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Calculate the efficiency of a
transformer-coupled class A
amplifier for a supply of 12 V and
outputs of 6V.

V CEMAX =V CE +V ( p )=12V + 6V =18 V

Q

V CE =V CEQV ( p )=12 V 6V =6 V
MIN

Resulting in
%=50

For a class B amplifier providing a

20-V peak to a 16- load (speaker)
and a power supply of Vcc = 30 V,
determine the circuit efficiency.

I L ( p )=

18 V 6 V
18V + 6 V

) =12.5

V L ( p) 20 V
=
=1.25 A
RL
16
I DC =

2
2
I L ( p )= ( 1.25 A )=0.796 A

Pi ( dc ) =V CC I dc =( 30 V ) ( 0.796 A )=23.9 W
2

20 V

V 2L
Po ( ac )=
=
2 RL
For resulting efficiency of
dc

Pi
P ( ac)
%= o

For a class B amplifier using a

supply of Vcc = 30 V and driving a
load of 16, determine the
maximum output power.

2cc

Maximum

2(30 V )
2V
Pi ( dc ) =
=
=35.81 W
RL
(16)

For a class B amplifier using a

Maximum
2
supply of Vcc = 30 V and driving a
maximum P2 Q
2 V cc
2(30 V )2
P
=
=0.5
=0.5
=5.7 W
load of 16, determine the transistor
o
2
2
2

16
L
dissipation

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Calculate the efficiency of a class B
amplifier for a supply of Vcc = 24 V
with peak output voltages of VL (p)
= 22 V.
Calculate the total harmonic
distortion for the following
amplitude components:
fundamental amplitude of 2.5
V, second harmonic amplitude
of 0.25 V, third harmonic
amplitude of 0.1 V, and fourth
harmonic amplitude of 0.05 V.

%=78.54

D 2=

V L ( P)
22V
=78.54
=72
V CC
24 V

( )

|A 2|
0.25 V
100 =
100 =10
2.5V
|A 1|
D 3=

| A 3|
0.1 V
100 =
100 =4
2.5 V
| A 1|

D 4=

|A 4|
0.05 V
100 =
100 =2
2.5 V
| A1|

%THD= D22+ D23+D 24 100

( 0.10 ) + ( 0.04 ) + ( 0.02 ) 100 =0.1095 100
2

=10.95%
Determine what maximum
dissipation will be allowed for
an 80-W silicon transistor (rated
at 25 ) if the reading is
required above

PD ( 125 ) =PD ( 25 ) ( 12525 ) ( 0.5 W / )

80 W 100 ( 0.5 W / )=30 W

25

by a
derating factor of 0.5W/ at
case temperature of 125 .
A silicon power transistor is
operated with a heat sink
( SA=1.5 /W ) . the transistor,
rated at150 W
( 25 ) , has CS =0.5 /W , and
the mounting insulation has
CS =0.6 /W
. What maximum
power can be dissipated if the
ambient temperature is

PD =

T J T A
200 40
=
61.5 W
JC + CS + SA 0.5 /W +0.6 /W +1.5 /W

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40 T J =200 ?
max

A dc voltage supply provides 50

V when the output is unloaded.
When connected to a load, the
output drops to 56 V. Calculate
the value of voltage regulation.
Calculate the ripple voltage of a
full-wave rectifier with a 100-F
filter capacitor connected to a
load drawing to a load drawing
50 mA
Calculate the filter dc Voltage of
a full-wave rectifier with a 100F filter capacitor connected to
a load drawing to a load
drawing 50 mA if the peak
rectifier voltage is 30 V.
Calculate the ripple of a
capacitor filter for a peak
rectified voltage of 30 V,
capacitor C= 100F, and a load
current of 50 mA.
Calculate the input bias
currents at the non-inverting
and inverting terminal
respectively of an op=amp
having specified values of IIO =
5nA and IIB = 30 nA.
Determine the cutoff frequency
of an op-amp having specified
values B1 = 1 MHz and AVD =
200 V/mV.

