and efficiency. (16) 5. Describe the working principle of full wave rectifier and derive the expressions for the ripple factor, efficiency, VDC, IRMS, ILmax and VRMS. (16) 6. Draw the block diagram of series and shunt voltage regulator and explain the operation of series & shunt voltage regulator. (16) 7. Explain the alpha numeric display configuration using LEDs and describe its working. (16) 8. (i)Describe the working of LC filter. (8) (ii)Explain V-I characteristics of Zener diode. (8) 9. (i) Briefly explain the operation of multiple LC filter. (8) (ii) Explain the operation of section filter with bridge rectifier and also derive an expression for its stability factor. (8) 10. (i) Explain about the switching characteristics of the diode. (8) (ii) Explain about the effect of temperature on diode characteristics. (8) UNIT II BJT AND ITS APPLICATIONS PART-A 1. What is a bipolar junction transistor? 2. Define the different operating regions of transistor. 3. Explaip npn and pnp transistor. 4. Define Transistor current. 5. What are the three types of configuration in transistors? 6. What is early effect or base and the modulation? 7. What are the consequence effects of base width modulation? 8. What is thermal runaway? 9. List the uses of emitter follower circuit. 10. What are the types of breakdown in transistor?

PART-B 1. Draw and explain the input and output characteristics of a transistor in CE configuration. (16) 2. (i) Explain the operation of Power transistor. (8) (ii) Describe two applications of BJT. (8) 3. Draw and explain the input and output characteristics of a transistor in CB configuration. (16) 4. (i) Explain the working of NPN and PNP transistor. (8) (ii) With neat diagram, describe the principle and working of Optocoupler. (8) 5. With necessary circuit and waveform,explain the switching characteristics of a transistor in detail.(16) 6. (i) Distinguish b/w the different types of transistor configurations with necessary circuit diagrams. (8) (ii) With neat sketch, explain low frequency and high frequency model of a transistor. (8) 7. Draw and explain the input and output characteristics of a transistor in CC configuration. (16) 8. Derive the expression for AI, AV, Ri and Ro for CB amplifier using h-parameter model. (16) 9.Derive the equations for voltage gain, current gain, input impedance and output admittance for a BJT using low frequency h-parameter model for (a) CE configuration (b) CB configuration and (c) CC configuration. (16) 10.(i)The h-parameters of a transistor are given below. The source and load resistances of a CE amplifier are equal to 2 k.Compute AV, Ri and RO. (8) (ii)If the common-emitter h parameters of a transistor are given by hie = 2000 ,hfe = 49, hre = 5.5x10-4 and hoe = 2.5x10-5, find the common base h-parameters of the transistor. (8) Page 2

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1. What is a FET? 2. Why FET is called as unipolar device? 3. Define pinch off voltage. 5. List the factors on which the magnitude of current of FET depends. 6. What are the characteristic parameters of JFET? 7. What-are the applications of JFET.. 8. What is a MOSFET? 9. Explain the working principle of a MOSFET. 10. Draw the transfer and drain characteristics of A-channel MOSFET depletion. 11. Draw the transfer and drain characteristic of P-channel MOSFET depletion. 12. Draw the current symbol for enhancement type MOSFET.. ' 13. How the MOSFET's are protected from overload voltage? 14. What are the applications of MOSFET? . PART-B 1. Explain with the help of neat diagrams, the structure of an N-channel FET and its Volt-ampere characteristics. In what ways it is different from a bipolar transistor. (16) 2. Describe the construction and explain the operation of depletion mode. MOSFET. Also draw the static characteristics. (16) 3.Explain the working of a P channel JFET and draw the V-I characteristics of it. (16) 4. (i)Compare N-with P-channel MOSFETS. (8) (ii)Compare P-channel JFET with N-channel JFET. 5. (i)Compare JFET and MOSFET? (ii)With neat diagram, explain the working of Darlington connection. 6. (i) Draw and explain the small signal model of common drain amplifier. (8) (8) (8) (8) (8)

(ii) Draw and explain the small signal model of common gate amplifier. 7. Describe the kind of operation that takes place in the enhancement mode MOSFET. How does this differ from depletion mode type? 8.(i) Draw and explain the small signal model of common source amplifier.

