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Official PYQ2004Analog CircuitsBJT and MOSFET AmplifiersMCQ · 1 mark
The neutral base width of a bipolar transistor, biased in the active region, is 0.5  μm0.5 \; \mu \mathrm{m}. The maximum electron concentration and the diffusion constant in the base are 1014/cm310^{14} / \mathrm{cm}^{3} and Dn\mathrm{D}_{n} =25 cm2/sec=25 \mathrm{~cm}^{2} / \mathrm{sec} respectively. Assuming negligible recombination in the base, the collector current …
Official PYQ2004Analog CircuitsBJT and MOSFET AmplifiersMCQ · 1 mark
Assuming that the β\beta of the transistor is extremely large and VB E=0.7 V,IC\text{V}_{\text{B E}}=0.7 \mathrm{~V}, \text{I}_{\text{C}} and VCE\text{V}_{\text{CE}} in the circuit shown in the figure are
Official PYQ2004Analog CircuitsBJT and MOSFET AmplifiersMCQ · 1 mark
A bipolar transistor is operating in the active region with a collector current of 1 mA1 \mathrm{~mA}. Assuming that the β\beta of the transistor is 100100 and the thermal voltage (VT)\left(\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{T}}\right) is 25  mV25 \; \mathrm{mV}, the transconductance (gm)\left(g_{m}\right) and the input resistance (rn)\left(r_{n}\right) of the transistor …
Official PYQ2004CommunicationsAnalog CommunicationsMCQ · 1 mark
The value of C\mathrm{C} required for sinusoidal oscillations of frequency 1  kHz1 \; \mathrm{kHz} in the circuit of given figure is
Official PYQ2004Analog CircuitsOp-amp CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
In the op-amp\text{op-amp} circuit given in the figure, the load current iLi_{\text{L}} is
Official PYQ2004Analog CircuitsDiode CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
In the voltage regulator shown in the given figure, the load current can vary from 100 mA100 \mathrm{~mA} to 500 mA500 \mathrm{~mA}. Assuming that the Zener diode is ideal (i.e., the Zener knee current is negligibly small and Zener resistance is zero in the breakdown region), the value of RR is
Official PYQ2004Analog CircuitsDiode CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
In a full-wave rectifier using two ideal diodes, VdiV_{d i} and VidV_{i d} are the dcd c and peak values of the voltage respectively across a resistive load. If PIV is the peak inverse voltage of the diode, then the appropriate relationships for this rectifier are
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The minimum number of 22-to-11 multiplexers required to realize a 44-to 11 mulitiplexer is
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The Boolean expression AC + BC‾\text{AC + B} \overline{\text{C}} is equivalent to
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsNumber RepresentationsMCQ · 1 mark
11001,100111001, 1001 and 111001111001 correspond to the 22's complement representation of which one of the following sets of number ?
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
The 82558255 Programmable Peripheral Interface is used as described below. An A/D converter is interfaced to a microprocessor through 8255.8255. The conversion is initiated by a signal from the 82558255 on Port C. A signal on Port C causes data to be strobed into Port A. Two computers exchange data using a pair of 8255s8255 \mathrm{s}. Port A works as a …
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
The number of memory cycles required to execute the following 80858085 instructions LDA 3000 H\text{LDA 3000 H} LXI D, FOF 1 H\text{LXI D, FOF 1 H} would be
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsSequential CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
In the modulo-66 ripple counter shown in the given figure, the output of the 22-input gate is used to clear the J-K flip-flops. The 22-input gate is
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the sequence of 80858085 instructions given below. LXI H, 9258, MOV A, M, CMA, MOV M, A\text{LXI H, 9258, MOV A, M, CMA, MOV M, A} Which one of the following is performed by this sequence?
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsCombinatorial CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
A Boolean function ff of two variables xx and yy is defined as follows: f(0,0)=f(0,1)=f(1,1)=1;f(1,0)=0f(0,0)=f(0,1)=f(1,1)=1 ; \quad f(1,0)=0 Assuming complements of xx and yy are not available, a minimum cost solution for realizing ff using only 22-input NOR gates and 22-input OR gates (each having unit cost) would have a total cost of
Official PYQ2004Digital CircuitsComputer OrganizationMCQ · 1 mark
It is desired to multiply the numbers 0AH0 \mathrm{AH} by 0BH0 \mathrm{BH} and store the result in the accumulator. The numbers are available in registers BB and CC respectively. A Part of the 80858085 program for this purpose is given below: MV1 A, 00H\qquad \qquad \text{MV1 A, 00H} Loop;…....……….….\text{Loop;}…....……….…. .…...…….....….\qquad.…...…….....…. …
Official PYQ2004Networks, Signals and SystemsContinuous-time SignalsMCQ · 1 mark
A 1  kHz1 \; \mathrm{kHz} sinusoidal signal is ideally sampled at 15001500 samples/sec and the sampled signal is passed through an ideal low-pass filter with cut-off frequencey 800 Hz800 \mathrm{~Hz}. The output signal has the frequency
Official PYQ2004Networks, Signals and SystemsLTI SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
A rectangular pulse train s(t)s(t) as shown in the figure is convolved with the signal cos⁡2(4p×103t)\cos ^{2}\left(4 p \times 10^{3} t\right). The convolved signal will be a
Official PYQ2004Networks, Signals and SystemsLTI SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
A causal LTI\text{LTI} system is described by the difference equation 2y[n]=αy[n−2]−2x[n]+βx[n−1]2 y[n]=\alpha y[n-2]-2 x[n]+\beta x[n-1] The system is stable only if
Official PYQ2004Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
A causal system having the transfer function H(s)=1s+2\mathrm{H}(s)=\frac{1}{s+2} is excited with 10u(t)10 u(t). The time at which the output reaches 99%99 \% of its steady state value is