V . R .=

V NLV FL
60 V 56 V
100 =
100 =7.1
V FL
56 V

V r ( rms )=

2.4 ( 50 )
=1.2 V
100

V dc =V m

r=

4.17 I dc
4.17 ( 50 )
=30
=27.9 V
C
100

2.41 I dc
2.4 ( 50 )
100 =
100 =4.3
CV dc
100 ( 27.9 )

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For an op-amp having a slew
rate of SR = 2V/s, what is the
maximum closed loop voltage
gain that can be used when the
input signal varies by 0.5 V in
10 s?
Determine the output voltage of
an op-amp for input voltages of
Vi1 = 150 V and Vi2 = 140 V.
The amplifier has a differential
gain of Ad =4000 and the value
of CMRR is 100.
If an amplifier with gain of
-1000 and feedback of =-0.1
has a gain change of 20% due
to temperature; calculate the
change in gain of the feedback
amplifier

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dA f
1 dA
1

=
Af
A A
0.1 (1000 )

0.2%

A transistor has a collector

current of 10mA and a base
current of 40uA. What is the
current gain of the transistor

=10mA/40uA=50

A 2N3904 has VCE=10V and

IC=20mA. What is the power
dissipation?

PD=10V(20mA)=200mW

A zener regulator has an input

voltage that may vary from 22
to 30V. If the regulated output
voltage is 12V and the load
resistance varies from 140 to
10k, what is the maximum
allowable series resistance?
A zener regulator has an input
voltage ranging from 15 to 20V
and a load current ranging from
5 to 20mA. If the zener voltage
is 6.8V, what is the maximum
allowable series resistance?

R=

( 2212 1) 140 =117

R=

=410
( 156.8
20 mA )

(20%) =

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Determine the thermal voltage

Vt =kT/q=(1.38x10-23J/K)
of a diode at 27C (common
(273+17)/1.6x10-19C
temperatures for components in
= 26mV
an enclosed operating system)
What is the knee voltage of a
silicon diode at 75C?

(75-25)C*2.5mV/C = 0.125V
New Vknee = 0.7-0.125 = 0.575V

At 20C, the reverse saturation

current of a silicon diode is
10nA, what is its value when
the temperature increases to
100C?

100 C / 20C = 5

A silicon diode is in series with

1k resistor and a forward
biasing voltage supply of 10V. If
rd is 10, what is the anode to
cathode current and voltage?

IF=(10-0.7)/(10+1k)=9.21mA
VF=0.7+10(9.21mA=0.79V

What is the wavelength of the

light produced by an LED with
an energy gap level of 1.43 eV?

=hc/Eg =(6.626x10-34Js*3x108m/s) /
(1.43eV*1.6x10-19J/eV)
= 869nm

Calculate the power dissipation

of a diode having ID = 40 mA.
Determine the nominal voltage
for the Zener diode at a
temperature of 120 C if the
nominal voltage is 5.1 volts at
25 C and the temperature
coefficient is 0.05%/ C.
Determine the Noise Gain for
the Inverting Amplifier circuit of
the figure below.

PD = VD x ID = 0.7V x 40 mA = 28 mW

New Ireverse = 25(10nA)= 0.32uA

V120C = V25C + V25C (120C 25C) ( .

0005/C) = 5.34 V

Kn = 1 + Rf / Ri = 1 + 4kohms/2 k ohms =
3
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Express the Boolean function

F= xy + xz in a product of
maxterm form.
It is desired to design a phaseshift oscillator using an FET
having gm= 5000 S , rd= 40
k

and a feedback circuit

F = xy + xz = (xy + x)(xy+z)
F = (x+x)(y+x)(x+z)(y+z)
F= (x + y)( x + z) ( y + z)
1
f=
2 6 RC
C=

1
9
=6.497 x 10 F=6.5 nF
2 6 ( 10 k )( 1k )

whose resistance value R= 10

k . Select the value of the
capacitor appropriate for
oscillator operation of 1 kHz.
The total dB gain of a three
stage system is 120dB.
Determine the dB gain of the
third stage if the second stage
is twice the dB gain of the first
stage and the third is 2.7 times
the dB gain of the first.

A 1 + A 2 + A3=120
A 2=2 A1
A 3=2.7 A 1
A 1 +2 A 1+ 2.7 A 1=120
A 1=21.052 dB
A 3=56.842 dB 57 dB( nearest answer )