UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (UIU)

Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)

Exam: Final, Trimester: Summer, Year: 2015
Course: EEE 207 (Sec-A, B), Title: Electronics II
Marks: 80, Time: 2 Hours
There are 5 (Five) questions. Answer any 4 (Four). Figures in the right-hand margin
indicate full marks. Symbols used have their usual meanings.

1. Suppose you have two filters. One is a -60dB/decade filter with a cutoff frequency of
120 KHz and the other is a +80dB/decade filter with a cutoff frequency of 20 KHz.
(a) Mention the type (low pass or high pass) and the order of each of the filters. [03]
(b) Design each of the filters for the best Butterworth response. Use Table 1 for the [10]
required gain.
(c) If these two filters are connected in series, what type of filter (band-pass or band- [2.5]
reject) do you expect? Justify.
(d) Determine the quality factor of the filter mentioned in part (iii). Is it narrow-band [2.5]
or wide-band?
(e) What problems you might expect if OPAMPs are not used in your design? [02]

Order of the filter Gain of the 1st Section Gain of the 2nd Section
2nd 1.586 -
3rd (1st order + 2nd order) 1 2
4th (2nd order + 2nd order) 1.152 2.235

Table 1: Table for Q. 1

2. (a) Design a square/triangular/saw-tooth wave generator circuit having an oscillation [08]

frequency of 25 KHz with the square wave peak-to-peak value of 6.7 V and triangular
wave peak-to-peak value of 4 V. Assume the bias voltages as ±12 V.
(b) Draw the triangular/saw-tooth waveform of the circuit designed in Q. 2(a), when [03]
the pot position is moved i) closer to the +VCC ii) closer to the −VCC iii) at +VCC .
(c) Figure 1 shows the circuit diagram of a transformer coupled Class B power amplifier. [05]
For a sinusoidal input at the primary of the input transformer, draw the waveforms
at the base and collector nodes of Q2 and Q3 transistors, at the primary of the
output transformer and across the load.
(d) The response of a filter is shown in Figure 2.
i. What type of filter do you need to perform this response? What is the quality [02]
factor of this filter?
ii. Design the filter. [02]

3. (a) Design a Colpitis oscillator circuit using an OPAMP to generate an oscillation [08]
frequency of 25 KHz with 9 V amplitude.
(b) Design a Wein-bridge oscillator circuit using an OPAMP to generate a sine wave of [08]
f0 = 20 KHz and a peak value of 15 V. Assume A = 13.
 (c) What is the problem associated with ’Class B’ power amplifier? Why does it occur? [04]
How does class AB resolve this problem?

4. (a) Figure 3 shows a transformer-coupled class A amplifier. The transformer has 75%
efficiency, N1 = 120, N2 = 20 and a 25 Ω primary winding resistance.
i. Draw the dc and ac load line of the amplifier. [05]
ii. Calculate the efficiency of the amplifier. [04]
(b) Briefly answer the following questions: [3 × 2 = 06]
i. What are the advantages of transformer coupling over capacitive coupling?
ii. List the losses associated with Class A amplifier.
iii. Mark the Q-points for class A, B and AB amplifiers on a load line.
(c) What are the roles of the noise and the positive feedback in a square-wave generator [02]
circuit?
(d) In a highly protected zone, a very narrow range of frequencies centred at 1225 MHz [03]
has to be blocked for security reasons. Design a filter circuit that can perform this
blockade.

5. (a) Design a Hartley oscillator circuit using an OPAMP to generate an oscillation fre- [08]
quency of 12 KHz with 10 V amplitude.
(b) Design a phase-shift oscillator circuit using an OPAMP to generate an oscillation [06]
frequency of 15 KHz and an amplitude of 12 V. Assume, IB,max = 150 nA.
(c) Figure 4 shows the circuit diagram of a power amplifier. The transformer has 85% [06]
efficiency, N1 = 75, N2 = 12, RE = 380 Ω, RB = 680 Ω RL = 12 Ω, the primary
winding resistance is 30 Ω and there is a 0.55 V drop across Q2 and Q3 at peak
output voltage. Calculate the power delivered to the load.

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 Formulae Required for Narrow-Band-Reject Filter
Q R
R = R1 =
2πfC C AF
R
R2 = R3 = 2R
2Q − AF
2

Standard Values of Resistors:

Values available in Ω, KΩ and M Ω for ±10% tolerances

10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 27, 33, 39, 47, 56, 68, 82

100, 120, 150, 180, 220, 270, 330, 390, 470, 560, 680, 820

Standard Values of Pots:

Values available in Ω, KΩ and M Ω for ±10% tolerances

10, 22, 47, 100, 220, 470

Standard Values of Capacitors:

In µF ranges (For convenience some values are included, not all)

0.001, 0.0012, 0.0015, 0.0018, 0.0022, 0.0027, 0.0033, 0.0039, 0.0047, 0.0056, 0.0068, 0.0082

0.01, 0.012, 0.015, 0.018, 0.022, 0.027, 0.033, 0.039, 0.047, 0.056, 0.068, 0.082

0.1, 0.12, 0.15, 0.18, 0.22, 0.27, 0.33, 0.39, 0.47, 0.56, 0.68, 0.82

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