AEC Question Bank

Module 1: Diode Circuits: Diode clipping and clamping circuits.

Transistor Biasing and Stabilization:
The operating point, load line analysis, DC analysis and design of fixed bias circuit, emitter stabilized bias
circuit, collector to base bias circuit, voltage divider bias circuit, modified DC bias with voltage feedback.
Bias stabilization and stability factors for fixed bias circuit, collector to base bias circuit and voltage
divider bias circuit, bias compensation, Transistor switching circuits.

Questions:
1. Explain the working of series clipper to clip the input sinusoidal signal (a) Above VR (b) Below VR.
Draw the input and output waveform and transfer characteristics.

2. Explain the working of parallel clipper to clip the input sinusoidal signal (a) Above VR (b) Below VR.
Draw the input and output waveform and transfer characteristics.

3. Draw the explain the double ended diode clipper circuit.

4. What is clamping circuit? Explain the positive clamping circuit with and without reference voltage
along with its waveform.

5. Explain the negative clamping circuit with and without reference voltage with necessary waveform.

6. List down the important applications of clipping and clamping circuit.

7. With a neat diagram explain the fixed bias circuit. Write the necessary equation.

8. With a neat diagram explain the collector feedback circuit. Write the necessary equation.

9. With a neat diagram explain the Emitter stabilized circuit. Write the necessary equation.

10. With a neat diagram explain the Voltage divide bias circuit.Also derive the IB and VCE for both exact
and approximate analysis.

11. For the fixed bias circuit obtain the expression for stability factors S ICO, SVBE, and Sβ.

12. For the emitter stabilized circuit obtain the expression for stability factors SICO, SVBE, and Sβ.

13. For the collector feedback circuit obtain the expression for stability factors S ICO, SVBE, and Sβ.

14. For the voltage divider circuit obtain the expression for stability factors S ICO, SVBE, and Sβ.
Module 2 : Transistor at Low Frequencies:
Hybrid model, h-parameters for CE, CC and CB modes, mid-band analysis of single stage amplifier,
simplified hybrid model, analysis for CE, CB and CC(emitter voltage follower circuit) modes, Millers
Theorem and its dual, analysis for collector to base bias circuit and CE with un bypassed emitter
resistance.
Transistor frequency response:
General frequency considerations, effect of various capacitors on frequency response, Miller effect
capacitance, high frequency response, hybrid - pi model, CE short circuit current gain using hybrid pi
model, multistage frequency effects.

Questions:
1. Compare common base, common collector & common emitter modes.
2. Draw the hybrid parameter model for common base, common colletor and common emitter modes
along with the suitable equations.
3. Derive the expressions for Ai, Av, Zi and Zo for CC amplifier using complete hybrid equivalent model.
4. Derive the expressions for Ai, Av, Zi and Zo for CB amplifier using complete hybrid equivalent model.
5. Derive the expressions for Ai, Av, Zi and Zo for CE amplifier using complete hybrid equivalent model.
6. State and prove the miller’s theorem. Derive equations for miller input capacitance and miller output
capacitance.
7. Explain the effect of input RC network, output RC network and bypass network on the low frequency
response of RC coupled amplifier.
8. Derive an expression for Zi and Zo for emitter follower configuration using approximate hybrid model.
Module 3 : Multistage amplifiers:
Cascade connection , analysis for CE-CC mode, CE-CE mode, CASCODE stage-unbypassed and bypassed
emitter resistance modes, Darlington connection using h-parameter model.
Feedback Amplifiers:
Classification of feedback amplifiers, concept of feedback, general characteristics of negative feedback
amplifiers, Input and output resistance with feedback of various feedback amplifiers, analysis of
different practical feedback amplifier circuits.

Question :
1. Explain the need of a cascading amplifier. Draw and Explain the block diagram of two stage cascade
amplifier. Explain its advantages.

2. Draw and Explain the block diagram of multistage cascaded amplifier.

3. For the Darlington connection, derive an expression for current gain, input impedance, voltage gain
and output impedance. Also write the characteristic of Darlington emitter follower.

4. Draw the feedback amplifier block diagram. Identify each block and explain its function.

5. What are the general characteristics of negative feedback amplifier. Write the advantage and
disadvantage of negative feedback amplifier.

6. With the help of neat diagram, explain the features of each feedback amplifier.
(a) Voltage series feedback amplifier
(b) Voltage shunt feedback amplifier
(c) Current series feedback amplifier
(d) Current shunt feedback amplifier

7. For the current series feedback amplifier obtain an expression for input resistance, output resistance
with feedback.

8. For the current shunt feedback amplifier obtain an expression for input resistance, output resistance
with feedback.

9. For the voltage series feedback amplifier obtain an expression for input resistance, output resistance
with feedback.

10. For the voltage shunt feedback amplifier obtain an expression for input resistance, output resistance
with feedback.
Module 4 : Power Amplifiers:
Classification of power amplifiers, Analysis of class A, Class B, class C and Class AB amplifiers, Distortion
in power amplifiers, second harmonic distortion, harmonic distortion in Class B amplifiers, cross over
distortion and elimination of cross over distortion.
Oscillators:
Concept of positive feedback, frequency of oscillation for RC phase oscillator, Wien Bridge oscillator,
Tuned oscillator circuits, Hartley oscillator, Colpitt’s oscillator , crystal oscillator and its types.

Questions:
1. Explain the classification of power amplifier with a neat diagram and waveform.

2. With the help of a circuit diagram Explain the transformer coupled class A amplifier. Also derive the
expression of RL..

3. With the help of a circuit diagram Explain the transformer coupled class B amplifier. Also derive the
expression of RL..

4. Explain the operation of Class B push-pull amplifier. Prove that maximum efficiency of class B
configuration is 78.5%.

5. Prove that the maximum conversion efficiency of Class A transform coupled amplifier is 50%.

6. Draw the circuit of wein bridge oscillator and explain its operation.

7. With the neat diagram, explain the basic principle of operation of RC phase shift oscillator using BJT.
Write the expression for frequency of oscillation.

8. Comparison between RC phase shift and wein bridge oscillator.

9. With the help of circuit diagram, explain the working of Hartley oscillator.

10. With the help of circuit diagram, explain the working of Colpitt’s oscillator.

11. Explain the characteristic of a crystal, with a neat diagram explain the crystal oscillator in series
resonant circuit.

12. Explain the characteristic of a crystal, with a neat diagram explain the crystal oscillator in series
resonant circuit.

13. State the advantages of push pull amplifier.

Module 5 : FETs:
Construction, working and characteristics of JFET and MOSFET( enhance and Depletion type)
Biasing of JFET and MOSFET. Fixed bias configuration, self bias configuration, voltage divider biasing.
Analysis and design of JFET (only common source configuration with fixed bias) and MOSFET
amplifiers.

Questions:
1. Difference between JFET and MOSFET.

2. Explain the construction working and characteristics of a n-channel JFET. Derive an expression for
saturation common drain of n-channel JEFT.

3. With a neat diagram explain the basic construction operation and characteristics of n-channel
depletion type MOSFET.

4. Consider JFET in common source configuration working with self bias bypassed source resistance
mode. Obtain the expression for input impedance, output impedance, current gain and voltage gain.
Draw the small signal model.

5. Compare D-MOSFET and E-MOSFET devices.

6. Compare BJT and MOSFET.

7. Draw the JFET amplifier using fixed bias configuration , Derive an expression of Ai, Av , Zi,and Zo.