Matoshri College of Engineering and Research Centre, Eklahare, Nashik

Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Question Bank for Practical

Programme/Course: 2015 Class: TE A.Y. : 2016-17

Sem. : I
Course Code: 304193 Course : Electronics System Design
Course Teacher: Department: Electronics and
Telecommunication
Teaching Scheme: Practical : 2 Hrs./Week
Examination Scheme: THEORY : 1 HR ORAL : 50 Marks
/WEEKS

1. Explain with block diagram Linear Power Supply (LPS).

2. Discuss applications, advantages and limitations of LPS.
3. Explain the need of heat sink for Voltage Regulator in LPS
4. Give selection criteria for different components used in LPS
5. Discuss general block diagram of SMPS (draw only block diagram).
6. What are the advantages of SMPS over LPS?
7. Differentiate between linear power supply and SMPS
8. Explain how efficiency of SMPS can be improved. Explain the concept of switching regulator.
(discuss relationship between duty cycle and transistor/mosfet dissipation)
9. Give basic topologies for SMPS (buck, boost, flyback, forward. Also give relationship
between input and output voltage for buck and boost).
10. Discuss performance parameters for SMPS(line regulation, load regulation, ripple content in
output, etc)
11. Give selection criteria for : a) Switching Transistor/MOSFET, b) Switching diode, c) Filter
capacitor, d) inductor.
12. Discuss PWM circuits employed in SMPS design (here you will discuss about voltage mode
and current mode PWM circuit. Talk about PWM IC you have used for simulation and design
LM 3524-voltage mode and LM 3824 –current mode. Discuss about soft start pwm, foldabck
current limiting, duty cycle ratio min and max, role of error amplifier, osc circuit etc. read
data sheet carefully)

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13. How different it is to operate transformer on 50Hz frequency and 100KHz frequency.
14. Give steps to design High frequency transformer design (very important)
15. Protection circuits for smps.(talk about EMC/EMI, shielding, advantages of using PWM ICS,
snubber circuits for mosfet, MOVs etc)

LINEAR POWER SUPPLY:

1. Define regulator and give its applications

2. What is difference between, voltage regulator and voltage reference?
3. How will you classify voltage regulators?
4. Compare LPS and SMPS.
5. What is primary requirement of voltage reference?
6. State or define performance specifications of voltage regulators.
7. Define line regulation, load regulators and ripple rejection ratio.
8. Why is protection required for regulators?
9. Draw equivalent circuit of three terminal shunt regulators / series pass regulators.
10. Draw the circuit of voltage reference.
11. Draw a basic voltage regulator.
12. Explain
I. Overload protection.
II. Fold back current limiting
III. Basic thermal protection circuit
IV. Short circuit protection.
13. What is safe operating area?
14. Can you use a voltage regulator as a current source?
15. What is the need of current boosting and how it is achieve?
16. What is use of two capacitors at the input and output of the regulator I C?
17. Can fixed regulator be used as variable regulator?
18. Compare three terminals regulator, with four terminal adjustable regulator.
19. What are the functions of protection diode?
20. What is dual tracking regulator?
21. Justify heat sinks required or not for a voltage regulator circuit?

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22. On what basis have you selected a particular package for your design?
23. Outline the design of rectifier circuits.
24. Compare various rectifier circuits. Why are bridge rectifiers commonly used?
25. Outline the design of transformer. Specify the ratings.
26. What is ESL. And ESR for capacitor?
27. How will you determine ripple factor?
28. What is surge current?
29. What is bleeder resistance?
30. How is the value of Rs. calculated?
31. How are transformers classified?
32. Outline the various locations of various components in our design.
33. Justify the selection criteria for current boosting.
34. Define all parmenters in our design.
(PIV, LR, LR, RRR,Surge current, etc.)
35. Compare different types of filters. Why is ‘C’ filter preferred?
36. What are different characteristics of audio transformer?
37. What is electronic transformer?
38. How will you decide core size, gauge of wire for transformer?
39. How much is the power dissipation or efficiency of the power supply design by your
group?
40. Explain: selection criteria for input supply conditioning.
41. Calculate load , line regulation of your designed linear power supply.
42. How will you interface the display devices?
43. How will you select display devices?
44. What do you mean by 3’ ½ , 4’ ½ digit display?
45. What is the provision for the supply of display devices
1. What are the different requirements of the public address system?
2. How much is the total power dissipation of your circuit?
3. What is graphic equalizer? Compare it with parametric equalizer.
4. Outline the specifications of your circuit.
5. What is public address system?

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6. What is bandwidth of audio amplifier?

7. Outline the different packages available for audio amplifier. Give its specifications,
important parameters, and features of the I C.
8. What is bar-graph display?
9. Logarithmic pot is preferred for overall sound/volume control. Why?
10. What is difference between noise and distortion?
11. Enlist the following noise specifications: WOW. Flutter, HUM.
12. Justify the selected components?
13. What is the total cost of your design?
14. What the conversion efficiency of your system?
15. Enlist the main features of each block of your system.
16. Specify the selection criteria for each block of your system.
17. CD system is called Iii-Fi system, why?
DATA ACQUISTTION SYSTEM

1. What is data acquisition system (DAS)?

2. What is difference between transducer and sensor?
3. How will you classify transducers?
4. What is two wires and three wires transducer?
5. How will you interface transducer?
6. What is selection criteria for transducers?
7. Explain the function of each block?
8. What is the format of output for two wire and three wire process transducers?
9. Differentiate various serial communication RS232, RS423,RS435.
10. What is criteria for selection of ADC, mux S/H cct?
11. How will you interface display devices?
12. Explain different types of display drivers and display devices.
13. How will you control the parameters?
14. How these controllers can be designed?
15. What is need of isolation amplifier?
16. What are the types of isolation amplifier?

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17. What is the type of isolation amplifier?

18. How will you classify DAS. Define linearization and discuss various methods of
linearization. Is there any advantage of your design over the existing system?
19. How will you calculate power dissipation?
20. Which are the main parameter you have considered while selecting ICs?
21. Can you implement optical fiber link between transmitting and receiving ends?
22. What are important factors which decides configuration of DAS?
23. What do you understand by ratiometric and logarithmic conversion?
24. Which points has to be considered while interfacing two blocks?
25. What are different multi channel systems for DAS?
26. What is the selection criteria for components?
27. What are different types of semiconductor memories?
28. Explain instrumentation standards?
29. What are the features of DAS?
30. Discuss DAS, its need, different blocks employed, performance parameters for DAS
31. Selection criteria for transducer, actuators, and sensors. (give examples)
32. Explain interfacing of different sensors
33. Need of signal conditioning and design of signal conditioning
34. Selection criteria for ADC and DAC
35. Give selection criteria for microcontroller,LCD, Seven-segment

PCB DESIGN

30. What is PCB?

31. What are pads, vias, tracks, footprints
32. Explain net list
33. What are the types of PCB
  34. How to choose PCB (Printed Circuit Board) material?
  35. How to avoid high-frequency interference?
36. What is the strategy of clock routing for signals at different frequencies?
   37. How many types of  PCB ?
38. Which  types of Instruments requirement for PCB repair?

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39. How to check Faulty PCB Step by Step?

40. If  don’t circuit of PCB then how to repair PCB?  
  41. How will we do reverse engineering of PCB?
42. Which types of Precautions need to repair area?
43. Which types of common fault in PCB?
44. What is meaning of SMPS PCB?
45.  Which types of Components use in PCB?
46. How to make test procedure for PCB?
  47. Which types of soldered components in PCB?
48.  Which types of basic requirement for PCB Repair?

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