MARIA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY- ATTOOR.

DEPARTMENT OF EEE
MODEL EXAM
LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS- EE3402

MAX MARKS: 100 TIME : 3Hrs YEAR: II EEE

PART A(10*2=20)

1. List out the steps involved in the preparation of silicon wafers.

2. What is the purpose of oxidation process in IC fabrication?
3. Define – Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR) of an op-amp
4. List out the characteristic of ideal op amp
5. Define – Conversion Time of ADC
6. Draw the circuit of a first order active filter.
7. Draw the pin diagram of IC 555 timer.
8. Define Lock Range of PLL
9. What is the function of a voltage regulator?
10. What are the advantages of switch mode power supplies?
PART-B (5 * 13=65)

11.(a). Explain the various methods used for fabricating IC resistors and compare their
performance.
(or)
(b) Explain in detail about epitaxial growth and photolithography with neat diagram.

12. (a). Explain summing amplifier with example.

(or)
(b) Draw the circuit of differentiator and integrator. Derive the expression for output voltage

13 (a) Explain in detail, the operation of different types of DAC with relevant circuit diagrams and
waveforms.
(or)
(b) Draw the instrumentation amplifier using three op-amps and derive expression for overall
gain. Name any two commonly available instrumentation amplifiers.

14. (a) Explain the operation of 566 VCO IC with its schematic diagram. Derive an expression for
the output frequency.
(or)
(b) Explain the functional block diagram of PLL IC 565.

15. (a) Explain the functional diagram of ICL 8038 function generator IC.
(or)
(b) Explain the Working of SMPS with neat diagram.

PART –C(1 *15=15)

16.(a) Explain in detail about Voltage to current converter and Current to voltage converter
(or)
(b) Explain about voltage regulators –LM78XX, LM79XX with neat diagram.