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The ac voltage gain of a Darlington connection is about ______
In an RC coupled CE amplifier, when the input frequency increases, which of these are incorr

Hybrid-π model is also known as model____________model.

______ refers to the forward transfer current ratio

For which of the following frequency region(s) can the coupling and bypass
capacitors no longer be replaced by the short-circuit approximation?
What is the ratio of the capacitive reactance XCS to the input resistance RI of the
input RC circuit of a single-stage BJT amplifier at the low-frequency cutoff?
What would you neglect while drawing a low frequency model ?
 In a transistor amplifier circuit VCE = VCB + 
What is an emitter follower?
Which time constant is considered for the bandwidth ?
Which of the following elements is (are) important in determining the gain of the system in th
For high frequency response of a transistor amplifier, suitable model to use is
  Which capacitance/s in hybrid π model represent/s the storage of excess minority carriers a
The smaller capacitive elements of the design will determine the ________ cutoff frequencies.
In the hybrid  or Giacoletto model, which one of the following does r b include?
What is the range of the capacitor Cds?
 What should be the value of unity gain frequency for a short circuit CE transistor with gain o
  Miller's theorem is applicable in a single stage CE hybrid π model in order to deal with ______
Which among the following represents the frequency at which short circuit CE current gain a
coupling capacitor is
Which of the h-parameters corresponds to re in a common-base configuration?
General representation of the frequency response curve is called
 Which among the following plays a cardinal role in providing the transition capacitance in hy
Which among the below specified parameters exhibit inverse relationship with an input cond
A 3-dB drop in hfe will occur at a frequency defined by ________.
 Why do the internal capacitances of transistor at low frequencies treated as open circuits by
the capacitor of CE amplifier appear
What is the normalized gain expressed in dB for the cutoff frequencies?
What is the typical value of the current gain of a common-base configuration?
For the common-emitter fixed-bias configuration, there is a _____ phase shift between the inp
Which of the following is referred to as the reverse transfer voltage ratio?
A ten-times change in frequency is called a(n)
FET acts as constant current source in
What is the unit of the parameter ho?
for dc current incoupling circuit is
The lower critical frequency is also known as the
An Amplifier.
The output voltage and the input voltage are _______ for the common-emitter configuration
The common-emitter configuration has a _______ level of input impedance with a _______ voltag
Doubling the voltage gain causes a ________ dB ________.

A two-times change in frequency is called a(n)

the current in coupling circuit for high frequencies
in a by pass circuit the top of the capacitor is
the acapacitor that produces ac ground is called
the capacitor of CE amplifier appear
Which of the following configurations has an output impedance Zo equal to RC?
What is the range of the current gain for BJT transistor amplifiers
Which of the following gains is less than 1 for a common-base configuration?
In a common-source JFET amplifier, the output voltage is …………………

