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FINAL YEAR B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCWAPRIL 2003

Part III-PhYsics (Main)

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PAPCT VI_ADVANCED ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
(1999 and earlier admissions)
Maximum: 70 Marks

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Time :Three Hours
Section A

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1. Draw the circuit diagram of a center tapped full wave rectifier and explain its
expressions for its efficiency and ripple factor'

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2. With the help of a neat circuit diagyam, explain the working of a voltage
stage CE u*phnur. Obtain the equation for the d.c. load line and hence
divider biased single
explain its end points'

B. Explain, using logic diagrams and truth tables, the working of the (i) half adder I and fuli
adder.
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4. (a) Explain the various loop constructs in BASIC'
Illustrate the use of FoR-NEXT loop by writing a program to find the factorial
of integers
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fromltol0.ModifytheprogramusingwHlLE_wENDloop.
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Section B
Answer anY twentY questions'
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5. Explain the principle of action of the Zener diode'

6. Why is the common emitter confrguration preferred in amplifier applications ?
7. Explain thermal runaway'
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8. what do you understand by the operating point of a transistor circuit ?

9. why is the current amplification factor cr always less than unity ?
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10. Explain the loading effect in multistage amplifrers'

ll.Withhelpofasketch,explaincrossoverdistortion'
72. Mention the advantages of negative feedback'
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13. State and explain the Barkhausen criteria for oscillations'

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14. Draw the circuit diagram of the Hartley oscillator.

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15. Sketch the earrier wave, signal wave and 100 7a amplitude modulated wave.
16. Explain the superheterodyne principle.
17. Briefly explain how the diode demodulator works.

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18. Why is the FE? called a unipolar device ?

19. Deduce the relation between amplification factor, drain resistance and transconductance fbr the
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20. How is the MOSFET different from the JFET in construction ?
21,. Sketch the V-I characteristics of the SCR.
22. What do you mean by ihe 2's complement of a binary number ? Give

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an example.
23. Give the circuit symbol and truth table for a two input NOR gate.
24. that [B + AB = s (A + B).

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25. State De Morgan's theorems.

26. Obtain the decimal equivalent of the largest three digit hexadecimal number.
. Give the hierarchy of the arithmetical operations in BASIC.
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28. Write down the BASIC expressions corresponding to the following :

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29. What are library functions in Basic ? Mention /uo of them.

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Section C

Answer any six questions.

Each question carcies 4 rnarks.
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30. A CE amplifier circuit with emitter resistor and potential divider bias has the following resistances.
Rc = 2.7 ko, RE = 560 Q, Ri (Vcc to base) = 68 k,f) and R, (base to ground) = 12 kQ. Ifvcc = +I2Y
and the current gain of the transistor (Silicon) I = 100, calculate the coordinates of the operating
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point.
31. In a transistor amplifier, when the signal changes by 20 mV, the base current changes by 10 pA
and the collector current by i mA. If the collector resistance Rc = 5kO and the load resistance
kf), find the (i) current gain ;(ii) input impedance ;(iii) a.c. load ; and tiv) voltage gain.
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oo With negative feedback an amplifier gives an output voltage of 10 V for an input of 0.5 V. When
feedback is removed, it requires only 0.25 V input for the same ouiput. Find the feedback fraction.
JD, Find then frequency of the output wave of a phase shift oscillator whose RC network has
Rr = Rz- R3 = 1 MO and C, - C2=Cs = 68 PF.

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34. The total power content of an AM lvave is 2.64 kW. Find the power content of the
(i) carrier wave : (ii) each side band, if the rnodulation factor is 80 Vo.
35. The intrinsic standoff ratio of a UJT is 0.6. If the interbase resistance is 10 kQ, find the values of

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Ru, and Rrr.
36. Prove the Boolean identity (A + B) + (A + C) = A +BC.

37. Design a logic circuit for the Boolean expression (A + B).A8.

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38. Write BASIC program to evaluate e" byTaylor series up to terms less than 0.0001. The program
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should output e'as well as the number of terms.

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