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2. The aperture time (ns) required for the A/D converter is __________. (n=14, f=1 kHz)
3. For a dual slope type ADC, frequency of Clock is 1 MHz, Vreferance 1.0 . Fixed time period
T1 is 1ms, RC time constant is set to 2ms and Input voltage, Vi 5V . Value of Ramp voltage
Vs is ___________________V
4. In a 8-bit DAC, if the output is 1.55 V for (35)8 , then the full scale output is _________V.
5. If a 12-bit (3-digit) DAC that uses the BCD input code has a full scale output of 9.99V, then
the value of Vout for an input code of 0111 1001 0101 is __________ V.
6. For a dual slope type ADC, frequency of CLK is 1MHz, Vreferenc 5.0V . Fixed time period T1
is 1 ms and input voltage, Vi is 1V. Value of variable time period (T2) is _________ ms.
7. The analog output voltage of a 6 bit DAC with reference voltage as 15 V for the digital
input 011101 is _____ Volts.
The clock input is connected to the 4 bit ring counter. The output of the ring counter act as
the clock for the other counters. All the counters shown in figure are synchronous counter
working at positive edge of clock. The output of all counters act as input to a 14 bit DAC with
step size (Δ) equal to 1 mV. The output of DAC after 20 clock pulses is _____ Volts.
9. The ratio of maximum conversion time of 8 bit digital ramp type ADC to that of 8 bit
successive approximation type is _____. (Assume both are applied with the clock of 20 kHz)
10. A certain 12 bit BCD digital to analog converter has full scale reading of 10.24 V. The step
size of converter is
(a) 10 mV (b) 1 mV
(c) 1.025 mV (d) 10.25 mV
The full scale reading of Digital to Analog converter is 10.5 V. Each bit of Gray code converter
output is given to digital to Analog converter through an inverter. If input to the circuit is
110011, then corresponding output. Voltage Va is _____ Volts
12. A binary weighted resistor digital to analog converter has 6 bits as input and a reference
voltage of 10 volts. If resistance of MSB is 2 kΩ. Then smallest quantized value of output
current is _____ μA
13. A 16 bit DAC provides an Analog output which has a maximum value of 20 V. The output
may have an error of ∆V due to drift in its component values. How long can ∆V be before
the LSB would no longer be significant?
5 10
(a) 16
(b) 16
2 1 2 1
15 20
(c) 16 (d) 16
2 1 2 1
14. A ramp type ADC has the following parameters, n = 6, Vref = 10.2 V, clock frequency =
1MHz. Assume the threshold voltage for the comparator is 5 mV.__________is the digital word
for an input voltage of 3.4 V.
15. A ramp type ADC has the following parameters, n = 6, Vref = 10.2 V, clock frequency =
1MHz. Assume the threshold voltage for the comparator is 5 mV. __________ s is the
conversion time taken to reach this value. Input voltage is 3.4 V.
16. A five-bit DAC produces 10 mA for a digital input of 10100. For digital input of 11101
output current is ____________mA
17. The resolution of an n-bit D/A converter with a maximum input of 5V is 5 mV. The value
of n is
(a) 8 (b) 9
(c) 10 (d) 11
18. The step size of the DAC of the given figure can be changed by changing the value of RF .
Which of the following represents the required value of RF for a step size of 0.5 V?
19. An eight digital-ramp ADC with a 40 mV resolution use a clock frequency of 2.5 MHz and
comparator with VT =1 mV. The digital output for VA =6.000 V is
20. A sample and hold (S/H) circuit, having a holding capacitor of 0.1 nF, is used at the input
of an ADC ( analog-to-digital converter). The conversation time of the ADC is 1 sec , and
during this time, the capacitor should not loose more than 0.5% of the charge put across it
during the sampling time. The maximum value of the input signal to the S/H circuit is 5V. The
leakage current of the S/H circuit should be less than
21. Consider the following figure in which a computer is controlling the speed of a motor.
The 0 to 2 mA analog current from the DAC is amplified to produce motor speeds from 0 to
1000 rpm (revolution per minute). Number of bits required to be used if computer is able to
produce a motor speed that is within 2 rpm of the desired speed is _________
Given that VREF =10V, R=10Ω and RL is much smaller than R. the full-scale output for this
DAC is
23. Consider the following figure in which a computer is controlling the speed of a motor.
The 0 to 2 mA analog current from the DAC is amplified to produce motor speeds from 0 to
1000 rpm (revolution per minute). Which of the following gives the closest value of 328 rpm.