For Amplifier applications, a BJT is operated in

 In a common-base configuration, the input and output voltages are _______ and the output and
The feedback pair uses a(n) _______ transistor driving a(n) _______ transistor, the two devices a
For switching application, BJT is to be operated in
Substantial voltage gain and current gain are obtained in.
The coupling capacitor places the load and collector resistors in a _______ arrangement.
A common Base Transistor Amplifier is
The level of re is determined by ________.
A common Base Amplifier finds application.
Common Collector Transistor Amplifier is.
In a common Emitter Transistor Amplifier, the maximum supply voltage is limited by
Introduction of a resister in Emitter of a CE Amplifier stabilises the variations in operating po
 In a hybrid equivalent circuit, ______ is determined to make it easier to find the other parame
In low-frequency response of an Amplifier,
Which is used to establish a fixed level of current or voltage in a transistor?
An AF transformer is shielded to
The _______ the level of RL, the ______ the level of ac voltage gain.
The _______ the source resistance, the ______ the overall gain of an amplifier.
 Amplitude distortion is otherwise known as ___________ distortion.
What represents common-emitter small signal input resistance?
In a FET, there are ……….. pn junctions at the sides
In an unbypassed emitter-bias configuration _____ replaces re in the hybrid equivalent circuit.
The ear is not sensitive to ____________ distortion.
What is the voltage gain of a feedback pair connection?
The collector current in an common base configuration is equal to
In an unbypassed emitter bias configuration hie replaces ______ in the re model.
For transistor amplifiers, the no-load voltage gain is _______ the loaded voltage gain.
What is the unit of the parameter ho?
Which is not a basic BJT amplifier configuration?
Which of the h-parameters corresponds to re in a common-base configuration?
The current gain for the Darlington connection is _______.
The ac voltage gain of a Darlington connection is about ______
The value of collector load resistance in a transistor amplifier is ___________ the output impeda
What is the time taken by the electrons or holes to pass from the emitter to the collector?
Which configuration has the lowest current gain?
Which transistor configuration offers no phase reversal at the output?
What is the maximum value of gain of an amplifier?
An electronic transfer from one stage to the next is termed as ____________.
If the noise factor of an ideal amplifier expressed in dB, then it is
Which of the following describes a common collector amplifier?
The voltage gain over mid- frequency range in an RC coupled amplifier
Which frequency produces the highest noise factor?
The capacitors are considered ________________ in the dc equivalent circuit of a transistor amp
An amplifier configuration where the input signal is led to the emitter terminal and the outpu
What is the typical value of coupling capacitor Cc in RC coupling?
Transformer coupling is used for _________ amplification.
The bandwidth of a single stage amplifier is ___________ that of multistage amplifier.
In CASCODE amplifier, the transistors are in ____________ configuration
The salient featuers of CASCODE Amplifier are
 What is the purpose of RC or transformer coupling?
The number of stages that can be directly coupled is limited because
Based on Bandwidth, the amplifiers are classified as_________
The input capacitor in an amplifier is called _____________ capacitor.
Different types of Distortion in amplifiers are___________
AC load line has a/an _____________ slope compared to that of dc load line.
A multistage amplifier uses at least how many transistors?
What is the slope of the amplitude response for an n-stage amplifier ?
RC coupling is used for _____________ amplification.
A tuned amplifier uses what load?
What is the affect of emitter bypass capacitor on low frequency response ?
 To obtain the frequency response curve of an amplifier ___________ is kept constant.
What is the advantage of RC coupling scheme?
When frequency change is octave f2/f1
 The general characteristics of a common base amplifier are
The relation between h, f and f, is
 To amplify dc signals, multistage amplifier uses what coupling?
Figure of Merit of an amplifier circuit is
 Practically, the voltage gain of an amplifier is expressed
CMRR (p) =
How is the bandwidth of a cascade affected compared to the bandwidth of a single stage?
Compared to Common Emitter Configuration R, of Darlington pair circuit is
Common collector Transistor Amplifier is an example of
A type of filter which is having a single continuous transmission band with neither the upper
What coupling provides maximum voltage gain?
 Why is transformer coupling provides high frequency?
Why do we go for multistage amplifier ?
Transformer coupling is generally employed when load resistance is
What is the expression for upper 3dB cutoff frequency in a n-stage interacting cascade ?
In transistor amplifiers, what transformer is used for impedance matching?
 If an amplifier has a power gain of 100, then its dB gain is
What are types of cascade ?
R-pi in Hybrid - π equivalent circuit is ________
Typical value of Cob' output capacitance is
What would you neglect while drawing a low frequency model?
Which time constant is considered for the bandwidth?
Classify amplifiers depending on the position of the quiescent point of each amplifier
Based on·the type of Coupling, the Amplifiers are classified as ________
According to Miller's theorem the feedback capacitance when referred to input side, with gai
CE Thansistor Amplifier with umbypassed emitter resistor is an example for
The basic Eier Follower circuit is an example of.
Negative feedback in Amplifiers causes
To obtain good gain stability in a negative feedback amplifier, AB is
When the non-linear distortion in an amplifier is D without feedback, with negative voltage fe
A feedback circuit is ______________ frequency
The gain of an amplifier __________ when negative feedback is added.
Feedback factor is always
The final stage of an amplifier uses ____________ coupling.
The largest theoretical voltage gain obtained with a common collector amplifier is
Increasing the overall Beta is an advantage of
What is the reason why RC coupling is not used to amplify extremely low frequencies?
Given three amplifiers with a gain of 10 and are connected in cascade. How much is the over
The frequency response of transformer coupling is
Which of the following is provided by a CB transistor amplifier?
In the initial stages of a multistage amplifier, ____________ coupling is used.
If Av is 50 Ai is 200, what is the power gain of a common emitter amplifier?
The gain of an amplifier is expressed in dB unit because
What is the typical value of the emitter bypass capacitor CE in a multistage amplifier?
What is the main consideration in the output stage of an amplifier?
Transformer coupling provides high gain because
What is the ratio of output to input impedance of a CE amplifier?
The input impedance of an amplifier _____________ when negative voltage feedback is applied.
stability of the circuit in negative feedback is
bandwidth in negative feedback will
what are the applications of Darlington pair?
the feedback energy is out-of-phase with the input
the feedback energy is in-phase with the input
negative feedback is also known as
postive feedback is also known as
negative feedback is used in
positive feedback is used in
formula of negative feedback
disadvantages of a two-stage transformer coupled amplifier
the limitation of two-stage RC coupled amplifier
impedance matching is poor in
Which of the following amplifier is considered linear?
The voltage gain of a common collector configuration is
 Which of the following is considered an amplifier figure of merit?
Oscillators operate on the principle of
What happens if the input capacitor of a transistor amplifier is short-circuited?
 The input impedance of an amplifier ___________ when negative current feedback is applied.
What is the basic purpose of applying negative feedback to an amplifier?
The gain of an amplifier with feedback is known as __________ gain
 Negative feedback is employed in
When negative voltage feedback is applied to an amplifier, its output impedance

