Linear Integrated Circuits

Lecture Notes, Study Materials and Important questions answers

Subject : Linear Integrated Circuits

BASICS OF OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS
1. General Operational Amplifier - Answer (click here)
2. IC 741 Bipolar operational amplifier - Answer (click here)
3. Ideal op-amp characteristics - Answer (click here)
4. AC Characteristics of op-amp - Answer (click here)
5. Circuit Stability of op-amp - Answer (click here)
6. Slew Rate - Answer (click here)
7. DC Characteristics of op-amp - Answer (click here)
8. Open loop-op-amp Configuration - Answer (click here)
9. Limitations of Open - loop Op - amp configuration - Answer (click here)
10. Closed - loop op-amp configuration - Answer (click here)
11. Differential amplifier - Answer (click here)
12. Important Short Questions and Answers: Characteristics of op-amp -
Answer (click here)

APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS

1. Application of Op-Amp - Answer (click here)
2. Voltage follower - Answer (click here)
3. Current to Voltage Converter (I-V) - Answer (click here)
4. Summing Amplifier - Answer (click here)
5. Subtractor - Answer (click here)
6. Adder/Subtractor - Answer (click here)
7. Differentiator - Answer (click here)
8. Integrator - Answer (click here)
9. Log and Antilog Amplifier - Answer (click here)
10. Comparator - Answer (click here)
11. Zero Crossing Detector: [ Sine wave to Square wave converter] - Answer
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12. Drawbacks of Zero- crossing detector - Answer (click here)
13. Important Short Questions and Answers: Applications of Op Amp -
Answer (click here)

ANALOG MULTIPLIER AND PLL

ANALOG TO DIGITAL AND DIGITAL TO ANALOG
CONVERTERS
WAVEFORM GENERATORS AND SPECIAL FUNCTION ICS
IC FABRICATION
1. IC Fabrication and Circuit Configuration for Linear ICs - Answer (click
here)
2. Classification of ICs - Answer (click here)
3. Construction of a Monolithic Bipolar Transistor - Answer (click here)
4. Transistor Fabrication: PNP Transistor - Answer (click here)
5. Schottky Barrier Diode - Answer (click here)
6. Schottky transistor - Answer (click here)
7. Monolithic diodes - Answer (click here)
8. Monolithic Capacitors - Answer (click here)
9. Current Mirror and Current Sources - Answer (click here)
10. Important Short Questions and Answers: IC Fabrication and Circuit
Configuration for Linear ICs - Answer (click here)

CHARACTERISTICS OF OPAMP
1. General Operational Amplifier - Answer (click here)
2. IC 741 Bipolar operational amplifier - Answer (click here)
3. Ideal op-amp characteristics - Answer (click here)
4. AC Characteristics of op-amp - Answer (click here)
5. Circuit Stability of op-amp - Answer (click here)
6. Slew Rate - Answer (click here)
7. DC Characteristics of op-amp - Answer (click here)
8. Open loop-op-amp Configuration - Answer (click here)
9. Limitations of Open - loop Op - amp configuration - Answer (click here)
10. Closed - loop op-amp configuration - Answer (click here)
11. Differential amplifier - Answer (click here)
12. Important Short Questions and Answers: Characteristics of op-amp -
Answer (click here)

APPLICATIONS OF OPAMP
 1. Application of Op-Amp - Answer (click here)
2. Voltage follower - Answer (click here)
3. Current to Voltage Converter (I-V) - Answer (click here)
4. Summing Amplifier - Answer (click here)
5. Subtractor - Answer (click here)
6. Adder/Subtractor - Answer (click here)
7. Differentiator - Answer (click here)
8. Integrator - Answer (click here)
9. Log and Antilog Amplifier - Answer (click here)
10. Comparator - Answer (click here)
11. Zero Crossing Detector: [ Sine wave to Square wave converter] - Answer
(click here)
12. Drawbacks of Zero- crossing detector - Answer (click here)
13. Important Short Questions and Answers: Applications of Op Amp -
Answer (click here)

SPECIAL ICs
1. The 555 Timer IC and its Pin Configuration - Answer (click here)
2. Block Diagram of 555 Timer IC - Answer (click here)
3. Applications of Monostable Mode of Operation - Answer (click here)
4. The 555 timer as an Astable Multivibrator - Answer (click here)
5. Astable Multivibrator Applications and Ramp generator - Answer (click
here)
6. Important Short Questions and Answers: Spical ICs - Answer (click here)

APPLICATION ICs
1. IC Voltage Regulators - Answer (click here)
2. Switching Fundamentals - Answer (click here)
3. Transformer Operation - Answer (click here)
4. Spark Firing Circuit - Answer (click here)
5. Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) - Answer (click here)
6. Buck Regulator - Answer (click here)
7. Boost Regulator - Answer (click here)
8. Buck-Boost (Inverting) Regulator - Answer (click here)
9. Flyback Regulator - Answer (click here)
10. Generating Multiple Outputs - Answer (click here)
11. Bypass Capacitors - Answer (click here)
12. Linear Regulators - Answer (click here)
13. Classifications of IC voltage regulators - Answer (click here)
14. IC 723 - General Purpose Regulator - Answer (click here)
15. IC723 as a LOW voltage LOW current - Answer (click here)
16. IC723 as a HIGH voltage LOW Current - Answer (click here)
17. IC723 as a HIGH voltage HIGH Current - Answer (click here)
18. Switching Regulator - Answer (click here)
19. Power Audio Amplifier IC LM380 - Answer (click here)
20. Applications of LM 380 - Answer (click here)
21. Optocouplers/Optoisolators: Characteristics, Types, Advantages,
Disadvantages, Applications - Answer (click here)
22. Optocoupler IC - Answer (click here)
23. Important Short Questions and Answers: Application of ICs - Answer
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