R.M.K.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

R.S.M NAGAR, PUDUVOYAL-601206
4th Semester B.E. / B.Tech.
First Internal Assessment Test January 2013
Sub. Title : ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - II
Sub. Code : EC2251
Duration : 100 minutes

Date
: 31.01.2013
Branch
: ECE
Max. Marks : 50

Answer all questions

Part A - (5 x 2 = 10)
1. If an amplifier has a gain of 400 and feedback ratio is 0.1, find the gain with negative
feedback.
2. Compare the input and output resistance for a voltage and current shunt feedback amplifier.
3. Mention two essential conditions for a circuit to maintain oscillations.
4. What is return ratio of a feedback amplifier?
5. In a Hartley oscillator, if L1 = 0.2 mH, L2 = 0.3 mH and C = 0.003 F. Calculate the frequency
of its oscillations.
Part B - (2 x 16 + 1 x 8 = 40)

(a) (i) Draw the block diagram of feedback amplifier and discuss the effect of negative
feedback with respect to closed loop gain, bandwidth and distortion.

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(ii) If an amplifier has a bandwidth of 300 KHz and a voltage gain of 100, what will be the new
bandwidth and gain if 10% negative feedback is introduced? What will be the gain-bandwidth
product before and after feedback? What should be the amount of feedback if the bandwidth
is to be limited to 800 KHz?

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Or

(b) (i) With a neat circuit diagram, explain which type of feedback is employed in a BJT-emitter
follower and obtain the expressions for AV, AI, Ri & RO.

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(ii) The voltage shunt feedback amplifier has the following values of circuit parameters.
Rs = 600 , hie = 5 K, hfe = 80, RL = 2 K, RB = 40 K. Calculate Av, Rif, Avf, Rof and Rof.
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7. (a)(i) Draw the circuits of voltage shunt and current series feedback amplifiers and derive
the expressions for input impedance Rif.

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(ii) An amplifier, with feedback, has voltage gain of 100. When the gain without feedback
changes by 20% and the gain with feedback should not vary more than 2%. If so, determine
the vales of open loop gain A and feedback ratio .

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Or
(b)

(i) Derive the general condition for oscillation for a LC oscillator and derive the

frequency of oscillation for a Colpitts oscillator.

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(ii) A colpitts oscillator is designed with C1 = 100 pf and C2 = 7500 pf. The inductance
is variable. Determine the range of inductance values, if the frequency of oscillation is to vary
between 950 KHz and 2050 KHz.

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8 (a) Sketch the basic block diagram of an oscillator and explain how it works. If the gain of
the amplifier is A and the feedback factor is , sketch the output waveforms for the three
cases (1) A > 1,

(2) A < 1 and

(3) A = 1. Derive the conditions of sustained

oscillations.

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Or

(b) Discuss Nyquist criterion for stability of feedback amplifiers, with the help of Nyquist plot
and Bode plot.

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