A transistor converts
What is the disadvantage of impedance matching?
The input impedance of which amplifier depends strongly on load resistance?
What capacitors are used in transistor amplifiers?
What is the most costly coupling?
When the output of an amplifier is 10V and 100mV from the output is fed back to the input, fe
The bandwidth of an amplifier _____________ when negative feedback is applied.
The term 1+ A β in the expression for gain with negative feedback is known as
Emitter follower employs ____________ negative feedback.
Feedback circuit usually employs __________ network
What is the approximate gain of an amplifier with negative feedback?
Series current negative feedback occurs when the feedback voltage is proportional to the ou
The number of transistor in a single stage amplifier is
 What is the purpose of the bypass capacitor in a common-emitter amplifier?
 The input resistance of a common emitter amplifier is affected by
Transformer coupling introduces what type of distortion?
n order to have more voltage gain from a transformer amplifier the transistor used should hav
Option1 Option2 Option3
0 1 βD
 Reactance CSH decreases  Voltage gain increases  Voltage gain decreases

Miller Cascade Giacoletto

hi  hr hf

Low-frequency mid-frequency high-frequency

0.25 0.5 0.75

Resistance capacitance conductance
VBE 2VBE 3 VBE
CC CE CD
input no time Output time
Interelectrode capacitances Wiring capacitances Miller effect capacitance
Kelvin network Lattice network Hybrid π
Diffusion capacitance Transition capacitance Both a and b
low mid high
Base spreading resistance Base contact Base bulk
0.01 to 0.1 pF 0.1 to 1 pF 0.1 to 1 nF
40 MHz  80 MHz  150 MHz
Series combination of CC and r' Series combination of CeParallel combination of C
fT
a dc short a ac open a dc open and ac short
hib  hfb hrb
Bandwidth Plot Miller Plot Thevenin Plot
Reverse-biased base-emitter junction
Forward biased collectorReverse-biased
base junction collector base junctio
Temperature at constant hfe Current at constant hfe Resistivity at constant h
1
 Due to reactance  Due to moderate reactance
Due to low reactance
bypass capacitor coupling capacitor Dc open
–3 dB 3 dB dB
ess than 1 Between 1 and 50 Between 100 and 200
0° 45° 90°
hi hr hf
octave. decade. decimal.
Ohmic region Breakdown region Pinch off region
Volt Ohm Siemen
zero Maximum Minimum
break frequency. cutoff frequency. corner frequency.
performs signal processing of weak
increases
signals
theinto
signal
larger
power
signal
Introduces
amplitudes
propagation delay
in phase 45° out of phase  90° out of phase
moderate, high  low, moderate low, low
10, increase 6, decrease 6, increase

