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Sixth Semester B.E. Degree Examinationo Dec.2013 lJan.2Dl4
Microelectronics Gircuits
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A
Derive an expression for drain-to-source current ips from in v/s Vos relationship for triode
and saturationregions of n-MOSFET. (10 Marks)
For an 0.8pm technology for which tox
:
15nm,
Fn
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550 cmzA/. Find k'" and caa and the
overdrive voltage Vo,
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Vr,
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V1 required to operate a transistor having W/L
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20 in
saturation with Ir
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0.2 mA. What is the minimum Vos needed? (06 Marks)
Design the circuit shown in Fig.Q.i(c) to obtain a drain voltage of 0.iV. What is the
effective resistance between drain and source? At this operating point, let V1
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0.8V and
KlfY)= lrnA/v2.
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Briefly exp!4in any two types of biasing methods in MOS amplifier circuits. (06 Marks)
For a eommon source amplifier with g.
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2 mNY, r0
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50Kf) and Rp
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10Kf),
Rc
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10MO, RL
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and Rrlr: 0.5Mf). Calculate Rin, Gu, Au, A,o. R.ut. (10 Marks)
Menfion any 4 comparison of important characteristics of MOSFET and the BJT. (04 Marks)
Explain the CMOS implementation of IC common source amplifier and hence eXplain how
to determine its small signal voltage gain.
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For the common gate amplifier with WL: 41tntl0.2pm. prnCox:350
VNY2,
r0: 18 Kf),
Ip
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100prA, g.: 1.2 mAlY,
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R,: 10Kf), Ri_
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100 KQ, Cg,:20fF, C*6 = 5ff,
Cr-:5ff. Find Aro, Rin, Rout, Gu, Gir, Gi and fu. (10 Marks)
Explain the circuit of MOS cascade amplifier and
circuit transconductance Gy.
Explain briefly with neat circuit diagrams:
i) Wilson MOS mirror
ii) Widlar current source.
hence obtain an expression
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Explain the basic operation of BJT differential pair.
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performance of logic
(08 Marks)
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6a.
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For the nMOS differential pair with a common-mode voltage V.* applied as shown in
Fig.Q.5(b). let Voo
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Vss
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2.5Y, K: W/L
=3mAlY2, Vtn
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O.7Y,I
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0.2mA, Ro
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5Kf).
Neglect channel length modulation.
i) Find Vov and V6s for each transistor.
ii) For Vcrr,r: 0 find V., ior, ioz, Vor and Voz.
iii) Repeat (ii) for V..: lV.
ir) What is the highest value of V., for which
Qr
and
Q2
remain in saturation, if current
source I requires a minimum voltage of 0.3V to operate properly. What is the lp-west value
(12 Marks)
Explain briefly with expressions the properties of negative feedback. (08 Marks)
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and hence for V.-.
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A series-shunt feedback amplifiei employs a basic amplifier with input and output
resistances each of 1KQ and gain A
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2000 VA/. The feedback factor
B
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0.1 V/V. Find the
gain Althe input resistance Rjr and output resistance R", of the closed loop amplifier.
Explain briefly u, urtq;i;u. uro.ou.h for finding roo#guin aB.
Explain instrumntation amplifier with neat circuit diagrams.
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With neat diaEam, explain the sample and hold circuit using opamp. (07 Marks)
Derive an. expression for an input resistance of the inverting amplifier taking into account
the finite'open loop gain A of the opamp shown in Fig.Q.7(c). (05 Marks)
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Fig.Q.7(c)
a. Briefly discuss the parameters used to characterize the operation and
circuit families.
b. Write the expressions for propagation delay of an inverter.
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Sketch a CMOS logic circuit that realizes the function Y
=
ag + AB
co-incidence function.
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F,igQ.5(b).
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