The motor speed be adjusted using 9 bits?
24. Consider the following input waveforms and the enable pulse for a 3-bit flash ADC. If
VREF =+8V then the resultant digital output is
25. Consider the following figure in which a computer is controlling the speed of a motor.
The 0 to 2 mA analog current from the DAC is amplified to produce motor speeds from 0 to
1000 rpm (revolution per minute). The closest value to 250 rpm upto which the motor speed
of a 12 bit DAC can be adjusted is
(a) 250 (b) 250.061
(c) 249.939 (d) 348.061
26. In the circuit given below VREF =10V. Fine full scale value of the output______V
27. When a dual slope integrating DVM is used for voltage measurement, it integrates
analog input signal for 20 period of supply frequency of 50 Hz. Reference voltage is 2 V.
Then what is the conversion time while measuring 1 V dc signal?
28. What is the number of output bits required for an A/D converter to give a quantizing
error less than 1%?
(a) 7 (b) 16
(c) 8 (d) 5
29. The most preferred ADC in the design of digital multimeter is _____________
30. Analog inputs are converted to digital outputs using op-amps as comparators. Assuming
a 5-bit digital output, the number of comparators required would be
(a) 32 (b) 31
(c) 63 (d) 64
31. A 10 bit D/A converter provides an analog output which has maximum value of 10.23
volts. The resolution is _________ mV.
32. An analog voltage signal highest significant frequency is 1 kHz is to be digitally coded
with a resolution of 0.01% and covering a voltage range of 0 - 10 V. Determine analog value
of LSB.
(a) 1 mV (b)100 mV
(c) 610.4 V (d) 710.4 V
33. An analog voltage signal whose highest significant frequency is 1 kHz is to be coded with
a resolution of 0.01 percent for a voltage range of 0 – 100 V. The minimum sampling
frequency and the minimum number of bits should respectively be
34. A 6 bit R-2R ladder D/A converter has a reference voltage of 6.5 V. It meets standard
linearity. ____________ V is the output for 011100.
35. A 8-bit successive approximation DVM of 6V range is used to measure 2.235 V. The
contents of the SAR after ________ clock pulses is equal to the measured value.
36. If the switch in figure shown below is in position D, and the input resistance of the
amplifier Ri is 100 k, _______ is the attenuation factor.
37. An 8 bit DAC produces an output voltage of 2.0V for an input code of 01100100. What
will be the value of Vout for an input code of 10110011.
38. In a dual slope integrating type digital voltmeter, the first integration is carried out for 10
periods of the supply frequency of 50 Hz. If the reference voltage used is 2V, the total
conversion time for an output of 1V is
39. A 6 bit R-2R ladder D/A converter has a reference voltage of 6.5 V. It meets standard
linearity. Find the output for an input of 011100.
40. A 10 bit resistive divider is constructed such that the current through the LSB resistor is
100A. The maximum current that will flow through the MSB resistor
42. A 10 bit A/D converter is used to digitize an analog signal in the -10V to +10V range.
The maximum peak to ripple voltage that can be allowed in the D.C. supply voltage is nearly
43. In a dual slope integrating DVM, the 1st integration is carried out for 2 periods of supply
frequency 50Hz. The DVM is used to measure a dc voltage of 2V and the reference voltage
is 5V. What is the conversion time?