binave.
octave. decade.
zero Maximum Minimum
an open a short an ac ground
bypass capacitor coupling capacitor Dc open
bypass capacitor coupling capacitor Dc open
Common-emitter voltage-dividerCommon-emitter
with coupling capacitor
voltage-divider
Common-emitter
with bypass
voltage-divider
capacitor with
less than 1 1 to 100 above 100
Ai Ai Ap
90 degree out of
180 degree out of phase with in phase with the
phase with the
the input input
input
active mode cut-off mode saturation mode
180° out of phase, 180° out of phase
180° out of phase, 180° out
 in of
phase,180°
phase out of phase
pnp, npn pnp, pnp npn, npn
active mode cut-off mode saturation mode
common Emitter Transistor Amplifier
common Base Transistorcommon
Amplifier
Collector Transistor Amplifie
series parallel series-parallel
a voltage Amplifier having a high-frequency response
an Emitter follower
α IE β
as a unity gain current Amplifier
toor
provide
currentsubstantial
buffer voltage
as a voltage
gain and
buffer
current gain
a current buffer a voltage buffer Amplifier
used to provide both voltage gain and
Avalanche breakdown of Base to
Zener
Emitter
breakdown
junctionof Base
Collector
to Emitter
to junction
Base breakdown with Em
only temperatures only beta the early effect
Zi Zo Ai
coupling and bypass capacitorscoupling
are treated
andas
bypass
open capacitors
circuits
the stray
are
and
to Transistor
be includedcapacitance
 Biasing Loading  Load line
Keep the amplifier cool Prevent the induction due
Protect
to stray
from
magnetic
rustingfields
smaller, higher  larger, lower smaller, lower
larger, higher larger, lower  lower, lower
 Intermodulation Harmonic Phase
hie hfe hib
three four five
hie hfe hre
 Frequency amplitude Harmonic
1 -1 100
Alpha times emitter current plus
Alpha
leakage
times
current
base currentBeta
plustimes
leakage
emitter
current
current plus leaka
re β βre
smaller than greater than the same as
Volt Ohm Siemen
CE CC CB
hib  hfb hrb
β1 • (β2/2) β1 • β2 β1 / β2
0 1 βD
Equal to More than Less than
Transit time Recombination Transient time
CB CE CC
CB CC CE
140dB 130dB 120db
Doping Mixing Coupling
0 0.1 1
Low voltage gain  Low current gain  Low power gain
Changes instantly with frequency
Is constant Is independent of the coupling
 10 kHz 500 Hz 1 kHz
 Short Partially short Open
Common base Common emitter Clipper
About 100 pF  About 0.1 µF About 10 µF
Current Power Voltage
Equal to  Less than More than
CE-CB CE-CC CD-CS
large voltage cureent gain Both a and b
To block ac To separate bias of one stage
To increase
from another
thermal stability
Change in temperature can cause
Circuit
thermal
becomes
instability
heavily It
andbecomes
costly difficult to bias the circui
Untuned amplifier narrow band Both a and b
Coupling Stray Bypass
frequency distortion phase distortion amplitude distortion
Zero Smaller Bigger
 1 4 3
12n dB/octave or 20n dB/decade.
6n dB/octave or 25n dB/decade.
6n dB/octave or 1n dB/decade.
Voltage Signal Current
Resistive Capacitive  LC tank
tilt is more tilt is less tilt is 1
Generator output level Amplifier output  Generator frequency
Good impedance matching  Economy  High efficiency
0 1 3
High voltage gain, low current gain,
High high
voltage,
power
high
gain
current
and Low
very
gain,
voltage
low
high
input
power
gain,
resistance
high
gain current
and lowgain,
input
hfe-fp=fT hfe+fp=fT hfe*fp=fT
 RC Direct  Transformer
Figure of merit = Gain*Bandwidth
Figure of merit = Gain-Bandwidth
Figure of merit = Gain+Bandwidth
In volts unit In dB unit As an absolute value
CMRR = (A/A) CMRR = (Ad/A) CMRR = (A/Ac)
decreses increses constant
high very high low
voltage shunt feedback voltage series feedbackcurrent series feedback
Band stop filter  Low pass filter High pass filter
RC Direct transformer
DC resistance is low Collector voltage is stepped
Collector
up voltage is stepped down
high gain low gain gain
Large  Very large Small
fH=1fD fH=0.5fB fH=0.94fD
Step up  Power  Step down
10 40 20
interacting noninteracting Both a and b
Incremental resistance condutance capacitance
2.5 pf 4 pf 1 pf
inductace capacitance resistance
time constant no time output time constant
class A,B class C class AB
R-C coupled Transformer coupled Direct coupled
Cin=C(l-A) Cm=C(l*A) Cm=C(l-A)
voltage shunt feedback voltage series feedbackcurrent series feedback
shunt-series topology series-shunt topology series-series topology
reduction in gain of the feedback
increase
amplifier
in gain of the
no feedback
change inamplifier
the gain of the feedback amplifier
Equal to 1 Very much greater than 1
 Less than 1
D/ 1+ A β  1+ A β / D D (1+A β)
independent of Strongly dependent on Moderately dependent on
Increases Remains unchanged Reduces
<1 1 >1
Direct RC Transformer
100 10 unity
Clap oscillator Crystal oscillator Darlington pair
There is considerable power loss
Electrical size of coupling
There
capacitor
is a hum
becomes
in the output
very large
24 10000 30
 Good Excellent Poor
Voltage gain Power gain  Current gain
ink RC Transformer
1000 10000 100
It is a simple unit Calculations become easy
Human ear response is logarithmic
 About 0.1 µF  About 50 µF About 100 pF
Power output Voltage gain Power gain
Transformer is very efficient Impedance matching canTransformer
be achievedsteps up the voltage
Very low Very high Moderate
Decreases  Becomes zero Increases
decrease no change increase
increase decrease no change
optical communication current amplifiers opto device
positive feedback negative feedback feedback
negative feedback positive feedback feedback
degenerative regenerative generative
degenerative regenerative generative
oscillator signal generator amplifiers
signal generator coupling circuits amplifiers
A/1+Aβ A/1-Aβ A/Aβ
poor frequency response high power consumptionexpensive
low voltage power gain both A and B
two-stage RC coupled tuned amplifier transformer coupled
class A class B class c
unity 0 high
Gain-bandwidth product Beta (β) Alpha (α)
 Positive feedback Negative feedback  Signal feedthrough
Biasing conditions will change
Transistor will be destroyed
Signal will not reach the base
Remains unchanged Decreases Increases
To increase gain To reduce distortion To keep the temperature within limits
Closed loop Resonant Open loop
Oscillators Rectifiers  Amplifiers
Remains unchanged Decreases Increases

