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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
B.Tech. First Assessment – February 2017
Fourth Semester
15ECE211 Electronic Circuits
(Common to Electronics and Communication Engineering and
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering)
Time: Two hours Maximum: 50 Marks
Answer all questions
1. Fill in the blanks (10 marks)
a. At constant current, the voltage across the diode in the forward bias region drops
by_____________ mV for every 1°C increase in temperature.
b. Peak Inverse Voltage for a half wave rectifier is ______________ .
c. Zener diodes in reverse bias can be used as a ______________ .
d. Assuming ideal diodes, the peak-inverse voltage across any one of the diodes of a bridge
rectifier is ______________
(a) 2Vm (b) Vm (c) Vm/2 (d) 3Vm/2 (e) None of these (where Vm is the amplitude
of the sinusoidal input).
e. If the sinusoidal input to a full-wave rectifier has a period of 20 ms, the frequency of the
output would be ______________
(a) 20 Hz (b) 40 Hz (c) 50 Hz (d) 10 Hz (e) None of these
f. Once the zener breaks down in a voltage shunt regulator, decreasing the load current,
will __________ the current through the zener and ______________ the current through
the biasing resistance Rs.
(a) decrease, increase (b) increase, maintain the same level of (c) maintain the same
level of, increase (d) maintain the same level of, decrease (e) none of the above.
g. If the input of a half- wave rectifier is a square wave of amplitude 2V, the average value
of the output is ______________ (2 marks)
2V m
h. If the average value of the output of a bridge rectifier is given by , where Vm is the
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amplitude of the input, what would be the average value of the output for a sinusoidal
input of rms value 11.1 V (correct to one decimal place) ? (2 marks)
(a) 5 V (b) 10 V (c) 15.7 V (d) 22.2 V (e) None of these. 

2. For the given circuit, the Zener diode has I-V characteristic as shown. Find the current
through RS, if Vi = 2 V. (2 marks)

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3. In the figure given, if D1 is a red LED with a cut-in voltage of 1.2 V and D2 is of Ge with a
cut-in voltage of 0.3 V, both of which are otherwise ideal. Determine the input voltage (VA)
at which the LED will glow. (3 marks)

4. In the circuit given below, find the voltage V and current I. (5 marks)

5. In the circuit given below, the I-V characteristics of the diode is given by

Find the current in the circuit. (5 marks)

6. For the circuit shown below, the Zener diode has a knee current of 10 mA and rz = 0. What
is the minimum value of RL to maintain a load voltage of 5V across RL? (5 marks)

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7. Consider a circuit shown in the figure. If the diode has V-I characteristic as shown then
sketch the output waveform and the transfer characteristics. (5 marks)

Circuit diagram V-I characteristics

8. For a full wave rectifier with ideal diodes,

a. Sketch the input and out waveforms.
b. Draw the transfer characteristics.
c. Derive the dc value of the output. (5 marks)

9. The Zener diode used in the regulator circuit shown has the following specifications (7.5 V
at 12 mA, rz = 30 Ω and Izk = 0.5 mA). The regulator operates from a 10 V supply and has a
1.2 k Ω load. (10 marks)
a. What is the value of R if the output voltage is 8 V?
b. What is the smallest value of the load resistor value that can be used to ensure that
regulation is not lost in the circuit (assume ‘R’ is kept the same)?
c. If there is voltage fluctuation and the supply voltage increases by 10%, find the change
in the output voltage.

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