December - 2017: Amiete - Cs/It
December - 2017: Amiete - Cs/It
December - 2017: Amiete - Cs/It
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PLEASE WRITE YOUR ROLL NO. AT THE SPACE PROVIDED ON EACH PAGE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEIVING THE QUESTION PAPER.
NOTE: There are 9 Questions in all.
• Question 1 is compulsory and carries 20 marks. Answer to Q.1 must be written in
the space provided for it in the answer book supplied and nowhere else.
• The answer sheet for the Q.1 will be collected by the invigilator after 45 minutes of
the commencement of the examination.
• Out of the remaining EIGHT Questions answer any FIVE Questions, selecting at
least TWO questions from each part, each question carries 16 marks.
• Any required data not explicitly given, may be suitably assumed and stated.
Q.1 Choose the correct or the best alternative in the following: (2×10)
a. Typical value of forward voltage drop for silicon diode is
(A) 0.3 V (B) 0.4 V
(C) 0.5 V (D) 0.7 V
c. With the same secondary voltage and filter, which has the most ripples?
(A) Half-wave rectifier (B) full-wave rectifier
(C) Bride rectifier (D) Impossible to say
h. What is the minimum number of 2-input NAND gates required to realize a half
adder circuit.
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 3
i. How many flip flops are required to convert a mod-8 counter into mod-64
counter?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
j. What is the output frequency of decade counter that is clocked from a 50 kHz
clock signal
(A) 20 kHz (B) 10 kHz
(C) 4 kHz (D) 5 kHz
PART A
Answer at least TWO questions. Each question carries 16 marks.
Q.3 a. Draw circuit diagram of full-wave rectifier for producing a positive output
voltage. Sketch the input and output wave forms and explain the circuit
operation. (8)
Q.4 a. Establish relationship among various currents in a PNP BJT when its base-
emitter junction is forward biased and base-collector junction is reverse biased. (8)
b. Calculate collector current (I C ) and emitter current (I E ) for a BJT that has α dc =
0.98 and I B = 100 µA. Determine the value of β dc for the BJT. (8)
Q.5 a. Draw circuit diagram of an NPN BJT based single-stage common-emitter (CE)
amplifier with resistive voltage divider biasing scheme. (8)
b. Draw circuit diagram of an NPN BJT based phase shift oscillator with RC
phase shift network. (8)
PART B
Answer at least TWO questions. Each question carries 16 marks.
Q.6 a. Describe parallel and serial transmission of digital data and relative advantage
of parallel and serial transmissions. (8)
Q.9 a. Draw gate-level schematic of JK flip-flop realized only with 2-inut NAND
gates and having PRESET and CLEAR control signals. (8)
b. Explain the operation of JK flip-flop realized only with 2-inut NAND gates
and having PRESET and CLEAR control signals. (8)