Code No: C1EC01-C1405 N5/05

I B.Tech (CCC) Regular Examinations, December 2007

ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
(Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks:100
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Describe the two types of breakdowns in a transistor.

(b) Why does the CE configuration provide large current amplification while CB
does not?
(c) Why is the base of a transistor made thin and is lightly doped? [8+6+6]

2. (a) Draw the circuit diagram of fixed bias circuit in CE configuration and obtain
the expression for IB . Why the circuit is not suitable if the β of the transistor
is changed.
(b) How to obtain bias stability in CE configuration circuit.
(c) Briefly explain about thermal stability. [10+5+5]

3. (a) Briefly discuss about the effect of feedback on amplifier Bandwidth.

(b) Draw the frequency response of an amplifier with and without feedback and
show the bandwidth for each case and how these two curves are related to
gain bandwidth product.
(c) We have an amplifier of 60db gain. It has an output impendence Zo = 10kΩ.
it is required to modify its output impendence to 500Ω by applying negative
feedback.Calculate the value of the feedback factor Also find the percentage
change in the over all gain, for 10% change in the gain of the internal amplifiers.
[6+7+7]

4. (a) Draw the circuit diagram of a RC phases shift oscillator using BJT. Derive
the expression for frequency of oscillators.
(b) Classify different type of oscillators based on frequency range.
(c) Why RC oscillators are not suitable for high frequency applications. [10+5+5]

5. (a) In the circuit given Figure1 input signal Vi impressed between gate and
ground, find the amplification Av=Vo /Vi . FET parameters are µ =30 and rd
=5k. Neglect capacitances.
(b) If Vi is impressed in series with 40k resistor (instead of from gate to ground),
find Av =Vo /Vi . [10+10]

6. (a) The gain of an RC coupled 2 stage FET amplifier falls by 90% of the midband
value at 400 kHz. If gm of each FET is 10 m A/V, and total output capacitance
for each stage is 20 pF. Calculate the RL required and the midband gain of
each stage

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(b) Write a short note on Bandwidth of amplifiers. [12+8]

7. (a) Explain why a power amplifier is known as large signal amplifier?

(b) Explain the following terms in connection with power amplifier
i. Collector circuit efficiency.
ii. Collector dissipation rating.
iii. Class A, Class B and Class C operation . [6+14]

8. (a) What is a tuned amplifier and how do you classify tuned amplifier.Briefly
explain.
(b) Briefly explain the capacitance coupled single tuned amplifier with its equiv-
alent circuit. [10+10]

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