 High resistance into

low resistance
Dc power into ac power Ac power into dc power
 It gives distorted output  It requires a transformerIt gives low power output
CE CC CB
Paper Electrolytic Mica
RC coupling Direct  Transformer
10 0.1 0.01
Decreases Remains unchanged Becomes infinite
Gain factor Sacrifice factor Feedback factor
50% 25% 75%
Resistive  Inductive Capacitive
The feedback factor The reciprocal of feedback
Thefactor
reciprocal
plus one
of feedback factor
Voltage Impedance Current
2 3 1
It increases voltage gain  It decreases voltage gain
It provides ac grounding
Re, re and β Rc and re β and re
Amplitude Frequency Phase
Thin collector Thin base Wide emitter
Option4 Answers
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An RC coupled amplifier behaves
2 like a low pass filter

π 3
 ho 3

All of the above 1

1 4
admitance 2
4VBE 1
CB 1
Input time constant 4
All of the above 4
T-network 3
None of the above 1
none 3
All of the above 4
0.1 to 1 F 2
120 MHz 4
Parallel combination of C 3
None of the above 1
a dc short and ac open 3
hob 1
Bode Plot 4
Forward biased base-emitter 3
junction
Voltage at constant hre 1
2 2
 Due to high reactance 4
Ac open 1
–20 dB 1
Undefined 1
180° 4
ho 2
none of the above 2
Saturation region 1
No unit 3
average 1
All of the above 4
is a digital logic converter 1
180° out of phase 4
high, low 1
10, decrease 3

none of the above 2

average 2
a mechanical ground 3
Ac open 1
Ac open 1
Common-emitter voltage-divider
2 without coupling capacitor
above 200 3
Av 1
1
taken at the source

