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BAPATLA ENGINEERING COLLEGE::BAPATLA (AUTONOMOUS) II YEAR IST SEMESTER BASIC ELECTRONICS (BT212) MODEL PAPER (2011-2012) Maxmarks:60M All questions carry equal marks Answer question No.1 compulsorily. Answer one question for each unit.

(121=12M) 1.(a)What is the form factor of a sinusoidal waveform? (b)What is the impedance of an ideal Inductor? (c)Distinguish network and circuit. (d)What is the purpose of trigger circuit in a CRO? (e)What is a Lissajous pattern? (f)What is VOM? (g)What is the ripple factor of a half wave rectifier without a filter? (h)Define of a transistor. (i)Write the applications of Diode. (j)What types of feedback is used in amplifiers? (k)Define Load regulation in a voltage regulator. (l)Draw the circuit of Colpitts Oscillator. UNIT-I 2(a)Define the terms Peak value,RMS value,Average value and form factor of an alternating Voltage. (6M) (b)Describe the behavior of capacitance to a sinusoidal voltage. (6M) (OR) 3(a)Describe Kirchhoffs Laws. (b)Write about dependent current and voltage sources. (c)Find the form factor of a symmetrical square wave. UNIT-II 4(a)Explain the working principle of CRO using a block diagram. (b)Describe the applications of multimeter. (OR) 5(a)What do you understand by an ideal diode? Draw its V-I characteristics. (6M) (b)Show that the maximum rectification efficiency of a half wave rectifier is 40.6%. (6M) (6M) (6M) (6M) (3M) (3M)

UNIT-III 6(a)Explain the characteristics of a transistor in CE configuration. (6M) (b)Explain why a transistor should be biased? Why operating point is fixed in the center of the active region of transistor characteristics in a good voltage amplifier. (6M) (OR) 7(a)Describe the construction of JFET. (b)What are the advantages of JFET over BJT? (6M) (6M)

UNIT-IV 8(a)Explain the operation of any voltage regulator. (b)Write the advantages and disadvantages of feedback in amplifiers. (OR) 9(a) Explain the working principle of an oscillator using a block diagram. (6M) (b)Draw the circuits of RC phase shift and Wein bridge oscillators.Also write the expressions for frequency of oscillation. (6M) (6M) (6M)