Module-I

1. Under what condition a series resistance R and capacitance C can work as a good differentiator?
Give proper justification.
2. Under what condition a series resistance R and capacitance C can work as a good integrator? Give
proper justification.
3. When a V volt DC supply is connected to a series RC circuit having resistance R and capacitance C,
plot the voltage across R with respect to time.
4. When a V volt DC supply is connected to a series RC circuit having resistance R and capacitance C,
plot the voltage across C with respect to time.
5. When a supply voltage v(t) having bandwidth B is connected to a series RC circuit having
resistance R and capacitance C, plot the voltage across R with respect to frequency showing the 3 dB
cutoff point.
6. When a supply voltage v(t) having bandwidth B is connected to a series RC circuit having
resistance R and capacitance C, plot the voltage across C with respect to frequency showing the 3 dB
cutoff point.
7. When a 0.5 duty cycle square wave of amplitude (-3V, 5V) and period T is connected to a series RC
circuit having resistance R and capacitance C, plot the voltage across R with respect to time in
transient state.
8. When a 0.5 duty cycle square wave of amplitude (-3V, 5V) and period T is connected to a series RC
circuit having resistance R and capacitance C, plot the voltage across C with respect to time in
transient state.
9. When a 0.3 duty cycle square wave of amplitude (-3V, 5V) and period T is connected to a series
RC circuit having resistance R and capacitance C, plot the voltage across R with respect to time in
steady state.
10. When a 0.3 duty cycle square wave of amplitude (-3V, 5V) and period T is connected to a series
RC circuit having resistance R and capacitance C, plot the voltage across C with respect to time in
steady state.
11. When a V volt DC supply is connected to a series RL circuit having resistance R and inductance L,
plot the voltage across R with respect to time.
12. When a V volt DC supply is connected to a series RL circuit having resistance R and inductance L,
plot the current through L with respect to time.

Module-II
13. When a voltage source giving 0.5 duty cycle square wave of amplitude (-3V, 5V) and period T is
to be realized form an available source giving 0.5 duty cycle square wave of amplitude ± 7 volts and
period T, design corresponding interface.
14. When the source gives a sinusoidal signal of amplitude 7 volts and time-period 5 msec as input to
the circuit designed in (13) above, plot the output voltage of the interface.
15. When corresponding interface designed in (13) gets all diodes inverted keeping other circuit
components the same, sketch the output voltage for source giving 0.5 duty cycle square wave of
amplitude ± 7 volts and period T.
16. When the source gives a sinusoidal signal of amplitude 7 volts and time-period 5 msec as input to
the circuit designed in (13) above when all the diodes are inverted keeping all other components the
same, plot the output voltage of the interface.
17. Repeat (13) considering the diodes are identical and have forward bias resistance 100k and
reverse bias resistance 100 ohms.
18. Repeat (14) considering the diodes are identical and have forward bias resistance 100k and
reverse bias resistance 100 ohms.
19. Repeat (15) considering the diodes are identical and have forward bias resistance 100k and
reverse bias resistance 100 ohms.
20. Repeat (16) considering the diodes are identical and have forward bias resistance 100k and
reverse bias resistance 100 ohms.
21. A sinusoidal voltage of amplitude vm is applied to a series RC circuit where a forward bias diode is
connected as load. Derive a suitable expression for the load voltage.
22. When the amplitude of the source in (21) is reduced to ½, sketch the load voltage in transient
state. Also write an approximate expression for the load voltage in transient state.
23. When the amplitude of the source in (21) is reduced to ½, sketch the load voltage in steady state.
Also write an expression for the load voltage in steady state.
24. If the source in (21) is a 0.5 duty cycle clock of amplitude 5 volts the time constant RC is such that
it charges full voltage during the high state of the clock but discharges extremely slow due to the
high reverse bias resistance of the diode. Plot the load voltage in transient state.

