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FINALYEARB.Sc.DEGREED(AMINATION

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SEPTEMBER 2OO8
Part III - PhYsics

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SCIENCE
Paper I - ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER
(2003 and earlier Admissions)

lCommon to Paper I of Applied Physics)

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Maximum : 50 Marks
Time : Three Flours
Answers rnay be written either in Engtish ot in Malayalam'

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Non-prograrnrnable calculator rnay be used'

Section A
Answer anY thtee questions'
Each question carcies 5 marhs'
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1'DrawthecircuitdiagramofaVoltagemultiplierusingdiodesandexplainitsaction.Explain
a\y one application of a voltage multiplier'
Explain why it is necessary to have an amplifrer
in an electronic oscillator' with a circuit
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diagramexplaintheworkingofaColpitt'soscillatorandwritetheexpressionforfrequency'
will you use an op-Amp as an inverting
3. what is meant by virtual ground in an op-Amp ? How
amplifier? Obtain expression for voltage gain'
a NOR gate with
theorems. Use De-Morgan's laws to show that
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4. state and prove De-Morgan's

inverted inputs is equivalent to an AND gate'
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of RAM using flip-flops and basic gates?

5. How wili you construct the basic single cell unit
Explain the use of a RAM'
(3x5=l-5marks)
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Section B
Answer anY ten questions'
Each question caries 2 marhs'
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explain its action'

b. Draw the circuit diagram of a bridge rectifrer and
7. Explain how a ?'ener diode can be used
as a voltage stabilizer'

8. Distinguish between DC load line

and AC load line'
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9. What is the effect of the emitter bypass

capacitor in the voltage gain of a CE amplifier?
be at the middle of the load line' why?
10. For a class A ampiifrer the Q point should
of an RC coupled amplifier and explain how
the upper
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11. Draw the frequency response curve

and lower cut-off frequencies are determined'
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L2. what is meant by loading effect in a multi-stage amplifrer?

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13. Draw the hybrid equivalent of a cE amplifier and obtain expression for the current gain.
L4. What is the principle of operation of a tunnel diode?
15. Draw the equivalent circuit of a UJT and explain what is meant by the term intrinsic stand

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off ratio.
16. What is meant by pinch off voltage of an FET?
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why open loop configuration is not used in the linear applications of an Op-Amp?

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18. what is meant by sideband frequencies of an AM wave? Explain the w'orking of a diode
demodulator.
19. Distinguish between Registers and Counters.

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20. subtract the binary number 110112 and 10110, using 1,s compliment method. Veri$' the
result using its decimal equivalent.
(L0 x 2 = 20 marks)

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Section C
Answer any frve questittns.
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Each question carcies B morks.
2L' A 9 V Zener diode with a series resistor is conncted to a 50 V supply. Calculate bhe minimum
value of the series resistor if the power rating of the Zener is S00 mW and the required
load
current is 1 mA.
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22. A full wave rectifier using two diodes of resistance 8 ohm each has a load resistance of 1200
ohms. If the r.m.s. input voltage applied is 30 V, determine the dc load voltage and the rectifier
efficiency.
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23. In a negative feed back amplifier an input voltage of 0.5 V gives an output of 10 V. When
the
feed back is removed, it requires 0.25V input to produce the same output. Calculate the feed
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back ratio and the open loop voltage gain.

24. In the silicon transistor amplifier given below i R, = 1b0 kCt, Rz = 20 kO, Rc = 2.2 ke,
Rn = 1 kO and Vcc = 20 V. Determine the voltage gain.
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25. A carrier wave is subjected to l00%o amplitude modulation. If the total power of the Modulated
wave is 2 kW. Calculate the power of the unmodulated carrier wave and the side band power
ofeach side bands.
26. The input to a differentiator circuit using Op-amp is a sinusoidal voltage of peak value 20 rnV

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and frequency 1kHz. If the RC network has R = 100 k() and C = 0.1 1tF, determine the peak
output voltage.
27. Convert the octal number 170, into its binary equivalent and decima,l equivalent.

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28. Simplify using Boolean algrebra and draw the logic ciruit to implement it. (A + B) (A + C)
(5x3=15marks)

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