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Official PYQ1998Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The noise margin of a TTL\text{TTL} gate is about
Official PYQ1998Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The minimum number of 22-input NAND\text{NAND} gates required to implement the Boolean function Z=ABˉCZ=A \bar{B} C, assiming that A,BA, B and CC are available, is
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
In an 8085  μ  P8085 \; \mu \; \mathrm{P} system, the RST\text{RST} instruction will cause an interrupt
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The output of the logic gate in the figure is
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The inverter 74  ALSO474 \; \mathrm{ALSO} 4 has the following specifications IOH max⁡=−0.4 mA,lOLmax =8 mA,liHmax⁡=20 mA, liLmax =−0.1 mA, \begin{array}{l} \mathrm{I}_{\text{OH } \max }=-0.4 \mathrm{~mA}, \mathrm{l}_{\text{OLmax }}=8 \mathrm{~mA}, \mathrm{l}_{i H_{\max }}=20 \mathrm{~mA} \text{, } \\ \mathrm{l}_{\text{iLmax }}=-0.1 \mathrm{~mA} \text{, } \end{array} The fan-out based on the above will be
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
In standard TTL\text{TTL}, the 'totem pole' stage refers to
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
A 22 bit binary multiplier can be implemented using
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsSemiconductor MemoriesMCQ · 1 mark
Each cell of a Static Random Access Memory contains
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The boolean function A+BC\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{BC} is a reduced form of
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The gate delay of an NMOS\text{NMOS} inverter is dominated by charge time rather than discharge time because
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
In a J-K\text{J-K} flip-flip we have J=Q\text{J=Q} and K=1\text{K}=1. Assuming the flip flop was initially cleared and then clocked for 66 puleses, the sequence at the Q\text{Q} output will be
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
For the NMOS\text{NMOS} logic gate shown in the figure is the logic function implemented is
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsNumber RepresentationsMCQ · 1 mark
A signed integer has been stored in a byte using the 22's complement format. We wish to store the same integer in a 1616 bit word. We should
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
The following insturctions have been executed by an 8085  μP8085 \; \mu \mathrm{P}  ADDRESS (HEX)  INSTRUCTION 6010 LXI H, 8A 79H6013 MOV A, L 6015 ADDH 6016 DAA 6017 MOV H, A 6018 PCHL \begin{array}{cl}\text{ ADDRESS (HEX) } & \text{ INSTRUCTION } \\ 6010 & \text{ LXI H, 8A } 79 \mathrm{H} \\ 6013 & \text{ MOV A, L } \\ 6015 & \text{ ADDH } \\ 6016 & \text{ DAA } \\ 6017 & \text{ MOV H, A } \\ 6018 & \text{ PCHL }\end{array} From …
Official PYQ1997Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The decoding circuit shown in the figure is has been used to generate the active low chip select signal for a microprocessor peripheral. (The address lines are designated as AO\mathrm{AO} to A7\mathrm{A} 7 for l/O\mathrm{l} / \mathrm{O} addresses) The peripheral will correspond to 1/O1 / \mathrm{O} addresses in the range
Official PYQ1996Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
The total number of memory accesses involved (inclusive of the opop – code fetch) when an 80858085 processor executes the instruction LDA\text{LDA} 20032003 is
Official PYQ1996Digital CircuitsData ConvertersMCQ · 1 mark
A 1212 – bit ADC\text{ADC} is operating with a 1  μ  sec1 \; \mu \; \mathrm{sec} clock period and the total conversion time is seen to be 14  μ  sec14 \; \mu \;\mathrm{sec}. The ADC\text{ADC} must be of the
Official PYQ1996Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
A pulse train can be delayed by a finite number of clock periods using
Official PYQ1996Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
Schottky clamping is resorted in TTL\text{TTL} gates
Official PYQ1996Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
The following sequence of instructions are executed by an 80858085 microprocessor: 1000LXISP27  FF1000CALL10061006POP  H\begin{matrix} 1000 &LXI & SP &27 \; FF \\ 1000 &CALL & & 1006\\ 1006 &POP \; H & & \end{matrix} The contents of the stack pointer (SP)\text{(SP)} and the HL,\text{HL,} register pair on completion of execution of these instructions are