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This document contains a summary of the exam for ECE340 Electronics I. The exam will contain 5 problems related to ideal diode circuits and is worth 25 points for each correctly solved problem. Example problems include determining the logic function of an ideal diode circuit, sketching the output waveform of another circuit, calculating current and voltage values, and determining resistor values needed to achieve certain output voltages. Solutions are provided for each sample problem.

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Exam 2 Sol

This document contains a summary of the exam for ECE340 Electronics I. The exam will contain 5 problems related to ideal diode circuits and is worth 25 points for each correctly solved problem. Example problems include determining the logic function of an ideal diode circuit, sketching the output waveform of another circuit, calculating current and voltage values, and determining resistor values needed to achieve certain output voltages. Solutions are provided for each sample problem.

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ECE340 Electronics I

Exam

Exam #2 (03/02/2015)
(Close book; calculator is allowed; please choose 4 problems; 25 points for each problem.)
Problem #1 What logic gate function of the ideal-diode circuit below works as? (Hint: vA, vB, and
vC are inputs while vY is output. It is one of OR, AND, NOR, NAND logic gates.) Describe briefly
how the circuit works as this type of logic gate?

[Solution]
The circuit works an AND gate with three inputs.
When one or more of the three inputs are 0 (low voltage), then one or more relevant
diodes are on, hence the output is 0 (low voltage, same as the relevant input voltage).
ONLY when all three inputs are 1, the output is 1 (high voltage, same as +5V bias
voltage).
vA
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1

vB
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1

vC
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1

vY
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

ECE340 Electronics I

Exam

Problem #2 In the ideal-diode circuit shown below, vI is a 10Hz, 10-V peak sine wave. Sketch the
waveform resulting at vO. What are its positive and negative peak values?

2k
3k

[Solution] When vI is positive, the diode is ON, then the output is shortened with the input,
hence vO=vI. When vI is negative, the diode is OFF, then the output voltage equals to the

voltage division between the two resistors, i.e.,


. .

vI (s)
10
5
0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

t (s)

-5
-10
vO (s)
+10V

10
5
0
-5
-10

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

t (s)

-6V

ECE340 Electronics I

Exam

Problem #3 Find the values of I and V in the ideal-diode circuit below.


+3V
+2V
+1V

V
I

[Solution] V=3V; I=3V/R

ECE340 Electronics I

Exam

Problem #4 For a certain diode the forward voltage drop is 0.7 V at 1.0 mA at room temperature.
What are the values of the currents when this diode is operated at 0.6 V and 0.8 V at room
temperature? What are the voltage drops when this diode flows 0.5 mA and 2 mA currents at room
temperature? [Hint: Use diode equation I=ISexp(V/VT) with VT=25mV at room temperature.]
[Solution]

and

with

or

When

. ,

When

. ,

When

When

= 0.0183 mA.

.
.

= 54.6 mA.

,
,

. and

.
.

.
.

.
.

ECE340 Electronics I

Exam

Problem #5 The five diodes in the circuit shown in the right figure are
identical. When the resistor R is 6.5 k, the output voltage VO is 3.5 V. In
order to get an output voltage VO of 4.0 V, what value of the resistor R need
to be chosen? [Diode equation: I=ISexp(V/VT) with VT=25mV.]
[Solution]
When the resistor R is 6.5 k, the output voltage VO is 3.5 V, hence
the current is I = (10-3.5)/6.5 = 1 mA.
When VO is 3.5 V, the voltage dropped on each diode is 0.7 V.
When VO is 4.0 V, the voltage dropped on each diode is 0.8 V.
and

with

.
.

= 54.6 mA.

Hence, R = (10 4.0)/54.6 = 0.11 k = 110 .

. and

VO

ECE340 Electronics I

Exam

Problem #6 Assume the op amp to be ideal in the circuit below. In order to get a current gain
defined as iL/iI = 10 A/A, what is the required value for R.
30 k Vx
ix

[Solution]

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