Module-III.
25. Consider emitter coupled multivibrator circuit in which the positive and negative triggers are
applied to the base of the transistor Q 1, and output is take at collector of transistor Q 2. Considering
the V γ and Vσ voltages at Base -Emitter junction to be equal, write inequality for design
consideration in terms of circuit components used for Bistable operation.
26. Consider emitter coupled multivibrator circuit in which the positive and negative triggers are
applied to the base of the transistor Q 1, and output is take at collector of transistor Q 2. Considering
the V γ and Vσ voltages at Base -Emitter junction to be equal, write inequality for design
consideration in terms of circuit components used for Monostable operation.
27. Describe the function of the Astable emitter coupled multivibrator when the trigger is replaced
by a constant DC supply.
28. For the collector coupled bistable multivibrator, write the equations for selection of various
resistance values in the circuit in terms of V cc.
29. For the collector coupled monostable multivibrator, write the equations for selection of various
component values in the circuit in terms of V cc and pulse width at output.
30. For the collector coupled Astable multivibrator, write the equations for satisfying conditions of a
sustained oscillation in terms of component values of the circuit.
31. How can the desired voltages Vcc and Vbb of opposite polarity be obtained with a single dc supply?
32. What are the advantages and disadvantages of direct coupled bistable multivibrator?
33. Show that putting a small capacitor parallel to the collector-base coupling resistor improves the
rectangular shape of output waveform.
34. With the help of a suitable circuit, show how a bistable can be triggered ON/OFF from a single
external point.
35.Show that the pulse width in the monostable and also in astable multivibrator is approximately
0.69 RC where R and C are resistance and capacitance connecting a base to supply and collector
respectively.
36. What are the merits of emitter coupled astable multivibrator over that of collector coupled one?

Module-IV
37.What action prevents pnpn diode from drawing infinite current.?
38. Why a negative resistance region is observed in tunnel diode but not in Zenor diode?
39. Describe the condition for monostable state of a negative resistance device.
38. What condition facilitates a negative resistance device in switching between two unstable
states?
39. Consider a current controlled negative resistance device having two break points at (5 volts, 1
mA) and (1 volt, 10 mA) respectively for a constant negative resistance. Design a proper bias circuit
for it to operate at (2 volts, 2 mA).
40. Consider a UJT having resistances Rb1 = 10k and Rb2 = 5k and applied dc voltage VBB = 10 volts.
What is the peak voltage Vp at the emitter in the characteristic of the device when the cut-in voltage
at EB1 junction is 0.6 volts.
41. Why the peak voltage is defined as the peak voltage at the emitter in UJT whereas it considered
as the voltage across anode and cathode in other 4-layer devices?
42. How does SCR differ from Thyristor?
43. Describe with the help of diode junction characteristics how do the peak and valley points
appear in the 4-layer devices?
44. How can a 4-layer device be biased to act like negative resistance for certain input voltage
range?
45. Consider a series RC circuit in which a constant negative resistance R n is connected parallel to R.
Compare the voltage across the capacitor with and without R n.
46. Consider a series RC circuit in which a constant negative resistance R n is connected parallel to C.
Compare the voltage across the capacitor with and without R n.
47. For the circuit in (45), compare the voltage across R.
48. For the circuit in (46), compare the voltage across C.

Module-V
49. What is the difference between applications of voltage sweep and current sweep?
50. How can we generate a sawtooth voltage waveform from?
51. How can you generate a current sawtooth wave form?
52. For an RC circuit where a capacitor is connected in series with resistance R 1 and in parallel with
resistance R2, express the voltage across the capacitor C when a square wave of amplitude 0-5 Volt is
applied.
53. What do you mean by sweep error? Show that sweep error for a series RC circuit is equal to the
ratio Vs/V, where Vs is the peak voltage of the sweep at time T s and V is the amplitude of applied dc
voltage for the RC circuit.
54. What do you mean by sweep deflection error? Explain with the help of an example.
55. For a series RC network with R= 10k, C= 0.1 μF, find the sweep displacement error.
56. What is sweep transmission error? Explain with the help of an example.
57. For a series RC network with R= 10k, C= 0.1 μF, find the sweep transmission error.
58. Consider a network in which a resistance 10k is connected in series with a 0.1 μF capacitor and
the load is a forward bias diode connected in shunt with a 5k resistance. When the input is a 10 volts
dc sketch the load voltage.
59. Consider a Miller integrator sweep generator for which the input is a dc supply along with a
switch in shunt. Find an expression for the slope of the sweep and the sweep error.
60. Consider a Boot strap sweep generator for which the input is a dc supply along with a switch in
shunt. Find an expression for the slope of the sweep and the sweep error.