UTTAR BANGA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY
MID-TERM EXAMINATION
APPLIED ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION (EE 351)
FULL MARKS: 30 TIME ALLOWED: 45 MIN
All questions are compulsory

Choose the correct alternative: - 20X0.75

1)
i) If the positive terminal of the battery is connected to the anode of the diode, then it is known as
a) Forward biased
b) Reverse biased
c) Equilibrium
d) Schottky barrier

ii) If the voltage of the potential barrier is V0. A voltage V is applied to the input, at what moment will the barrier disappear?
a) V< V0
b) V= V0
c) V> V0
d) V<< V0

iii) During the reverse biased of the diode, the back resistance decrease with the increase of the temperature. Is it true or false?
a) True
b) False

iv) What will be the output of the following circuit? (Assume 0.7V drop across the diode)

a) 12V
b) 12.7V
c) 11.3V
d) 0V

v) In a P-N junction the potential barrier is due to the charges on either side of the junction, these charges are
a) Majority carriers
b) Minority carriers
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Fixed donor and acceptor ions

vi) For a P-N junction diode, the current in reverse bias may be
a) Few mili-amperes
b) Between 0.2 A and 15 A
c) Few amperes
d) Few micro or nano amperes

vii) A P-N junction

a) Has low resistance in forward as well as reverse directions
b) Has high resistance in forward as well as reverse directions
c) Conducts in forward direction only
d) Conducts in reverse direction only
viii) In a reverse biased PN junction, the current through the junction increases abruptly at
a) 0.5 V
b) 1.1 V
c) 0.72 V
d) Breakdown voltage

ix) Mobile electrons of P-side of the P-N junction diode constitute

a) Minority current carriers
b) Majority current carriers
c) Depending upon voltage they may be either majority or minority current carriers
d) None of the above

x) A simple diode rectifier has ‘ripples’ in the output wave which makes it unsuitable as a DC source. To overcome this one can
use
a) A capacitor in series with a the load resistance
b) A capacitor in parallel to the load resistance
c) Both of the mentioned situations will work
d) None of the mentioned situations will work

xi) For full-wave rectified sine wave, rms value is

(a) 0.707 im
(b) 0.6036 im
(c) 0.5 im
(d) 0.318 im

xii) What is the circuit in the given diagram called?

a) Clipper
b) Clamper
c) Rectifier
d) None of the mentioned

xiii) Which of the following condition is true for cut-off mode?

a) The collector current is zero
b) The collector current is proportional to the base current
c) The base current is non zero
d) All of the mentioned

xiv) Which of the following is true for a pnp transistor in active region?
a) CB junction is reversed bias and the EB junction is forward bias
b) CB junction is forward bias and the EB junction is forward bias
c) CB junction is forward bias and the EB junction is reverse bias
d) CB junction is reversed bias and the EB junction is reverse bias

xv) Collector region of BJT is always

a) Lightly doped
b) Moderately doped
c) Heavily doped
d) Not doped
xvi) Process of linearly increasing amplitude of an electrical signal is called
a) Switching
b) Amplification
c) Multiplexing
d) Fabrication

xvii) In a transistor, the base current is about ………….. of emitter current

a) 25%
b) 20%
c) 35 %
d) 5%

xviii) At the base-emitter junctions of a CE transistor, one finds ……………

a) A reverse bias
b) A wide depletion layer
c) Low resistance
d) None of the above

xix) Most of the majority carriers from the emitter ………………..

a) Recombine in the base
b) Recombine in the emitter
c) Pass through the base region to the collector
d) None of the above

xx) In a transistor if β = 100 and collector current is 10 mA, then IE is …………

a) 100 mA
b) 10.1 mA
c) 110 mA
d) None of the above

2. Draw neatly and explain the V-I charactereristics of a pn junction. 2+2

3. A full-wave rectifier uses two diodes, the internal resistance of each diode may be assumed constant at 20 Ω. The transformer
secondary r.m.s. secondary voltage from centre-tap to each end of the secondary is 50 V and load resistance is 980 Ω. Find: i) The
mean load current, ii) The r.m.s. value of load current. 2+2
4. Why is PIV important in rectifier service? 2
5. A transistor is connected in common emitter (CE) configuration in which collector supply is 8 V and the voltage drop across
resistance resistance RC connected in the collector circuit is 0.5 V. The value of Rc= 800 Ω. If α=0.96, determine: i) collector-
emitter voltage ii) base current. 2+2
6. Draw the neat sketch with label of common base (CB) PNP transistor configuration with externally input signal, bias batteries
and collector resistance. 1

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