(ii) Write short notes on threshold voltage and gate capacitance. 9.(i) Explain the performance of FET as a voltage variable resistor (ii) Define and explain the three parameters of a JFET give the relation between them. 10.(i) Show that if a FET is operated at sufficiently low drain voltage, it behaves as a resistance by R = R0 / [1- (VGS / VP)1/2] Where R0 is the channel resistance for zero gate voltage. (ii) Obtain low frequency and high frequency model for FET. UNIT IV AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS PART-A 1. What is an Op-Amp? 2. What are the characteristics of an ideal op-amp? 3. Define input offset voltage. 4. Define input offset current.

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5. Define input bias current. 6. What are the two compensating techniques used in frequency compensation of an amplifier? 7. What is compensated op-amp? 8. What are the methods used in external compensation technique? 9. Define slew-rate. 10. How can the slew rate be made faster? 11. What are the methods used to improve slew rate? 12. What are the AC characteristics of an op-amp? 13. What are the DC characteristics of op-amp? 14. What is the type of feedback employed in inverting op-amp amplifier? 15. List the applications of instrumentation amplifier. 16. What is the basic building block of an op-amp? 17. Define common mode rejection ratio. 18. What is multivibrator? 19. What is astable multivibrator?. 20. What is monostable multivibrator? 21. What is the type of feedback used in an op-amp Schmitt trigger? 22. Give an expression for the frequency of oscillations in an op-amp sine wave oscillator. 23. What are the conditions for a sustained oscillator or what is Barkhausen criterion? 24. What are the classifications of oscillators? 25. What are the types of feedback oscillators? 26. What are the conditions for oscillation? PART-B 1. Draw the circuit diagram of a current series feedback amplifier and derive expressions for voltage gain with and without feedback. (16) 2. With a neat sketch explain the working of an RC phase shift oscillator and derive a n expression for frequency of oscillation for an RC pha se shift oscillator. (16) 3. Explain the working of Colpitts oscillator and derive an expression for frequency of oscillation for Colpitts oscillator. (16) 4. (i)Write short notes on LC oscillator. (8) (ii)Write short notes on crystal oscillator. (8) 5. Briefly analyse the performance measures of negative feedback amplifiers. (16) 6. Explain in detail about the different feedback topologies. (16) 7. Draw the circuit diagram of a voltage series feedback amplifier and derive expressions for voltage gain with and without feedback. (16) 8. Briefly explain about differential amplifiers. (16) 9. (i) Write notes on frequency stability of an oscillator. (8) (ii) A negative feedback of = 0.01 is applied to an amplifier of gain 500. Calculate the change in overall gain of the feedback amplifier if the internal amplifier is subjected to a gain reduction of 10 %. (8) 10. (i) (a)An amplifier has a voltage gain of 50 dB with an negative feedback and with a feedback ratio of 1 / 10.Calculate the gain with feedback. (b)The voltage gain of an amplifier without feedback is 50 dB. If it is reduced to 30 dB with feedback, calculate the feedback factor. (8) (ii) Write notes on Wien bridge oscillator. (8)

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UNIT V PULSE CIRCUITS PART - A 1. What is the function of Clamper circuit? 2. Define rise time. 3. Define sinusoidal waveform. 4. Define market pips. 5. Mention the classification of switches. 6. Define ramp function generator. 7. Define Multi vibrators. 8. Define free running multi vibrators. 9. Mention the types of Multivibrators. 10. Define Astable multivibrator. 11. Define bistable multivibrator. 12. Define Monostable multivibrator. 13. Define Schmitt Trigger. 14. Define high pass filter. 15. Define duty cycle. 16. Write the application of Astable Multivibrator. 17. Write the applications of monostable multivibrator. 18. Write the application of Bistable multivibrator. PART-B

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1. With the help of circuit diagram, describe the operation of a clipper that can clip at two independent levels. (16) 2.With a neat sketch, explain the working of an astable multivibrator. (16) 3.With a neat sketch, explain the working of a Bistable multivibrator. (16) 4.Explain the difference between the three types of multivibrators. (16) 5 Draw the circuit diagram of Schmitt trigger circuit and explain its operation with waveforms. (16) 6.Explain the working of UJT based saw tooth oscillators. (16) 7. With a neat sketch, explain the working of an Monostable multivibrator. 8. What do you understand by clamping circuits? Discuss with the help of waveforms, the operation of a clamping circuit to clamp a sine wave input positively at 0 V. (16) 9.(i)Enumerate the conditions under which an RC circuit behaves as an integrator. (8) (ii)Discuss the necessary criteria for a good differentiating circuit. Give some applications of this circuit. (8) 10.Explain about the triggering methods for Bistable multivibrator. (16)

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