both saturation and cut-off modes

1
 in phase, in phase 4
nnp.ppn 1
both saturation and cut-off modes
4
none of these 1
no connection 2
associated with voltage and current
2 gains
 IB 2
used in multistage Amplifiers1
none of these 2
Collector to Emitter breakdown
4 with Base open
both A and B 4
Av 4
the stray and Transistor capacitances
2 treated as short circuits
Coupling 1
Prevent electric shock 2
constant 3
constant 2
Resonant 2
hoe 1
two 4
hoe 1
phase 1
-100 1
Beta times collector current plus
1 leakage current
Ib 3
constant 2
No unit 3
CD 4
hob 1
β1 • (β2 – 1) 2
2 2
Not related 3
 Duty cycle 1
Emitter follower 1
both A and B 4
100dB 3
Connecting 3
10 1
Low input resistance 1
Is maximum 2
 100 Hz 1
Partially open 3
Common collector 1
About 0.01 µF 3
Signal 2
Independent 3
CB-CC 1
none of the above 3
To block dc 2
Circuits’ resistance becomes1too large
none of the above 3
Electrolytic 1
All of the above 4
 Infinite 3
 2 4
6n dB/octave or 20n dB/decade. 4
Power 1
Inductive 3
tili is 0 1
 Amplifier frequency 1
Simplicity 2
2 4
None of the choices 1
hfe/fp=fT 3
Resistor 2
Figure of merit = Gain/Bandwidth 1
 As a whole number 2
CMRR = (Ad/Ac) 4
both a and b 1
modrate 2
current shunt feedback 1
 Band pass filter 4
Resistor 3
AC resistance is high 1
none of the above 1
Zero 3
0 3
 Isolation 3
100 3
none of the above 3
inductace 1
.5 pf 1
current 2
input time constant. 4
all of these 4
all of these 4
Cin=C(l+A) 1
current shunt feedback 2
shunt-shunt topology 1
oscillations occur in the feedback amplifier
1
Zero 2
 D (1-A β) 1
Relatively dependent on 1
Becomes infinite 3
0 1
Impedance 3
Infinite 3
CE amplifier 3
Electrical size of coupling capacitor
2 becomes very small
20 3
Very good 3
Gain stability 3
Impedance 2
100000 2
 It is the most appropriate unit
3
About 0.01 µF 2
Current gain 3
Transformer steps up the current
2
Approximately 1 3
 Is unchanged 3
constant 3
constant 1
all the above 4
none of these 2
gain 2
none of these 1
none of these 2
none of these 3
oscillator 4
A*Aβ 1
both A and C 4
good frequency response 3
power amplifier 1
either A or B 4
modrate 1
temperture 1
Attenuation 1
Biasing will stabilize 1
Becomes zero 2
 To increase input signal 2
Unity 1
Receivers 3
Becomes zero 2

Low resistance into high resistance

1
It is expensive 1
CD 2
 Mylar 2
Inductive 3
0.15 3
 Increases 4
Quality factor 2
100% 4
Active 1
 The feedback factor plus one3
Power 3
4 3
No effect in the circuit 1
 α and re 1
Intermodulation 2
 Thin emitter 2
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A MOSFET is sometimes called ..............JFET
Comparing the size of BJT and FET, choose the correct statement?
What is the main advantage of FET which makes it more useful in industrial applications?
For a FET when will maximum current flows?
What is the value of current when the gate to source voltage is less than the pinch off voltage?
The Shockley equation is
What is the value of drain current when Vgs=pinch off voltage?
To use FET as a voltage controlled resistor, in which region it should operate?
For an n-channel FET, What is the direction of current flow?
For a p-channel FET, What is the direction of current flow?
Two identical FETs, each characterized by the parameters g_m and r_d are connected in parallel .The composite FET is then characterized
The pinch off voltage of JFET is 5v. What is its cut off voltage?
The action of JFET in its equivalent circuit can be represented as which of the following?
Which of the following is the main advantage of Self bias?
Which of the following is the necessary condition to design an amplifier?
At higher frequency, the capacitance of an amplifier circuit is mainly because of which capacitance?
Which of the following is the equation for stray capacitance frequency?

What is pinch off voltage?

What will happen if gate voltage applied is positive to pinch off voltage?
How does a FET behave when the v-I characteristics are to the left of pinch off for an n channel FET?
What is the relation between the drain current and source current once the voltage crosses pinch off?
If a FET has a pinch off voltage =-1V and ID=1mA, If Vgs=0V, What is the value of IDSS?
For what value of Vgs, the drain current will be 1/4th of its maximum current?
For a n-channel FET, what is the condition of Vgs for which the current becomes zero?
For low value of VDS, the JFET behaves like a
Where does the transfer curve lie for a p- channel FET?
What will be the value of rd, if two identical FETs are connected in parallel?
What will be the value of trans conductance if two Identical FETs are connected in parallel?
The threshold voltage of an n-channel MOSFET can be controlled by which of the following parameter?
MOSFET can be used as
The effective channel length of a MOSFET in saturation decreases with increase in which of the following parameter?
In a MOSFET operating in a saturation region, the channel length modulation effect causes
Which of the following effects can be caused by decrease in temperature?
At room temperature, what is the possible value for the mobility of electrons in the inversion layer of a silicon n-channel MOSFET?
Which of the following statement is true about enhancement MOSFET?
For a transistor in its circuit symbol, the line between drain and source was broken, what does this Indicate
Which of the following relation is true about gate current?
The constant-current region of a JFET lies between
What will happen if values of Rs increase?
The operating point does not depends on
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The resistance of thermistor decreases exponentially with
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The leakage current in CE configuration may be around
Transistor biasing represents ……………. conditions
Transistor biasing is done to keep ………… in the circuit

Operating point represents …………..

