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Official PYQ2024Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsMCQ · 2 marks
​​​​​The sequence of states (Q1Q0)\left(Q_{1} Q_{0}\right) of the given synchronous sequential circuit is - _______\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Official PYQ2024Digital CircuitsData ConvertersMCQ · 2 marks
​​​​​A full scale sinusoidal signal is applied to a 1010 -bit ADC\mathrm{ADC}. The fundamental signal component in the ADC\mathrm{ADC} output has a normalized power of 1 W1 \mathrm{~W}, and the total noise and distortion normalized power is 10μW10 \mu \mathrm{W}. The effective number of bits (rounded off to the nearest integer) of the ADC\mathrm{ADC} …
Official PYQ2024Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 2 marks
In the circuit shown below, the transistors M1M_{1} and M2M_{2} are biased in saturation. Their small signal transconductances are gm1g_{m 1} and gm2g_{m 2} respectively. Neglect body effect, channel length modulation and intrinsic device capacitances. Assuming that capacitor C1C_{1} is a short circuit for AC\mathrm{AC} analysis, the exact …
Official PYQ2023Digital CircuitsData ConvertersNAT · 1 mark
The signal-to-noise ratio SNR\mathrm{SNR} of an ADC\mathrm{ADC} with a full-scale sinusoidal input is given to be 61.96 dB61.96 \mathrm{~dB}. The resolution of the ADC\mathrm{ADC} is_____________bits (rounded off to the nearest integer).
Official PYQ2023Digital CircuitsData ConvertersNAT · 2 marks
A sample and hold circuit is implemented using a resistive switch and a capacitor with a time constant of 1  μs1 \; \mu \mathrm{s}. The time for the sampling switch to stay closed to charge a capacitor adequately to a full scale voltage of 1 V1 \mathrm{~V} with 1212-bit accuracy is ___________ μs\mu \mathrm{s} (rounded off to two decimal places).
Official PYQ2023Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
In the circuit shown below, P\mathrm{P} and Q\mathrm{Q} are the inputs. The logical function realized by the circuit shown below is
Official PYQ2023Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The synchronous sequential circuit shown below works at a clock frequency 1  GHz1 \; \mathrm{GHz}. The throughput, in Mbits/s,\text{Mbits/s,} and the latency, in ns,\text{ns,} respectively, are
Official PYQ2023Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsNAT · 1 mark
For the circuit shown below, the propagation delay of each NAND\mathrm{NAND} gate is 1 ns1 \mathrm{~ns}. The critical path delay, in ns,\text{ns,} is______________(rounded off to the nearest integer).
Official PYQ2023Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsNAT · 2 marks
In a given sequential circuit, initial states are Q1=1Q_1=1 and Q2=0Q_2=0. For a clock frequency of 1  MHz1 \; \mathrm{MHz}, the frequency of signal Q2\mathrm{Q}_2 in kHz\mathrm{kHz}, is __________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
Official PYQ2022Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the 2–bit\text{2–bit} multiplexer (MUX)\text{(MUX)} shown in the figure. For OUTPUT\text{OUTPUT} to be the XOR\text{XOR} of C\text{C} and D,\text{D}, the values for A0,A1,A2,A_{0}, A_{1}, A_{2}, and A3A_{3} are _______________.
Official PYQ2022Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMSQ · 1 mark
Select the Boolean function(s) equivalent to x+yz,x+yz, where x,y,x, y, and zz are Boolean variables, and ++ denotes logical OR\text{OR} operation.
Official PYQ2022Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMSQ · 1 mark
Select the correct statement(s) regarding CMOS\text{CMOS} implementation of NOT\text{NOT} gates.
Official PYQ2022Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsMCQ · 2 marks
For the circuit shown, the clock frequency is f0f_{0} and the duty cycle is 25%.25 \%. For the signal at the Q\text{Q} output of the Flip-Flop, _______________.
Official PYQ2022Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMSQ · 2 marks
Consider a Boolean gate (D)\text{(D)} where the output YY is related to the inputs AA and BB as, Y=A+B‾,Y = A + \overline{B}, where ++ denotes logical OR\text{OR} operation. The Boolean inputs ’0’’0’ and ’1’’1’ are also available separately. Using instances of only D\text{D} gates and inputs ’0’’0’ and ’1’,’1’, _______________ (select the …
Official PYQ2021Digital CircuitsNumber RepresentationsMCQ · 1 mark
​​​​​​​If (1235)x = (3033)y(1235)_{x}\:=\:(3033)_{y}, where xx and yy indicate the bases of the corresponding numbers, then
Official PYQ2021Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
​​​​​​Addressing of a 32K × 1632K\:\times\:16 memory is realized using a single decoder. The minimum number of AND\text{AND} gates required for the decoder is
Official PYQ2021Digital CircuitsData ConvertersNAT · 1 mark
An 88-bit unipolar (all analog output values are positive) digital-to-analog converter (DAC)\text{(DAC)} has a full-scale voltage range from 0  V0\; V to 7.68 V7.68\:V. If the digital input code is 1001011010010110 (the leftmost bit is MSB\text{MSB}), then the analog output voltage of the DAC\text{DAC} (rounded off to one decimal place) is ___________ VV.
Official PYQ2021Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsMCQ · 2 marks
​​​​​​​The propagation delays of the XOR\text{XOR} gate, AND\text{AND} gate and multiplexer (MUX)\text{(MUX)} in the circuit shown in the figure are 4 ns4\:ns, 2 ns2\:ns and 1 ns1\:ns, respectively. If all the inputs P, Q, R, S and T\text{P, Q, R, S and T} are applied simultaneously and held constant, the maximum propagation delay of the circuit is
Official PYQ2021Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 2 marks
The content of the registers are R1=25H,R2=30HR_{1} = 25H, R_{2} = 30H and R3=40HR_{3} = 40H. The following machine instructions are executed. PUSH {R1}\text{PUSH } \{R_{1}\} PUSH {R2}\text{PUSH } \{R_{2}\} PUSH {R3}\text{PUSH } \{R_{3}\} POP {R1}\text{POP } \{R_{1}\} POP {R2}\text{POP } \{R_{2}\} POP {R3}\text{POP } \{R_{3}\} After execution, the content of registers R1, R2, R3R_{1},\:R_{2},\:R_{3} …
Official PYQ2021Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsNAT · 2 marks
The propagation delay of the exclusive−OR-\text{OR} (XOR\text{XOR}) gate in the circuit in the figure is 3 ns3\:ns. The propagation delay of all the flip-flops is assumed to be zero. The clock (Clk\text{Clk}) frequency provided to the circuit is 500 MHz500\: \text{MHz}. Starting from the initial value of the flip-flop outputs Q2Q1Q0=1  1  1Q_{2}Q_{1}Q_{0} = 1\;1\;1 …