Dept.

of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Minnesota
EE3115 Spring 2006
Review Problems

1. Consider the oscillator circuit shown below. The circuit is supposed to produce sinusoidal
oscillations at 27 kHz but the circuit does not function properly. Enumerate what is wrong
with the circuit and briefly describe what corrective action to take. Be quanitative where
possible.
40 k Ω

4 kΩ

- +
Vo
-
4 kΩ
0.1 µF Amplifier characteristics:

Rin = !
4 kΩ 0.1 µF Rout = 0
200
Open loop gain =
jf
(1+ )
50

2. The circuit shown below produces triangular waves at the output Vo when the switch Sw is
closed. The op amps are ideal except that their outputs saturate (limit) at ± 10V.

Sw
2kΩ 1 kΩ
1kΩ
10mH
V1 -
+

- V +
2 Vo
+

a. With the switch Sw open, sketch and dimension the transfer curve V2 versus V1.
t
b. With the switch Sw open, show that Vo(t) = - 105 ⌠
⌡V2(t) dt
-∞
 c. When the switch Sw is closed, sketch and dimension Vo(t).

3. The differential amplifier shown below requires a differential mode input resistance, Rid, of
2 MΩ and a differential mode gain, Ad = vo/vd = 25. The amplifying transistors, Q1 and
Q2 are to be biased at a collector current of 10 uA. The characteristics of the transistors
used in the circuit are given below.

10V

Rc

v
Q1 Q2 o
R R v
v E E i2
i1
Q1 = Q2 = Q3 = Q4
R
Q3 Q4 β = 100 ; VA = 100 V
Cµ = 2 pF ; ft = 200 MHz

-10V

a. Determine the required value of R.

b. Determine the value of RE so that Rid = 2 MΩ

c. Select Rc so that Aid = 25.

4. Shown below is a power amplifier. The characteristics of the transistors are also given
below. The input signal is given by Vs sin(ωt) volts.

10 V

Silicon BJT Data

60 mA
Q1 Q1 = Q2 ; ß = 50 ; VBE = 0.7 V
400 Ω Tj,max = 120 °C ; Ta = 20 °C
+ Rθja = 20 °C/W ; rb = 0
C=∞ +
V 4Ω r = ∞ ; rµ = ∞ ; BVCEO = 30 V
s Vo o
Q2 Cπ = 100 pF ; Cµ = 20 pF
- 60 mA
-

-10 V

a. Are Q1 and Q2 overstressed in this amplifier? The input signal can vary from zero to
values large enough to drive the output to the limit of its dynamic range. Justify your
answer quantitatively.
<PL>
b. What is the power gain G = <P > ; <PL> = signal power dissipated in RL ;
in
<Pin> = signal power injected at input of amplifier. The 400 ohm resistor is the
source impedance of input source Vs and is not part of the amplifier.

5. A temperature monitoring system with 1000 temperature sensors utilizes a single A/D
converter to convert the analog sensor output to a digital signal which is input to a data
logger. The A/D converter is sequentially connected to each sensor and every sensor
is to be queried five times per second. The temperature sensors measure temperature in
the range - 50 ºC to +150 ºC with a resolution of 0.5 ºC and produces an analog
output which ranges between 0v (-50 C) to 10 V (150 ºC).

a. How many bits should the A/D converter output?

b. A successive approximation A/D converter topology is chosen for this application.

What should be the clock rate for the converter? It takes one clock cycle for the
converter to be switched from one sensor to the next.
6. Consider the CMOS logic shown below. MOSFET characteristics are given below.

5V

A
MOSFET Data
µnCox = 2.5 µpCox = 4x10-5 A/V2
B (W/L)n = 4 ; L = 1 µm
Vt = 1V : VA = infinite
Y

A B C

a. Specify the logic function implemented by this circuit as a Boolean expression.

b. Determine the p-channel MOSFET (W/L)p ratio so that the pull-up and pull-down
times are the same.

c. Determine how many gates the logic gate can drive assuming that the capacitance
per gate C = 0.1 pF and that the propagation delay canot exceed 10 nanoseconds.

7. Consider the circuit shown below. The desired transfer curve for the circuit is also shown.
The zener diodes D1 and D2 have a zener voltage Vz = 9.3 V and a drop 0.7V when forward
biased.. Determine the required values of R2 and Vref.
Vo

ideal op amp
- 10 k! 10 V
+ + +
V Vo
i R2
- -
V
i
10 k! D1
V ref +
D2 -10 V
- 3V 6V
8. An astable multivibrator is made by adding the RC network to the inverting Schmitt trigger
of problem #1. The square wave shown below is the desired output waveform. Specifiy the
required value of capacitance C needed to realize this waveform. It is not necessary to know
the values of Vref and R2 to do this problem because the transfer curve of the inverting
Schmitt trigger is given in problem #1.

Vo
10 k! 0.5 ms

C
10 k! 10V
- +

R2 Vo
-
D1 t
+ 10 k!
V ref
D2 -10V
-
0.5 ms

9. Consider the circuit shown below. The op amps are ideal, the diodes are silicon diodes and
the zener diodes have a breakdown (zener) voltage of 9.3 volts.
100 mH

1 k! V1 1 k! 1 k!
- +

D2 +
V
2
D1 -
- +

3 k!
1 k! +
5V
-

a. Sketch and dimension the voltage V1(t) as a function of time.

b. Sketch and dimension the transfer curve V2 versus V1.
c. Sketch and dimension V2(t) versus time with the V1(t) found in part a) as the input.
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EE3115 Spring 2006

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