If biasing is not done in an amplifier circuit, it results in ……………

Transistor biasing is generally provided by a …………….

For faithful amplification by a transistor circuit, the value of VBE should ………. for a silicon transistor

For proper operation of the transistor, its collector should have …………

For faithful amplification by a transistor circuit, the value of VCE should ……….. for silicon transistor

The circuit that provides the best stabilization of operating point is …………

The point of intersection of d.c. and a.c. load lines represents …………..

An ideal value of stability factor is …………..

The zero signal IC is generally ……………… mA in the initial stages of a transistor amplifier
If the maximum collector current due to signal alone is 3 mA, then zero signal collector current should be at least equal to ………..
The disadvantage of base resistor method of transistor biasing is that it …………

The biasing circuit has a stability factor of 50. If due to temperature change, ICBO changes by 1 µA, then I C will change by …………
For good stabilsation in voltage divider bias, the current I 1 flowing through R1 and R2 should be equal to or greater than
The leakage current in a silicon transistor is about ………… the leakage current in a germanium transistor

The operating point is also called the ………….

For proper amplification by a transistor circuit, the operating point should be located at the ………….. of the d.c. load line

The operating point ………………… on the a.c. load line

The disadvantage of voltage divider bias is that it has ………….

Thermal runaway occurs when ……….

The purpose of resistance in the emitter circuit of a transistor amplifier is to ………….

The base resistor method is generally used in ………

For germanium transistor amplifier, VCE should ………….. for faithful amplification

In a base resistor method, if the value of β changes by 50, then collector current will change by a factor ………
The stability factor of a collector feedback bias circuit is ……….. that of base resistor bias

In the design of a biasing circuit, the value of collector load RC is determined by …………

If the value of collector current IC increases, then the value of VCE …………

If the temperature increases, the value of VCE …………

The stabilisation of operating point in potential divider method is provided by ……….

The value of VBE …………….

When the temperature changes, the operating point is shifted due to …….

The value of stability factor for a base resistor bias is …………

In a particular biasing circuit, the value of RE is about ………
A silicon transistor is biased with base resistor method. If β=100, VBE =0.7 V, zero signal collector current IC = 1 mA and V
In voltage divider bias, VCC = 25 V; R1 = 10 kΩ; R2 = 2.2 V ; RC = 3.6 V and RE =1 kΩ. What is the emitter voltage?
In voltage divider bias, operating point is 3 V, 2 mA. If VCC = 9 V, RC = 2.2 kΩ, what is the value of RE ?
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Which of the following techniques can be used in the sinusoidal ac analysis of transistor networks?
What is the limit of the efficiency defined by = Po/Pi?
Which of the following define(s) the conversion efficiency?
Which of the following should be done to obtain the ac equivalent of a network?
The ______ model suffers from being limited to a particular set of operating conditions if it is to be considered accurate.
The ______ model fails to account for the output impedance level of the device and the feedback effect from output to input.

The input impedance of a BJT amplifier is purely ______ in nature and can vary from a few ______ to ______.
For BJT amplifiers, the _______ gain typically ranges from a level just less than 1 to a level that may exceed 1000

What is the range of the input impedance of a common-base configuration?

What is the typical value of the current gain of a common-base configuration?
What is the controlling current in a common-base configuration?
What is the typical range of the output impedance of a common-emitter configuration?
Under which of the following conditions is the output impedance of the network approximately equal to RC for a common-emitter fixed-bi
Under which of the following condition(s) is the current gain Av ≈ β?
What does the negative sign in the voltage gain of the common-emitter fixed-bias configuration indicate?

Which of the following configurations has a voltage gain of –RC /re?

Which of the following configurations has the lowest output impedance?
The ________ configuration is frequently used for impedance matching
The emitter-follower configuration has a ______ impedance at the input and a ______ impedance at the output.

