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III B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, March 2006

LINEAR & DIGITAL IC APPLICATIONS
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electronics &
Instrumentation Engineering, Electronics & Control Engineering,
Mechatronics and Electronics & Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Discuss the electrical characteristics of an OP-AMP in detail. [10]

(b) Draw an ideal voltage transfer curve of an OP-AMP. [3]
(c) What are the features of IC 741? [3]

2. (a) What is a clipper? With circuit diagram, explain the operation of positive
and negative clippers [10]
(b) Describe the principle of operation of a precision half wave rectifier with wave
forms [6]

3. (a) Draw the schematic diagram of Wien Bridge Oscillator and derive the expres-
sion for frequency of oscillation [10]
(b) What are the conditions to be satisfied by a circuit to produce oscillations?
[6]

4. (a) Explain the operation of Monostable multivibrator using 555 timer. Derive
the expression of time delay of a Monostable multivibrator using 555 timer.
[10]
(b) Design a Monostable multivibrator using 555 timer to produce a pulse width
of 100 m sec. [6]

5. Explain the operation of the following blocks of PLL in detail

(a) Analog and Digital phase detectors

(b) Voltage controlled oscillator
(c) Low Pass-Filter. . [16]

6. (a) What are the advantages of active filters over passive ones? [5]
(b) Design a second order low pass Butterworth filter for a cut off frequency of
2kHz. Assume necessary data. [6]
(c) What is an all pass filter? Draw the circuit of the filters. [5]

7. For the given circuit shown below (figure 1):

(a) Explain the operations of the circuit with the help of Truth-Table. [7]
(b) If hF E of Q1 is 30, find hF E min of Q2 [3]

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Figure 1:

(c) If hF E of Q2 is 30, what is Fan-Out? [3]

(d) Find Noise-Margin. [3]

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8. (a) Draw the circuit of a Ladder type DAC for 4 bits and derive expression for
output voltage. [8]
(b) Sketch the Analog output voltage for the given digital code. [4]
(c) Compare R-2R and Weight Resistor types of ADC. [4]

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