American University of Beirut

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
EE 042 - Analog Electronics
Instructors: L. Chaar and A. Kayssi
Quiz 1
Saturday November 14, 1998

Closed Book
Programmable Calculators Are Not Allowed.

Time: 1.5 hours

VERSION A

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1. What is the version of your question sheet? (This question is not graded.)

a) Version A
b) Version B
c) Version C
d) Version D
e) Version E
 Assume in all problems that: VBE = 0.7 V, VT = 25 mV, and that all capacitors are large

All problems are equally graded

2. Calculate the input resistance Ri of the amplifier shown in Figure 1. For the BJTs, β = 100, VA =
70V. Neglect base current during DC analysis.

a) 112.5 KΩ
b) 85.6 KΩ
c) 73.5 KΩ
d) 211.9 KΩ
e) 180 KΩ

3. Calculate the output resistance Ro of the amplifier shown in Figure 1. For the BJTs, β = 100, VA =
70V. Neglect base current during DC analysis.

a) 18.7 KΩ
b) 20 KΩ
c) 100 KΩ
d) 16.67 KΩ
e) 39.2 KΩ

4. Calculate the voltage gain vo/vs for the amplifier shown in Figure 1. For the BJTs, β = 100. Neglect
base current during DC analysis. Also, neglect ro for the two transistors.

a) 623.4
b) 586.2
c) 478.7
d) 345.9
e) none of the above

5. In the circuit of Figure 2, what should be the values of RE and RL to get a voltage gain vo/vs = -10,
and an input resistance Ri = 500 KΩ? Assume β = 75 and re << RE.

a) RE = 4.22 KΩ, RL = 100 KΩ

b) RE = 5.39 KΩ, RL = 33.33 KΩ
c) RE = 8.01 KΩ, RL = 220.2 KΩ
d) RE = 6.58 KΩ, RL = 66.68 KΩ
e) RE = 2.33 KΩ, RL = 51.42 KΩ

6. In the circuit of Figure 3, find the voltage gain vo1/vs. Assume β = 100. Neglect base current in the
DC analysis.

a) -0.984
b) -2.65
c) -18.3
d) 9.64
e) -322.5

7. In the circuit of Figure 3, find the voltage gain vo2/vs. Assume β = 100. Neglect base current in the
DC analysis.

a) 1
b) 0.923
c) 0.867
d) 0.954
e) 0.994
8. A differential amplifier employing 10 KΩ collector resistors, and for which the emitter bias current
source is 400 µA, uses BJTs for which β = 200. It is driven differentially by signal sources (+vd/2 and -
vd/2) whose source resistances are 10 KΩ each. The emitter current source has an output resistance of
500 KΩ. For an output taken single-endedly, find the magnitude of the voltage gain vo/vd and the
CMRR.

a) | vo/vd | = 28.5, CMRR = 69.1 dB

b) | vo/vd | = 20.2, CMRR = 78.2 dB
c) | vo/vd | = 33.5, CMRR = 82.3 dB
d) | vo/vd | = 45.1, CMRR = 45.6 dB
e) none of the above

9. Find the voltage gain vo/vd and the CMRR for the circuit of Problem 8 when two emitter resistors
RE = 9 re are added to the circuit.

a) | vo/vd | = 13.4, CMRR = 80.5 dB

b) | vo/vd | = 3.83, CMRR = 51.7 dB
c) | vo/vd | = 12.6, CMRR = 122.4 dB
d) | vo/vd | = 6.63, CMRR = 44.9 dB
e) none of the above

10. For the differential amplifier shown in Figure 4, find the magnitude of the differential gain vo/vd
when vB1 = +vd/2 and vB2 = -vd/2.

a) 23.6
b) 82.5
c) 94.1
d) 17.4
e) 41.2

11. For the circuit shown in Figure 4, calculate the CMRR.

a) 67.2 dB
b) 82.9 dB
c) 75.6 dB
d) 56.9 dB
e) 49.1 dB

12. When the inputs to a differential amplifier are sin(t) - cos(t) mV and sin(t) + cos(t) mV, the output
is 20000 cos(t) - sin(t) mV. Find the CMRR.

a) 20 dB
b) 40 dB
c) 80 dB
d) 100 dB
e) 60 dB

13. A source follower amplifier uses MOSFETs for which Vt = 1V, VA is very large and body effect is
negligible. If the MOSFET is biased at ID = 1 mA, VGS = 2V, what is the range of load resistances for
which the voltage gain of the follower is greater than 0.9?

a) > 500 Ω
b) > 4500 Ω
c) < 4500 Ω
d) < 450 Ω
e) > 450 Ω
14. The common source amplifier shown in Figure 5 uses MOSFETs for which k’(W/L) = 20 µA/V2
and VA = 100 V. How does the voltage gain vo/vs change when IREF is reduced from 100 µA to 1 µA?

a) The magnitude of the gain decreases from 316.2 to 31.6

b) The magnitude of the gain decreases from 632 to 63.2
c) The magnitude of the gain increases from 63.2 to 632
d) The magnitude of the gain increases from 31.6 to 316.2
e) There is not enough data to solve this problem.

15. Which of the following statements is true?

I. The voltage gain of an emitter-follower is much larger than 1
II. The input resistance of a common-base is very small
III. The output resistance of a common-drain is very large
IV. The current gain of common-emitter is always close to 1

a) only I is true
b) only II is true
c) only III is true
d) only IV is true
e) all are false
 Vcc = +15V

300K 20K 300K 20K

2K +
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Ri 100K vo

+ 2K -
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180K 18K 180K 20K

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Figure 5