Which of the following conditions must be met to allow the use of the approximate approach in a voltage-divider bias configuration?
Which one of the following configurations has the lowest input impedance?
For the collector dc feedback configuration, there is a _____ phase shift between the input and output signals.
Which of the following represent(s) the advantage(s) of the system approach over the r-model approach?
The _______ the source resistance and/or _______ the load resistance, the less the overall gain of an amplifier.

The _______ of the input signal is one of the first concerns in the sinusoidal ac analysis of transistor networks.
The _______ model(s) is (are) commonly used in the small-signal ac analysis of transistor networks.
The peak value of the ac input signal is controlled by the _______ in a transistor network for the frequencies in the low to midrange.
_______ can't be applied to determine the response of the ac equivalent circuit

The input and output signals are _______ for the typical transistor amplifier at frequencies that permit ignoring the effects of the reactive e
One junction of an operating transistor is _______ and the other one is _______.
For a common-base configuration, the input impedance is relatively _______ and the output impedance quite _______.
The output voltage and the input voltage are _______ for the common-base configuration.
In a common-emitter configuration _______ is the controlling current while _______ is the controlled current

For the common-emitter and common-base configurations, the magnitude of ______ and ______ is often not included in the model
In a fixed-bias network, the input signal Vi is applied to the _______ of the transistor while the output Vo is off the _______.
In a voltage-divider bias configuration, the voltage-divider equation is used to determine the _______.
In a voltage-divider bias configuration, there can be a measurable difference in the results for _______ if the condition ro ≥ 10RC is not sa
The bypass capacitor in a common-emitter configuration _______ the voltage gain.
In an emitter-follower, the voltage gain is _______.
In an emitter-follower, the output voltage is _______ with the input voltage
An emitter-follower has _______ impedance at the input and _______ impedance at the output.
_____ is slightly affected if the condition ro ≥ 10RE is not satisfied in the analysis of an emitter-follower configuration
A common-base configuration has ______ impedance at the input and ______ impedance at the output

Ideally, the changes in the load resistor or the source resistor should have _______ effect on all the parameters of the two-port model.
The loaded voltage gain of an amplifier is _______ the no-load level

The dc load line and ac load line both have the same _______

What do you know about field-effect transistor (FET)

A JFET has three terminals, namely …………

A JFET is similar in operation to …………. valve

A JFET is also called …………… transistor

A JFET is a ………… driven device

The gate of a JFET is ………… biased

The input impedance of a JFET is …………. that of an ordinary transistor

In a p-channel JFET, the charge carriers are …………..

When drain voltage equals the pinch-off-voltage, then drain current …………. with the increase in drain voltage

If the reverse bias on the gate of a JFET is increased, then width of the conducting channel …………..

A MOSFET has …………… terminals

A MOSFET can be operated with ……………..

A JFET has ……….. power gain

The input control parameter of a JFET is ……………

A common base configuration of a pnp transistor is analogous to ………… of a JFET

A JFET has high input impedance because …………

In a JFET, when drain voltage is equal to pinch-off voltage, the depletion layers ………

In a JFET, IDSS is known as …………..

The two important advantages of a JFET are …………..

…………. has the lowest noise-level

Which of the following devices has the highest input impedance?

A MOSFET uses the electric field of a ………. to control the channel current

The pinch-off voltage in a JFET is analogous to ………. voltage in a vacuum tube

In class A operation, the input circuit of a JFET is ………. biased

If the gate of a JFET is made less negative, the width of the conducting channel……….

The pinch-off voltage of a JFET is about ……….

The input impedance of a MOSFET is of the order of ………..

The gate voltage in a JFET at which drain current becomes zero is called ……….. voltage

The transconductance of a JFET ranges from ……………..

The source terminal of a JEFT corresponds to ………….. of a vacuum tube

The output characteristics of a JFET closely resemble the output characteristics of a ………. valve
If the cross-sectional area of the channel in n-channel JEFT increases, the drain current ……….

The channel of a JFET is between the …………….

or VGS = 0 V, the drain current becomes constant when VDS exceeds ………
A certain JFET data sheet gives VGS(off) = -4 V. The pinch-off voltage Vp is ……..

The constant-current region of a JFET lies between

At cut-off, the JFET channel is ……….

A MOSFET differs from a JFET mainly because ………………

A n-channel D-MOSFET with a positive VGS is operating in …………

A certain p-channel E-MOSFET has VGS(th) = -2V. If VGS= 0V, the drain current is ……….

A certain common-source JFET has a voltage gain of 10. If the source bypass capacitor is removed, ……………….
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