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    NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

    PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESSWAY, JABI - ABUJA


    FACULTY OF SCIENCES

    DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE

    APRIL/MAY, 2019 EXAMINATIONS

    COURSE CODE: PHY 308


    COURSE TITLE: ELECTRONICS I
    CREDIT UNIT 2
    TIME ALLOWED (2 HRS)

    INSTRUCTION: Answer question 1 and any other three questions

    QUESTION 1

    a) Define the following terms:


    i) amplifier (3 marks)

    ii) amplifier gain (3 marks)


    iii) amplifier efficiency (3 marks)
    bi) List five factors on which the h -parameters depend on. (5 marks)
    ii) Give the mathematical equation for determining each h -parameter. (4 marks)
    c) Calculate the oscillation frequency for the transistor Hartley oscillator circuit, given
    the following circuit values: LRFC =0.5 mH , L1=750 μH , L2=750 μH , M =150 μH
    and C=150 pF . (3 marks)
    d) A half-wave rectifier has a peak output voltage of 12.2 V at 50 Hz and feeds a resistive load of

    100 Ω . (i)Determine the value of the shunt capacitor to give 1 % ripple factor (2 marks)

    (ii) the resulting dc voltage across the load resistor (2 marks)

    QUESTION 2

    a) Determine the Voltage, Current and Power Gain of an amplifier that has an input signal of 1 mA at
    10 mV and a corresponding output signal of 10 mA at 1 V . Also express all three gains in decibels, dB . (7
    marks)

    b) List the classes of amplifier operations and state the equations for calculating the output (ac) power
    and the efficiency of class B. (8 marks)

    QUESTION 3
    a)The optimum load resistance for a certain transistor is 200 Ω . What is the turns ratio ( )
    N1
    N2
    of the

    transformer required to couple an 8 Ω load speaker to the transistor? Compute the overall efficiency of
    a transformer-coupled with Class A amplifier havingV CE (max )=27 V and Type equation here . (6 marks)

    b) For a Class B amplifier providing a 15 V peak signal to 12 Ω (speaker) and a power supply of
    V cc =30V , determine the input power, output power and circuit efficiency. (9 marks)

    QUESTION 4
    a) List the three elements of the two-junction transistor and consequently draw the construction and

    circuit symbols for NPN and PNP transistors. (9 marks)

    b) An NPN transistor has a DC current gain, ¿ 200 . Calculate the base current I B required to switch a

    resistive load of 4 mA .Hence, find the value of the base resistor R Brequired to switch the load “ON”

    when the input terminal voltage exceeds 2.5 V . Note V BE=0.7 V (6 marks)

    QUESTION 5
    a) For a Common-base Equivalent Circuit with I E =4 mA , α =0.98 and an ac signal of 2 mV applied
    between the base and emitter terminals

    i) Determine the input impedance (3 marks)

    ii) Calculate the voltage gain if the load of 0.56 k Ω is connected to the output terminals. (3 marks)

    iii) Find the output impedance and current gain. (3 marks)

    b) A transistor operating in CB configuration has I C =2.98 mA , I E =3 mA and I CO =0.01 mA . What

    current will flow in the collector circuit of this transistor when connected in CE configuration with a

    base current of 30 μA . (6 marks)

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