Question Bank: Unit I Part A

QUESTION BANK
UNIT I
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PART A
What is the condition for thermal stability?
Why capacitor coupling used to connect a signal source to an ampl f er?
Define AC load line.
Write short notes on zero current drift in FET.
5) What is the drawback of collector to base bias?

6) Define stability factor of an amplifier? What is its id al valu ?
7) What is the advantage of using emitter resistance in he cont xt of biasing?
8) What is the need for biasing?
9) What is meant by compensation techniques?
10) What is the function of bypass capacitor in n mplifier circuit?
11) What is thermal runaway?
12) What are the advantage and disadvantages of fixed bias circuit?
13) What is bias compensation using thermistor?
14) Why is it necessary to stabilize t e operating point of transistor?
15) Why do you fix the operating point in the middle of the DC load line?
16) Explain one application JFET u ed as variable resistor.
17) What is load lin ?
18) What is the bias stability in FET circuits?
19) What is meant by t ansistor?
20) What are the di e ent types of biasing in BJT?
PART B
1) How is dc and ac load lines draw on the output characteristic curves of
on the output characteristics curves of an amplifier sketch them &discuss

2) Explain thermistor compensation technique with neat diagram and explain
self bias circuit using n-channel JFET
3) Derive expression for the various stability factors
4) Explain in detail about voltage divider bias circuit for FET
5) What is the need for biasing .explain the different types of biasing of BJT?
6) Explain in detail about collector to base bias circuit of FET
7) Define 3 stability factors derive& explain the condition to avoid thermal run away
8) Describe the stability in fixed &self bias& compare their performance
9) Explain in detail about biasing of MOSFET
10) Show how a FET can be used as a voltage variable resistor
11) Draw the dc load line for the following transistor configuration obtain the
quiescent point RC=330, rb1=5.2k, rb2=1.24k, re=100&B=100
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12) Determine the values of circuit elements of collector to base bias circuit
using vcc=29v, Vce=5v, =45, IC=5 A
13) Explain how FET biasing differs from BJT? &write short notes on heat sink?
14) Design a voltage divider bias network using a supply of 24v,=110&ICQ=4MA,
VCEQ=8V choose ve=1/8 vcc
15) Compare different types of transistor configuration
16) Explain in the detail about CE configuration
UNIT II
PART A
1) How does input impedance increase due to Darlington pair?
2) Why Darlington pair is not possible for more number of stages?
3) Write short notes on base width modulation?
4) What is the need for differential amplifier?
5) Mention the advantages which are specific to Darlington connect on.
6) Define CMRR.
7) What are the features of cascade amplifier?
8) Define Bisection theorem.
9) State Millers theorem.
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10) Why bootstrap technique is called so?
11) Define the four H-parameters.
12) Mention two applications of bootstrapped amplifier?
13) What are the advantages of differential amplifier?
14) Define multistage amplifier.
15) Define small signal amplifier.
16) Classification of amplifier based on biasing condition
17) Write down the characteristics of CE amplifier.
18) State advantages and di advantages of RC coupled amplifier.
19) Write down the characteri tics of CC amplifier.
20) Write down the applications of directly coupled amplifier?
PART B
1) Explain the op ation of the emitter coupled differential amplifier and Discuss about
the trans er cha acte s of the differential amplifier
2) Explain bootstrapped Darlington circuit with neat sketch.
3) Explain the differential and common mode operation of transistorized differential
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amplifier.
Derive the expression for CE short circuit current gain and current gain with
resistive load at high frequencies.
Derive the expression for the voltage gain of
i) Common source amplifier
Common drain amplifier configurations, under small signal
low frequency conditions.
Draw the Darlington emitter follower circuit and explain.
With small signal equivalent circuit of emitter follower; derive its input
and output impedance.
Employ boot strapping technique in the emitter follower circuit and derive its
input impedance.
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9) Define CMRR. Explain the method used to improve CMRR.

10) Give the guidelines for the analysis of transistor circuit for its small signal behavior.
Explain with an example.
11) Draw a two identical stage RC coupled amplifier and explain the need for
each component. Comment on its individual stage voltage gain and current gain.
What happens to the overall value of the above gains?
12) In a darlingtonpair amplifier Re=100 ohms, If 1=100, 2=75, calculate the
overall impedance.
13) Draw a small signal low frequency model for an FET amplifier and explain.
14) Derive the input and output impedances of FET amplifier and explain about
common collector amplifier.
15) Explain in detail about transformer coupled amplifier.
16) Explain in detail about direct coupled amplifier.
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UNIT III
1) What is meant by gain bandwidth product?
2) Give the equation of overall upper and lower cutoff frequencies of mult stage amplifier.
3) What is bandwidth of an amplifier?
4) The midband gain of an amplifier is 100 and the low r cu off frequency is 1khz. Find the gain of
the amplifier at a frequency of 20 Hz.
5 Define fT in a high frequency transistor.
6) If rise time of BJT is 3.5 micro sec, find out its transition frequency.
7) What are the features of cascode amplifier?
8) What are the high frequency effects?
9) What does rise time indicate?
10) Give the significance of coupling and bypass capacitor on BW of amplifiers?
11) What are the causes for occurrence of upper cutoff frequency in BJT?
12) What is the effect of Cbc on t e input circuit of a BJT amplifier at high frequency.
13) Give the relationship b tw en BW and rise time?
14) What is the BW that can be obtaining using this BJT?
15) What is the effect of Cbe on the input circuit of a BJT amplifier at high frequencies.
16) Find the equivalent miller capacitance if the C bc is 10pf, CB current gain is 0.99, the
small signal resistance is 26 ohms and the load resistor is 10 kohm.
17) How does base compensation help in broadcasting the bandwidth of an amplifier?
Explain with necessary expressions.
18) Derive the expression for Ai,Av,Zi,Yo,Ap for transistor amplifier using h
parameter model.
19) Derive the expression for CE short circuit current gain of a transistor at high frequency.
20) Define alpha and beta cutoff frequency,rise time,bandwidth and transistion frequency
and derive their values interms of circuit parameters.
21.Discuss the frequency response characteristics of CE amplifier. Derive the general
expression for gain at low, middle, high frequencies. Draw the bode plots for
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low and high frequencies.

22) Using hybrid pi model. Derive the expression for short circuit current gain.
Define Ft. Draw bode plot for short circuit current gain as a function of frequency.
23) Explain in detail about low frequency response of BJT amplifier.
24) Explain in detail about low frequency response of JFET amplifier.
25) Explain in detail about high frequency response of BJT amplifier.
26) Explain in detail about high frequency response of JFET amplifier.

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5) What is the drawback of collector to base bias?

on the output characteristics curves of an amplifier sketch them &discuss

9) Define CMRR. Explain the method used to improve CMRR.

low and high frequencies.

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