INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION

SEMESTER II, 2013/2014 SESSION
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
Programme

: ENGINEERING

Level of Study

: UG 1

Time

: 9:00 am- 12:00 pm

Date

: 29/05/14

Duration

: 3 Hours
Section(s)

: 1-9

Course Code : ECE 1312

Course Title

: Electronics

This Question Paper Consists of Eight (8) Printed Pages (Including Cover Page) With
Five (5) Questions.
INSTRUCTION(S) TO CANDIDATES

DO NOT OPEN UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO

Total mark of this examination is 100.
This examination is worth 50% of the total assessment.
Answer ALL FIVE questions.

Any form of cheating or attempt to cheat is a

serious offence which may lead to dismissal.
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Q.1 [20 marks]

a) The voltage regulator circuit as shown in Fig.1(a) is used to power a car radio at VL = 9V
from an automobile battery VPS = 13.6V and the current in the radio is 100mA. Assume
that I Z =5 mA.
(12
marks)
i.
ii.
iii.

In which region that the Zener diode is operating.

Determine the value of Ri.
Find the power dissipated in the Zener diode.

Fig. 1(a)

Calculate the transformer turns ratio of the rectifier circuit as shown in Fig. 1(b)
and determine the peak inverse voltage (PIV) of each diode. Assume that the input
voltage of the transformer is 220 V(rms), 50 Hz from an AC main line source, the
desired peak output voltage of the circuit is 9V and the diode cut-in voltage V =
0.6 V.
(8 marks)

Fig. 1(b)

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Q.2 [20 marks]

a) For a BJT circuit and its corresponding output load line shown in Fig. 2(a1) and
Fig. 2(a2) respectively. Find the values of RE and RB given that IB = 0.04 mA and
= 120. Assume VBE(on) = 0.7 V.
(10 marks)

Fig. 2(a1)

Fig. 2(a2)

b) A BJT circuit is shown in Fig. 2(b). Determine the values of IC and VEC. Assume = 100
and VEB(on) = 0.7 V.
(4 marks)

Fig. 2(b)

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c) Calculate IC and VCE given that = 50 and VBE(on) = 0. 7 V for the circuit as shown in

Fig. 2(c).

(6 marks)

Fig. 2(c)
Q.3 [20 marks]
a) A transistor has current gain, in the range of 90 180 and the collector current, IC
is in the range 0.8 IC 1.2 (mA). What is the possible range in the small signal
parameters gm and r ? Assume that VT = 0.026 V.

(4 marks)

Assume that = 100 and VA = for the common emitter circuit configuration as shown
in Fig. 3(b).
i.
ii.
iii.

Calculate the DC collector current.

Draw the small-signal equivalent circuit.
Determine the voltage gain, AV.

Fig. 3(b)

(4 marks)
(2 marks)
(4 marks)

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c) A common collector circuit is as shown in Fig. 3(c). Assume that VBE(on) = 0.7 V, = 100,
VT = 0.026 V and VA = 80 V.

(6 marks)

i.
Calculate the DC collector current.
ii.
Draw the small signal equivalent circuit together with its AC parameters.

Fig. 3(c)
Q.4 [20 marks]
a) Calculate the current in an NMOSFET. Consider an n-channel enhancement-mode
V TN
MOSFET with the following parameters:
= 0.4 V, W = 50 m, L= 2 m,
n= 650 cm2/V-s and Cox = 0.138 10-6 F/cm. Determine the current when the MOSFET is

v GS = 2.2 V.

biased in the saturation region for

(4 marks)

b) Give two differences between Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) and Metal Oxide
Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET).

(4 marks)

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c) Draw the small-signal equivalent circuit of the Fig. 4(c) and determine the small-signal
voltage gain, input and output resistance of a common-source amplifier. The circuit
parameters are: VDD = 4.5 V, RD = 4.7 k, R1 = 120 k, R2 = 47 k and RSi = 4 k. The
NMOS transistor parameters are: VTN = 0.4 V, Kn = 0.6 mA/V2 and = 0 V 1
marks)

. (12

Fig. 4(c)

Q.5 [20 marks]

a)

V DS Q

An NMOSFET common-source amplifier circuit with a source resistance is

shown in Fig. 5(a). The transistor parameters are, V TN =0.6 V , Kn = 0.2 mA/V2,
and =0.0083 V 1
(10
marks)
i. Determine the quiescent values of

I DQ ,

V GSQ

and

ii. Draw the small-signal equivalent circuit and determine the voltage gain
Av .

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Fig. 5 (a)
b) Calculate the voltage gain and output voltage VO of the operational amplifier circuit as
shown in Fig. 5(b).
(5 marks)

Fig. 5 (b)

c) The output voltage of the non inverting op-amp circuit as shown in Fig. 5(c) is 9.5V.
Determine the value of resistance R1 of the circuit.
(5 marks)

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Fig. 5 (c)

Some Useful Equations

For pn-junction diode:
I D I s (e

vD
VT

1)

For BJT:
I CQ
gm
VT
r

VT
I CQ

ro

VA
I CQ

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For NMOSFET:
I D K n [2 VGS VTN VDS VDS ]
2

I D K n VGS VTN

ro

1
I DQ

g m 2 K n I DQ
Kn

W n Cox
2L