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PDC Assignment I

This document contains details of an assignment for a fourth year B.Tech course on Pulse and Digital Circuits. It includes 15 questions across 3 units covering various circuit analysis concepts like RC circuits, diode and transistor switching circuits, clamping circuits, and bistable multivibrators. The questions involve deriving transfer functions, analyzing circuit responses to different input signals, designing circuits based on given specifications, and explaining circuit operations through diagrams and waveforms.

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PDC Assignment I

This document contains details of an assignment for a fourth year B.Tech course on Pulse and Digital Circuits. It includes 15 questions across 3 units covering various circuit analysis concepts like RC circuits, diode and transistor switching circuits, clamping circuits, and bistable multivibrators. The questions involve deriving transfer functions, analyzing circuit responses to different input signals, designing circuits based on given specifications, and explaining circuit operations through diagrams and waveforms.

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Code: AEC11T07 (AUTONOMOUS)

ASSIGNMENT - I

Four Year B. Tech IV Semester (Regulations: VCE-R11) PULSE AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS (Common to Electronics and Communication Engineering, )

UNIT I 1. a) Explain the response of high pass RC circuit to a sinusoidal input signal and also draw the response characteristic? b) Prove that an RC circuit behaves as a reasonably good integrator if RC > 15T,Where T is the period of an input `Em sin t'. 2. a) Define linear wave shaping? List all the non sinusoidal inputs? Explain the response of high pass RC circuit to a step input signal? b) Prove that for any periodic input wave form the average level of the steady state output signal from an RC high pass circuit is always zero. 3. a) A square wave of time period `T' is applied to an RC High pass circuit whose time constant is variable. If `V' is the peak-to- peak voltage of square wave- form, draw and theoretically justify the shapes of the waveform that result in the output for i) T << ii) T= iii) T >> Draw the waveforms of input and output to the same time scale. iv) Why RC differentiator is mostly preferred over RL differentiator. b) A symmetrical square wave is applied to a HP circuit having R = 20 k and C = 0.05 f. If the frequency of input signal is 1kHz and the signal swings between +0.5V to -0.5V , draw the output wave shape and indicate the voltages, also explain what happens if the input signal frequency is reduced to 100 Hz? 4. a) Explain the operation of low pass RC circuit, and also derive an expression for the output to an exponential input? b) Assuming the capacitor to be initially unchanged, determine the output response of the lowpass RC circuit with time constant 0.05ms to the input waveform shown in fig given below

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5. a) A pulse is applied to a low-pass RC circuit. Prove by direct integration that the area under the pulse is same as the area under the output waveform across the capacitor. Explain the result. Also explain the concept of Low pass RC circuit as a integrator ? b) For the circuit shown in fig the input is a 20V step. Calculate and plot to scale the output voltage.

6. a) Derive the transfer function of a parallel RLC circuit and explain the response of RLC parallel circuit to a step input under the condition of under damped? b) An oscilloscope displays a 5Hz square wave with 6% tilt. The signal input has no tilt and is coupled to the oscilloscope via a 4.7F capacitor. Calculate the input resistance of the oscilloscope. UNIT II 7. a) Draw the piece-wise linear diode characteristics and explain how it works as a switch ? Also write a short a short notes on Diode switching times? b) A rectangular pulse of voltage 1V is applied to the base of a transistor driving it from cutoff to saturation. Discuss the changes in output potential. Explain the various times involved in the switching process? 8. a) Explain how the Transistor acts as a switch? Explain how saturation parameters are varied with temperature? Also explain the behavior of the transistor switch in saturation? b) Design the Transistor switch ( Inverter) for the following specifications Vin= 3Vsquare wave, VCC=10V,IC=1mA, hFE=50.Assume Si transistor? 9. a) With the help of neat circuit diagram and waveforms explain the operation of a two-level diode clipper and transistor clipper? b) The input voltage Vi to the two-level clipper shown in figure given below varies linearly from 0 to 200V. Sketch the output voltage V0 to the same scale as the input voltage?

10. a) A sine wave may be converted into square wave using a diode clipping circuit, explain the operation with the help of circuit diagram and waveforms? Also explain how a sine wave is converted into a square wave using zener diodes? b) For the clipping circuit shown in figure, make a plot of Vo versus Vi for the range of Vi from 0 to 100 V. Indicate all slopes and voltage levels. Indicate for each region, the diodes which

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conduct?

11. a) What is the principle of Clamping? With the help of neat circuit diagrams and waveforms explain the operation of positive clamping and negative clamping circuits? b) An unsymmetrical square wave with T1= 1ms and T2=100s has an amplitude of 20V. This signal is applied to the clamping circuit of figure given below in which Rf=50, R= 50k , and RS= 0. Assume that the capacitor C is arbitrarily large so that the output is a square wave without tilt. Find the location of zero-level on the waveform?

12. a) State and prove the clamping circuit theorem? b) A 100V peak square wave with an average value of 0V and a period of 20 ms is to be negatively clamped at 25V. Draw the circuit diagram necessary for this purpose. Also, draw the input and output waveforms? c) Derive the relation between the tilts in the forward and reverse directions of the output of a clamping circuit excited by a square wave input? UNIT III 13. a) Design a fixed bias bistable multivibrator to provide an output with a swing of 10V? b) Design collector coupled fixed-bias Bistable Multivibrator to operate from 6Vsupply.Given IC(sat) = 1mA, hFE =35. Assume Si transistor? 14. a) With the help of a neat circuit diagram and waveforms, explain the working of a Schmitt trigger? Also explain how hysteresis can be eliminated in a Schmitt trigger?

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b) Design a Schmitt trigger circuit using NPN transistors having hFE(min) =60 . VBE(Cutoff) = 0V, VCE(Sat) = 0.2V and VBE(sat) = 0.7V. Given VCC =8V and o/p swing = 6V, UTP = 3.5V, LTP = 1.5V, R1 = 10K and R2 = 2K. Determine RC1, RC2 and Re. 15. a) The self biased bistable multivibrator uses silicon transistors with hFE(min) = 10. The junction voltages and ICBO may be neglected. Design the circuit subject to the condition VCC = 18 V, R1 = R2, IC(max) =10mA. The base current of ON transistor is twice the minimum base current, and VBE of the OFF transistor is equal to -1V? b) What are commutating capacitors? Show a symmetrical triggering arrangement for bistable multivibrator and explain its working. ***

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