Saranathan College of Engineering

Tiruchirapalli
Date/ 19/07/19
Internal Assessment Test - I Marks 50
Session FN
Course
EC 8351 Course Title Electronic Circuits I
code
Academic
Batch No. Duration 90 mins 2019 - 2020
Year
Semester/
Year II III / A & B Department ECE
Section
Part – A
(Answer all the questions 10 x 2 = 20marks)
Q.
Questions CO Skills
No.
1 What is the need for biasing? Define operating point. C203.1 R
Predict the collector and base current for the given specifications hfe C203.1 AZ
2
=80,VBE(ON) = 0.7v, Rc=5K, Rb=10K,Vcc=5V
3 Differentiate bias stabilization and compensation techniques. C203.1 R
4 Why fixed bias circuit is not used in practice? C203.1 R
5 When does a transistor act as switch? C203.1 AZ
6 Why FET is known as voltage variable resistor? C203.1 AZ
7 Sketch the fixed bias circuit for JFET C203.1 R
8 Why thermal runaway is not there in FETs? C203.1 A
9 Draw small signal ac equivalent circuit of BJT C203.2 R
10 Why common emitter amplifiers are more popular? C203.2 R
Part – B
(Answer all the questions 2 x 10 = 20marks)
Q.
Questions CO Skills
No.
What is D.C. load line? How will you select the operating point, C203.1
11 explain it using common emitter amplifier characteristics as an AZ
example?
Or
Explain voltage divider bias method for BJT and derive an expression C203.1
12a AZ
for stability factors

13 With neat diagrams explain JFET biasing techniques. C203.1 U,AZ

Or
Calculate the drain current and source to drain voltage of common C203.1
source circuit with n channel enhancement mode MOSFET . Assume
14 AZ
VTP = .8v ,kn = 0.2mA/v2 R1 = R2 = 50kohm, VDD =5v and RD
=7.5kohm.
 Part – C
(Answer all the questions 1 x 10 = 10marks)
Q.
Questions CO Skills
No.
Draw the ac equivalent circuit of CE amplifier with voltage divider
bias.
15 C203.2 R
Derive the expression for current gain, voltage gain, input impedance
and output impedance.
Or
Calculate the small signal voltage gain of bipolar transistor circuit
16 shown in fig. Assume the circuit parameters are β =100,VCC C203.2 AZ
=12V,VBE =0.7V ,VBB=1.2V, RC=6kΩ and RB = 50 kΩ