HW #1 EE 330, Winter 2015

Posted Monday 1/5/2015

Due Tuesday 1/13/2015, hand to instructor BEFORE lecture begins
You MUST work in a group for homework assignments (min = 2, max = 3 people)
1. In the figure below, use superposition to find the current .

(18 pts)

2. Find the component values , , , such that all three circuits shown
below behave identically. (15 pts)

3. The variable resistor in the circuit below is varied until = 6. What is

the value of ? DO NOT use node voltage or mesh current methods to solve
this problem. (21 pts)

4. (a) Sketch the I-V curve (i.e. ) for the circuit below. (18 pts)

(b) Sketch the I-V curve (i.e. ) for the circuit below. (9 pts)
Assume the following values:
= 200,
= 1875

(c) Explain how you can use these 2 graphs to find 1 1 when the circuits
are connected together (see the circuit below)? What are the values of
1 1 ? (6 pts)

5. For the circuit below, find the value of Gm such that (v2/v1) = -4. DO NOT
forget the units. We will see later in the course that this circuit represents an
important transistor configuration. (12 pts)