B.E. / B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATIONS - Jan 2014 INTERNAL TEST –I EEE Fourth Semester Time : 1 ½ hours MaxMarks : 50 Subject : EE 2254 - LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND APPLICATIONS PART-A -1 Answer any four (4 X 2 =8) 1. What are the advantages of integrated circuits over discrete circuits? 2. What is parasitic capacitance? 3. Design an amplifier for gain 7. 4. Mention the characteristics of an ideal op-amp. 5. Define CMRR of an op-amp. PART-A -2 Answer any one (1 X 2 =2) 6. 7. 8. PART-B-1 Answer any three (3X10=30) 9. Explain in detail about the processing steps involved in the fabrication of monolithic Integrated circuit. 10. With the neat sketches, describe the operation of Epitaxial growth and photolithography. 11. Discuss the various DC characteristic of op-amp. 12. Explain the operation of inverting amplifier with input output waveform and derive the expression for the gain. With the help of it design an amplifier for gain -7. PART-B-2 Answer any one (1X10=10) 13. 14. 15.