SVS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

CIRCUITS AND DEVICES LABORATORY

VIVA- VOCE QUESTIONS

1. Define depletion region of a diode?

2. What is meant by transition & space charge capacitance of a diode?
3. Differentiate between static and dynamic resistance of a diode.
4. Define cut-in voltage of a diode and specify the values for Si and Ge diodes?
5. What are the applications of a p-n diode?
6. Draw the ideal characteristics of P-N junction diode?
7. What is the diode equation?
8. What is PIV?
9. What is the break down voltage?
10. What is the effect of temperature on PN junction diodes?
11. What type of temperature Coefficient does the zener diode have?
12. If the impurity concentration is increased, how the depletion width effected?
13. Does the dynamic impendence of a zener diode vary?
14. Explain briefly about avalanche and zener breakdowns?
15. Draw the zener equivalent circuit?
16. Differentiate between line regulation & load regulation?
17. In which region zener diode can be used as a regulator?
18. How the breakdown voltage of a particular diode can be controlled?
19. What type of temperature coefficient does the Avalanche breakdown has?
20. By what type of charge carriers the current flows in zener and avalanche breakdown
diodes?
21. What are the advantages of FET?
22. Different between FET and BJT?
23. Explain different regions of V-I characteristics of FET?
24. What are the applications of FET?
25. What are the types of FET?
26. Draw the symbol of FET.
27. What are the disadvantages of FET?
28. What are the parameters of FET?
29. Define punch through.
30. Why input impedance of FET is more than that of FET?
31. What is transistor? what are the types of transistors?
32. What are three basic transistor connection modes? Which mode is most preferred?
Why?
33. Define current amplification factor of a transistor?
34. What is the biasing rule of transistor?
35. Explain why an ordinary junction transistor is called bipolar?
36. Why transistor is called current controlled device?
37. What is the significance of the arrow-head in the transistor symbol?
38. Discuss the need for biasing the transistor.
39. Which of the transistor currents is always the largest? Which is always the smallest?
Which two currents are relatively close in magnitude?
40. Why collector is made larger than emitter and base?
41. Why the width of the base region of a transistor is kept very small compared to other
regions?
42. Why emitter is always forward biased?
43. Why collector is always reverse-biased w.r.t base?
44. Can a transistor be obtained by connecting two semiconductor diodes back-to-back?
45. Why CE configuration is most popular in amplifier circuits?
46. Why CC configuration is called a voltage buffer? What is other name?
47. What are the main purposes for which a CC amplifier may be used.
48. What are the types of configuration in BJT?
49. What are the different regions of transistor?
50. What is meant by early effect?
51. What the symbol of SCR?
52. In which state SCR turns of conducting state to blocking state?
53. What are the applications of SCR?
54. What is holding current?
55. What are the important type’s thyristors?
56. How many numbers of junctions are involved in SCR?
57. What is the function of gate in SCR?
58. When gate is open, what happens when anode voltage is increased?
59. What is the value of forward resistance offered by SCR?
60. What is the condition for making from conducting state to non conducting state?
61. Which circuit is used for obtaining desired output waveform in operational amplifier?
62. What are the applications of clippers?
63. What is the difference between clipping and clamping operations?
64. Why clippers are called as diode clippers?
65. Why capacitors are used in clampers?
66. What are different types of clampers?
67. What is transformer utilization factor in rectifiers?
68. What is the importance of PIV in rectifier?
69. Why diodes are not operated in breakdown region in rectifier circuits?
70. Why a filter is used in a rectifier circuit?