This document contains questions for an exam on pulse and digital circuits.
It begins with Part A which contains short answer questions about common pulse signals, synchronized clamping, rise and fall times, using an astable multivibrator as a voltage-to-frequency converter, and the basic principle of bootstrap time base generators.
Part B contains longer answer questions about using an RC circuit as an integrator, calculating the output of a high pass circuit with a 10 kHz square wave input, types of clipper circuits, designing a diode clamper circuit, applications of voltage comparators, junction diode switching times, explaining an ECL circuit, the principle of bi-stable multivibrators, analyzing the timing of a bi-
This document contains questions for an exam on pulse and digital circuits.
It begins with Part A which contains short answer questions about common pulse signals, synchronized clamping, rise and fall times, using an astable multivibrator as a voltage-to-frequency converter, and the basic principle of bootstrap time base generators.
Part B contains longer answer questions about using an RC circuit as an integrator, calculating the output of a high pass circuit with a 10 kHz square wave input, types of clipper circuits, designing a diode clamper circuit, applications of voltage comparators, junction diode switching times, explaining an ECL circuit, the principle of bi-stable multivibrators, analyzing the timing of a bi-
This document contains questions for an exam on pulse and digital circuits.
It begins with Part A which contains short answer questions about common pulse signals, synchronized clamping, rise and fall times, using an astable multivibrator as a voltage-to-frequency converter, and the basic principle of bootstrap time base generators.
Part B contains longer answer questions about using an RC circuit as an integrator, calculating the output of a high pass circuit with a 10 kHz square wave input, types of clipper circuits, designing a diode clamper circuit, applications of voltage comparators, junction diode switching times, explaining an ECL circuit, the principle of bi-stable multivibrators, analyzing the timing of a bi-
This document contains questions for an exam on pulse and digital circuits.
It begins with Part A which contains short answer questions about common pulse signals, synchronized clamping, rise and fall times, using an astable multivibrator as a voltage-to-frequency converter, and the basic principle of bootstrap time base generators.
Part B contains longer answer questions about using an RC circuit as an integrator, calculating the output of a high pass circuit with a 10 kHz square wave input, types of clipper circuits, designing a diode clamper circuit, applications of voltage comparators, junction diode switching times, explaining an ECL circuit, the principle of bi-stable multivibrators, analyzing the timing of a bi-
III B. Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, May- 2019
PULSE AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS (Common to Electronics and Communication Engineering and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70 Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B) 2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory 3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PART –A 1 a) Name the signals which are commonly used in pulse circuits and define any five of [3M] them. b) What is synchronized clamping. [3M] c) What are the reasons for existence of rise time and fall time? [4M] d) Explain the application of Astable Multi Vibrator as a Voltage to Frequency Converter. [4M] e) What is the basic principle of Bootstrap time base generator? [4M] f) Define Relaxation circuit? Give Some examples. [4M] PART -B 2 a) Prove that an RC circuit behaves as a good integrator if RC > 15T, where T is the [8M] period of an input signal. b) A 10 kHz symmetrical square wave whose peak to peak amplitude is 2V is impressed [8M] upon a high pass circuit whose lower 3dB frequency is 5Hz. Calculate and sketch the output waveform in particular what is the peak to peak amplitude.
3 a) What is a clipper circuit? Mention the types of clippers circuits. [8M]
b) Design a diode clamper circuit to clamp the positive peaks of the input signal at zero [8M] level. The frequency of the input signal is 500 Hz. c) Explain the applications of voltage comparators. [8M] 4 a) Explain in detail the junction diode switching times. [8M] b) Draw and explain the circuit diagram of ECL. [8M] 5 a) Explain the principle of operation of Bi-stable multivibrators. [8M] b) A fixed bias Bi-stable multivibrator circuit uses a DC supply of ±12 V, RC=2kΩ, [8M] R1=10kΩ and R2=47kΩ. NPN silicon transistor with VCE(sat) = 0.1 V, VBE (sat) = 0.7 V and hFE (min)=30 are used. 6 a) What are the different methods of generating time-base waveforms? Explain about [8M] each briefly. b) Explain the working of a transistor Bootstrap sweep circuit and derive expression for [8M] the slope sweep error. 7 a) Define the three errors that occur in a sweep circuit and obtain an expression for these [8M] errors for an exponential sweep circuit. b) What is the principle of synchronization? Explain the method of pulse synchronization. [8M] of relaxation devices with examples. *****