Linear ICs & Applications

10EC46

ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
UNIT-1
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With a neat circuit diagram explain the basic operational amplifier circuit.
Explain input offset voltage & state a typical input offset voltage level for an OP-amp.
Explain how input offset voltage can be produced by errors in bias resistors.
Discuss supply voltage rejection in operational amplifier &state a typical PSRR.
Write the equation for the input impedance of an OP-amp circuit using negative feedback. Identify each
quantity in the equation.
6. Sketch a typical gain v/s Frequency graph for an OP-amp. Explain.
7. Explain input offset current & state a typical i/p offset current level for an OP-amp. Discuss offset
nulling.
8. Explain potential divider bias circuit for an OP-amp input with the necessary design steps.
9. Two signal which each range from 0.1 to 1V are to be summed using a 741 OP-amp. Design a suitable
inverting summing circuit.
10. Sketch an illustration to show the effect of operational amplifier slew rate.
11. Compare voltage follower & emitter follower.
12. With a neat circuit diagram, explain direct coupled inverting amplifier.

UNIT-2
1. Develop the equation for Zin for a capacitor coupled voltage follower.
2. Discuss the upper cutoff frequency of an OP-amp circuit & how the cutoff frequency can be set for
inverting, non-inverting & difference amplifier.
3. Sketch the circuit of a capacitor coupled inverting amplifier using a single polarity supply. Briefly
explain.
4. Develop the equation for a high input impedance capacitor coupled non-inverting amplifier.
5. A capacitor coupled inverting amplifier has the following components R1=2.7k, R2=100k, RL
=1.5K, C1=3.9F, C2=0.68F. Determine the circuit voltage gain, input impedance, lower cutoff
frequency and impedance of c1 at f1.
6. Sketch the circuit of a capacitor coupled difference amplifier. Explain how to determine the capacitor
values.
7. Write the equations for calculating the capacitance values for a capacitor coupled voltage follower?

UNIT-3
1. Define loop phase shift, loop gain, open loop gain, closed loop gain.
2. Explain why a low gain amplifier using an op-amp is more likely to be unstable than a high gain circuit.
3. Explain the circuit of a lead compensation network. Show how it affects the op-amp frequency
response.
4. Discuss the effect of stray capacitance on op-amp circuit stability. Write the eqn to determine the value
of input stray capacitance that might produce circuit stability.

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5. What is miller effect and explain miller effect compensation with a neat diagram?
6. Determine the upper cutoff frequency for a) A voltage follower using 741 b) a unity gain inverting
amplifier using 741.
7. List the precautions that should be observed for op-amp circuit stability briefly explain each one?
8. Sketch a circuit to show the Zin mod method of frequency compensation. State the application of the
circuit, explain its operation, and write the equation for feedback factor?
9. Discuss the slew rate effect on bandwidth, output amplitude and output pulse rise time?
10. Sketch the circuit of a lag compensation network. Explain its operation and show how it affects the
frequency response of an op-amp.

UNIT-04
1. Design an instrumentation amplifier to have an overall voltage gain of 625. The input amplitude is
10mv, with supply of +/- 20v using 741 op-amp?
2. With a neat diagram explain the operation of high input impedance full wave precision rectifier?
3. Explain the working of precision voltage source using op-amp with zener diode?
4. Draw the circuit of a current source using op-amp for a floating load?
5. What is a dead zone circuit? Explain?

UNIT-05
1. Sketch the circuit of LH0053 IC sample and hold & briefly explain its operation.
2. State the Barkhausen criteria & explain how it is full-filled in phase shifted oscillator. Write the eqn for
oscillation frequency in a phase shift oscillator.
3. Show how diodes may be used for o/p amplitude stabilization with a wein bridge oscillator.
4. Explain the operation of V to I &I to V converters.
5. Explain the ckt operation of wein bridge oscillator. Sketch the o/p & feedback voltage waveforms.
6. Discuss the holding & acquisition time for a sample & hold ckt & write the eqn for determining
capacitor size and minimum acquisition time.
7. Sketch an opamp precision clamping ckt,draw the i/p & o/p waveforms &carefully explain the ckt
operation. Show how the o/p voltage can be biased to any desired level.
8. With a 741 opamp with a supply of 15V, design a phase shift oscillator to have an o/p frequency of 5.5
KHz. Given AV=29.
9. Explain with a neat diagram generation of triangular/ rectangular waves?
10. Explain Log and Anti log amplifiers?
11. Explain Multiplier design?

UNIT-6
1. Explain the operation if capacitor coupled zero crossing detector. Show the waveforms at various points
in the circuit.
2. Draw the circuit to show how diodes may be used to select the trigger points of an inverting schmitt
trigger circuit & Explain.
3. Explain the circuit operation of first and second order high pass filter.

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4. An inverting Schmitt trigger in to have UTP=0V & LTP=1V. design a suitable circuit using a bipolar
op-amp and 15V supply.
5. Write the design steps of LPF & HPF.
6. Explain the circuit operation of first & second order low pass filter.
7. Explain the design steps of mono-stable multi-vibrator.
8. Discuss the design process for an inverting schmitt trigger circuit & write the eqn for calculating each
component value.
9. Explain the circuit operation of a-stable & mono-stable multi-vibrators.
10. Explain the zero crossing detectors & sketch the waveforms.
11. Differences between Active and Passive Filters?

UNIT-7
1. Explain with block diagram, series op-amp regulator.
2. What are the various performance factors of a regulator?
3. State advantages of IC regulators.
4. What is a switching regulator? Explain the principle of pulse width modulation.
5. Why do switching regulator has a higher efficiency than the series regulator.
6. Explain current fold-back method in IC 723.
7. Explain current limiting method of IC723.
8. Design high voltage regulator using 723 to get vo=15v.
9. Design a low voltage regulator using 723 to get vo=4v
10. List & briefly explain the characteristics of three terminals IC regulators?
11. What is the principle of switch mode power supplies. Discuss their advantages & disadvantages.
12. With a neat schematic, explain the salient features of a 723 regulators.

UNIT-8
1. Explain Lock-in range, capture range and pull-in time for a PLL?
2. What is the main advantage of flash ADC? With the help of a neat diagram explain the operation of
successive approximation type ADC.
3. A 555 astable multivibrator has Ra=2.2k and Rb=6.8k and c=0.01f calculate thigh,tlow, free
running frequency, duty cycle. Draw the connection diagram?
4. Explain mono stable multivibrator using 555timer?
5. Explain 566 voltage controlled oscillator and R-2R ladder type ADC?

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