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PreviousGATEQuestionsonAnalogtoDigital&Digital
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1990
1.Whichofthefollowingresistancenetworkscanbeusedas3bitR2Rladder
DAC?AssumeVocorrespondstoLSB.

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1.Dualslopeintegrationtypeanalogtodigitalconverterprovide
a.HigherspeedscomparedtoallothertypesofA/Dconverters
b.Verygoodaccuracywithoutputtingextremerequirementson

componentstability
c.Goodrejectionofpowersupplyhum
d.BetterresolutioncomparedtoallothertypesofA/Dconvertersforthe
samenumber
ofbits.
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2.MatchthefollowingADCswiththeirMaximumconversiontimefor8bitdigital
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1995
1.ForanADC,matchthefollowing

June(6)
May(20)
April(27)
March(24)

Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS5jEa8E8r4

1996
1.A12bitADCisoperatingwitha1secclockperiodandthetotalconversion
timeisseentobe14sec.theADCmustbeofthe
a.Flashtype
b.Countingtype
c.Integratingtype
d.SuccessiveApproximationtype
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1CMVfb1z0Y
2.A10bitADCwithfullscaleoutputvoltageof10.24voltsisdesignedtohavea
LSB/2accuracy.IftheADCiscalibratedat25oCandtheoperatingtemperature
rangesfrom0oCto50oC,thenthemaximumnettemperaturecoefficientofthe
ADCshouldnotexceed
a.200V/oC
b.400V/oC
c.600V/oC
d.800V/oC
Solution:

1998
1.TheadvantageofusingadualslopeADCinadigitalvoltmeteristhat
a.Itsconversiontimeissmall
b.Itsaccuracyishigh
c.ItgivesoutputinBCDformat
d.Itdoesnotrequireacomparator
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvefs7NmC4
2.ThecurrentIflowingthroughresistancerinthecircuitshownis
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a.V/12R
b.V/12R
c.V/6R
d.V/3R
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II54gb6N5Y

1999
1.Theresolutionofa4bitcountingADCis0.5volts.Forananaloginputof6.6
volts,thedigitaloutputoftheADCwillbe
a.1011
b.1101
c.1100
d.1110
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgTp1mfNOmA

2000
1.Thenumberofcomparatorsina4bitflashADCis
a.4
b.5
c.15
d.16
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JKcDEFZOU
2.An8bitsuccessiveapproximationanalogtodigitalconverterhasfullscale
readingof2.55voltsanditsconversiontimeforananloginputof1voltis20s.
Theconversiontimefora2voltsinputis
a.10s
b.20s
c.40s
d.50s
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ta5fKctI
3.Themostcommonlyusedamplifierinsampleandholdcircuitsis
a.Aunitygaininvertingamplifier
b.Aunitygainnoninvertingamplifier
c.Aninvertingamplifierwithagainof10
d.Aninvertingamplifierwithagainof100
Solution:
4.Forthe4bitDACshown,theoutputvoltageVois

a.10volts
b.5volts
c.4volts
d.8volts
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MeSzmvu4MU

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2001
1.Amonochromevideosignalthatrangesfrom0to8voltsisdigitizedusingan8
bitADC.
a.DeterminetheresolutionoftheADCinV/bit.
b.Calculatethemeansquaredquantizationerror.
c.SupposetheADCiscountercontrolled.Thecounterisupcounter
andpositiveedgetriggeredwithclockfrequency1MHz.Whatisthetimetakenin
secondstogetadigitalequivalentof1.59volts?
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI8JkuF3PNQ

2002
1.Thenumberofcomparatorsrequiredina3bitcomparatortypeADCis
a.2
b.3
c.7
d.8
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewhv3AAXJHY

2003
1.Theminimumnumberofcomparatorsrequiredtobuildan8bitflashADCis
a.8
b.63
c.255
d.256
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPb97iHHeZg
2.Thecircuitshowninthefigureisa4bitDAC.

Theinputbits0and1arerepresentedby0voltsand5voltsrespectively.The
OPAMPisideal,butalltheresistancesandthe5voltsinputshaveatoleranceof
10%.Thespecification(roundedtothenearestmultipleof5%)forthetoleranceof
theDACis
a.35%
b.20%
c.10%
d.5%
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g739OStpGP4

2006
1.A4bitD/Aconverterisconnectedtoafreerunning3bitUPcounter,as
showninthefollowingfigure.Whichofthefollowingwaveformswillbeobserved
atVo?

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2007
Statementforlinkedanswerquestions1&2:
IntheDigitaltoanalogconvertercircuitshowninthefigurebelow,VR=10volts
andR=10k.

1.Thecurrentiis
a.31.25A
b.62.5A
c.125A
d.250A
2.ThevoltageVois
a.0.781volts
b.1.562volts
c.3.125volts
d.6.250volts
Solution(1&2):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByhKwkrjqs

2008
StatementforLinkedAnswerQuestions1and2:
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Inthefollowingcircuit,thecomparatoroutputislogic1ifV+ >Vandis
logic0
otherwise.TheD/Aconversionisdoneaspertherelation.

Thecounterstartsfromtheclearstate.

1.ThestablereadingoftheLEDdisplayis
a.06
b.07
c.12
d.13
2.ThemagnitudeoftheerrorbetweenVDACandVinatsteadystateinvoltsis
a.0.2
b.0.3
c.0.5
d.1.0
Solution(1&2):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEFmNeqxYI

2011
1.Theoutputofa3stageJohnson(twistedring)counterisfedtoadigitalto
analog(D/A)converterasshowninthefigurebelow.Assumeallstatesofthe
countertobeunsetinitially.ThewaveformwhichrepresentstheD/Aconverter
outputVois

Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9vVeVizDIM

2014
1.Ananalogvoltageintherange0to8voltsisdividedin16equalintervalsfor
conversionto4bitdigitaloutput.Themaximumquantizationerror(involts)is
..
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2.Foragivensampleandholdcircuit,ifthevalueoftheholdcapacitoris
increased,then
a.DroopratedecreasesandAcquisitiontimedecreases
b.DroopratedecreasesandAcquisitiontimeincreases
c.DrooprateincreasesandAcquisitiontimedecreases
d.DrooprateincreasesandAcquisitiontimeincreases
Solution:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdo5X7vDKuc

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Raj Sekhar 5 months ago - Shared publicly

8bit ADC has a full scale input of 2.55v. if other cumulative errors are
an
2.55v,determine the maximum error
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Raj Sekhar 5 months ago - Shared publicly

8bit DAC produces 1.0v for digital input 00110010. what is the largest
the
output it can produce? sir please solve this question
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Pallab Das 4 months ago

n=8;00110010 in binary = 50 in decimal;full voltage=1*(2^8-1)/50=5.1v;
Raj Sekhar 4 months ago
thank u so much ,,,,,can u solve isro papers and send it to my mail

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