Saranathan College of Engineering

Tiruchirapalli
Date/
Makeup Test -IA I 05.08.2019 Marks 50
Session
Course code EC 8351 Course Title Electronic Circuits I
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. No. Questions CO Skills
1 Define stability factor. C203.1 R
2 What do you meant by thermal runaway? C203.1 R
3 What are the parameters that the operating point depends on? C203.1 R
4 Name any two techniques used in the stability of Q point. 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 What is the impact of temperature on drain current of MOSFET? 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. No. Questions CO Skills
With neat diagrams explain an y two bias compensation techniques. State its C203.1
11 AZ
advantages and disadvantages
Or
Explain voltage divider bias method for BJT and derive an expression for C203.1
12a AZ
stability factors

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

Or
Consider the BJT voltage divider bias circuit as described below. Assume C203.1
14a Vcc=15V, β=150, VBE=0.7 V, RE=1KΩ, RC=4.7KΩ, R1=47 KΩ, R2=10 KΩ. R
Sketch the DC load line. Determine Q point. [6]
For the circuit shown in figure 1, assume VCC=12V, VCE=8V, RB=360 KΩ, C203.1
RC=2 KΩ. Determine the Q point and construct the dc load line. [4]

14b

P.T.O
 Part – C
(Answer all the questions 1 x 10 = 10marks)
Q. No. Questions CO Skills
Draw the ac equivalent circuit of CE amplifier with voltage divider bias.
15 Derive the expression for current gain, voltage gain, input impedance and C203.2 R
output impedance.
Bloom’s Skills: Remember (R), Understand (U), Apply (A), Analyze (AZ), Evaluate (E) and Create (C). Skill need to be mentioned
against each question