EECS 100/42/43

Spring 2006

Midterm # 1

PRINT NAME (Last, First):

SIGN YOUR NAME:

STUDENT ID #:

#1

#2

#3

#4

SUBTOTAL

14

35

#5

#6

#7

#8

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

15

10

21

50

85

Instructions: 1 Print and sign your name and enter your student ID number above. 2 Read the questions carefully. 3 Write your solution clearly. 4 You must show your work to get full credit. 5 This exam has 8 questions worth 85 points, so you should proceed at approximately 1 point per minute.

Problem # 1 (1+3+3 = 7 points) Consider the periodic voltage waveform v (t) shown below.
2.5 2 1.5 v(t) (volts) 1 0.5 0 0.5 2

4 time (sec)

Find the following: Period

Period =

DC (or average) Voltage

DC Voltage =

RMS Voltage

RMS Voltage =

Problem # 2 (2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8 points) Convert the following phasors to sinusoids. Assume the frequency is . (a) 5 exp(j/2) Answer =

(b) 3 + 4j

Answer =

Convert the following sinusoids to phasors. (c) 3 cos(t) + 4 sin(t) Answer =

(d)

2 sin(t 45 )

Answer =

Problem # 3 (6 1 = 6 points) Circle the most appropriate answers. Incorrect answers receive 1 points. No explanations are necessary. The internal resistance R of a practical current source is in series/parallel with the source. For a well-designed circuit with a practical current source, this internal resistance R should be much larger/smaller than the load resistance. A circuit element that requires an external power supply is called active/passive . We can/cannot nd the Thevenin equivalent of a circuit containing diodes. The input resistance of an ammeter is very small/very large . An oscilloscope can easily be used/not be used to measure magnetic eld strength.

Problem # 4 (5 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 14 points) A 10 volt battery with internal resistance R1 is connected to a resistive load RL . The voltage across the load is measured with a voltmeter whose internal resistance is R2 . (a) Draw a circuit diagram for this problem in the box below.

(b) Find an expression for the voltage recorded by the voltmeter in terms of R1 , R2 , RL .

Voltmeter Reading = (c) Ideally, would you want (d) Ideally, would you want R1 >> RL R2 >> RL or or R1 << RL R2 << RL ? (circle your answer) ? (circle your answer)

Problem # 5 (4+8+1+2 = 15 points) (a) Consider the circuit shown here. Let Iin and Iout be the phasors of the input current Iin and the output current Iout respectively. Find Iout in terms of R1 , R2 , L, C, and Iin .

I in R2

R1

I out

Iout = (b) With R1 = 1 K , R2 = 5 k , L = 100 mH, C = 3 F , sketch the frequency response of the current magnitude gain from Iin to Iout . Use the log-log scale graph-paper supplied below.
10
1

Voltage gain (dimensionless)

10

10

10

10

10

10 10 Frequency (rad/sec)

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(c) Is this a low-pass or band-pass or high-pass lter ? (circle your answer)

Problem # 6 (3 + 3 + 4 = 10 points) Consider the circuit shown below. Let Va and Vb be the voltages at nodes a and b respectively. Here, you will use the nodal method to nd the voltage Va . Let the unknown quantities be the node voltages Va , Vb and the current I .

I 1A 1 1

+ _ 10V

(a) Write KCL at node a in terms of the unknown quantities only.

KCL at node a: (b) Write KCL at node b in terms of the unknown quantities only.

KCL at node b: (c) Solve for Va . You will need one more equation here.

Va =

Problem # 7 (11 + 10 = 21 points) Consider the circuit shown here. The source voltage vs (t) is given by: vs (t) = 4 volts t 0 6 volts t > 0

R1

R3

+
_ vS (t) +
R2 C

vC (t)

Here, R1 = 2k , R2 = 2k , R3 = 3k , C = 2.5F . The problem is to nd the voltage vc (t) for t > 0.

(a) (4+4+3 = 11 points) Find the Thevenin equivalent for the circuit above. In other words, nd the voltage vT (t) and the resistance RT for the equivalent circuit shown below. RT

_ vT (t) +

+ _ vC (t)

vT (t) = 8

volts t 0 volts t > 0 RT =

(b) (2 + 4 + 4 = 10 points) For the rest of the problem use the following values. These values are not correct but will enable you to nish the problem even if you made a mistake in part (a). Values you should use: vT (t) = 3 volts t 0 5 volts t > 0 RT = 6k

Find the time constant of the circuit. Find vC (t) for t > 0. Sketch vC (t) on the graph below.

10 8 6

vC(t) (volts)

4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 10 0 10 20 30 40 50

t (msec)

time constant =

for t > 0, vC (t) =

Problem # 8 (4 points) You have two resistors R1 and R2 . Using these in various combinations you can make resistances of 4, 6, 12, and 18.

Find R1 , R2 .

R1 =

R2 =

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