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Reg. No.

Question Paper Code : 40437

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021.

Third Semester

Biomedical Engineering

EC 8353 – ELECTRON DEVICES AND CIRCUITS

(Common to Computer and Communication Engineering/


Electrical and Electronics Engineering/
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering/
Instrumentation and Control Engineering/Robotics and Automation)

(Regulations 2017)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks


Answer ALL questions.

PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

1. Define transition capacitance.

2. Draw the characteristics curve for LED.

3. What are the requirements for biasing circuits?

4. What is meant by negative resistance region of UJT?

5. Draw the small signal equivalent circuit of CE amplifier.

6. Why NPN transistor has a better high frequency response than the PNP
transistor?

7. Mention the need for a coupling capacitor in amplifier circuits.

8. What is meant by neutralization?

9. Write the expression for input and output resistances of voltage series
feedback amplifier.

10. Draw the equivalent circuit of crystal oscillator.


PART B — (5 × 13 = 65 marks)

11. (a) With neat sketches, explain the construction and L/I characteristics of
Laser diode. Mention its applications. (13)

Or
(b) Determine the forward voltage and forward current for the PN junction
diode shown in Figure 11 (b) for both ideal model (by taking VF = 0V )
and for practical model (by taking VF = 0.7V). Also determine the voltage
across the limiting resistor in each case. Assume r' d = 10 Ω at the
determined value of forward current.

Figure 11 (b) (13)

12. (a) With neat sketches, explain the construction, working and characteristics
of a n-channel D- MOSFET. (13)

Or
(b) With neat sketches, discuss about the construction, working and
characteristics of IGBT. (13)

13. (a) Draw the small signal equivalent circuit of Common Source Amplifier
operated at high frequency and explain. Derive the expression for the
voltage gain of the CS amplifier. (13)

Or
(b) Draw the small signal equivalent model for Common collector amplifier
constructed using BJT and derive the expression for current gain, voltage
gain, input resistance and output resistance. (13)

14. (a) With neat circuit diagram and relevant equations, explain the working of
a differential amplifier. Also derive the expression for single ended AC
voltage gain of the circuit. (13)

Or
(b) With neat diagrams, elucidate the construction, operation and frequency
response characteristics of a single tuned amplifier. Also mention why
potential instability occur in tuned amplifiers? (13)

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15. (a) Draw the circuit of a Colpitt’s oscillator, explain its working and also
derive the condition for the frequency of oscillation. (13)

Or
(b) Design a phase shift oscillator using FET having gm = 5000 μ S,
rd = 40K Ω and feedback circuit value of R = 10K Ω . Determine the value
of C, RL and RD to have the frequency of operation as 1KHz and
A>29. (13)

PART C — (1 × 15 = 15 marks)

16. (a) A full wave rectifier is fed from a transformer having a center tapped
secondary winding. The RMS voltage from either end of secondary to
center tap is 30V. If the diode forward resistance is 2 Ω and that of the
half secondary is 8 Ω , for a load of 1K Ω , determine the power delivered
to load, percentage regulation at full load, rectification efficiency and
transformer utility factor (TUF) of secondary. (15)

Or
(b) For the common-base amplifier shown in Figure 16 (b)

hie = 1.6 1K Ω hfe = 110


hre = 2 × 10–4 hoe = 20 μs Io

+ I i'
+
Ii
Rs 1 KΩ 3 KΩ 2.2 K Ω
Vi Vo
Zi Zi' Z o' Zo
Vs 6V 12 V
– –

Figure 16 (b)
Draw the small-signal equivalent and using those parameters determine
the input impedance (Zi), Current Gain (Ai), Voltage Gain (Av) as well as
output impedance (Zo). (15)

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