Solutions
1. Ans: (a)
4.365
Solution: Digital output= =436.510 43610
10 mV
3. Ans: -2.5
tfix 1
Solution: Vs Vin 5 2.5V
RC 2
1.55
step size= 0.0534
29
6. Ans: 0.2
Vi 1
Solution: T2 T2 (1) 0.2 ms
Vref 5
9. Ans: 32
Solution: fclk 20KHz
1
Tclk 50 sec
20K
Maximum conversion time of digital ramp type ADC
T1 2n Tclk 28 50 10 6 sec = 12.8msec
Maximum conversion time of successive approximation type ADC
T2 n Tclk 8 50 10 6 sec = 0.4msec
T1 12.8m
32
T2 0.4m
5V
Or 5 mV= n
2 1
Or 2 1 = 1 103
n
2n 1000 1 1001
Since 2n 1001
Thus n=10
0.005 0.1 10 9 5
I 2.5A
t
21. Ans: 9
Solution: Range of motor speed is 0 to 1000 rpm as the DAC goes from zero to full scale.
1000
Step size required is 2 rpm. So, we require at least 500 steps.
2
Now, we determine number of bits required so that there are at least 500 steps from zero to
full scale i.e.
2n 1 500
n9
So, at least 9 bits are required.
1000 326
steps of 1.957 rpm. The number of steps needed to reach 326 rpm is 167.60 .
511 1.957
This is not a whole number of steps and so we will round it to 168. The actual motor speed
on the 168th step will be 168 1.957 328.8 rpm
250
1023.75 . This is not a whole number of steps and so we will around it to 1024. The
0.2441
actual motor speed on the 1024th step will be 1024 0.2442 250.061 rpm.
31. Ans: 10
10.23 10.23 10.23
Solution: Re solution 10 mV
2n 1 210 1 1023
n 14
35. Ans: 8
Solution:
After 1st clock pulse: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
128
6V 3.011V
255
After 2nd clock pulse: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
64
6V 1.505V
255
After 3rd clock pulse: 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
96
6V 2.258V
255
After 4th clock pulse: 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
80
6V 1.882V
255
36. Ans: 11
Solution: Since the amplifier input resistance is in parallel with the attenuator resistance, this
parallel combination must be used in the voltage divider equation. The parallel resistance is
RR 100 103 10 103
Rp i 9.09 k
R i R 100 103 10 103
V0 Rp 9.09
Therefore, 0.0909
Vi R i 100
So, the attenuation factor is 1/0.0909=11.
T2
Vin Vref
T1
1
T1 10 0.2s
50
Vin 1V
Vref 2V
Vin T1 1 0.2
T2 0.1sec
Vref 2
Chapters Solutions
1. Ans: (c)
Solution: Resolution = Vi = 5mV
Maximum Analog input = Vi(max) = 5V
1 n
Vi = n
5 => 2 - 1 = 1000
2 1
n
2 = 1001
n must be 10
2. Ans: (a)
1
Solution: Resolution= n => 0.4%= n
n8
2 2
3. Ans: (c)
IFS 2mA
Solution: Resolution= 7.84A;n 8
2 1 255
n
4. Ans: (c)
5. Ans: (c)
1 1 100
Solution: %Resolution= N
100% 4 100% 6.67%
2 1 2 1 15
6. Ans: (b)
Solution: (0111111001)2 (0111110100)2 (101)2 (5)10
25mV
Resolution=
5
FSD= resolution (2n 1) 5 103 1023 5.115volts 5.12volts
7. Ans: (a)
Solution: Resolution of weighted resistor DAC or
R
Step size= N1 F Vi
2 RMSB
RF
1 5
2 1k
3
8 1000
RF 1.6k
5
8. Ans: (b)
Solution: Full scale reading=Resolution (2n 1) 2 103 (28 1) =51.mA
0.5
Error= 0.51 2.55mA
100
Analog output=Decimal equivalent Resolution= 170 2 2.55mA (340 2.55)mA
9 Ans: (b)
9.99
Solution: Step size = = 10 mV
999
0110 1001 0101
6 9 5
Output voltage=no. of bits step size
Vout 695 10mV 6.95V
= 102 sec
102 sec
Average conversation time= 51 sec
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