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THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING


BATCHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

ECX4350 –ELECTRONICS II – 2017/2018


Assignment #1
Answer all the questions.
Adhere to the usual notations.
Submission deadline: 6th April 2018

Q1. Let the transistor in the amplifier circuit in Figure-Q1 has the following parameters with the
usual notation. ℎ𝑓𝑒 = 100, 𝑟𝑖𝑒 = 2.5𝑘Ω.
Assume the effect of all the other unmentioned parameters to be negligible.

(a) Draw the low-frequency equivalent circuit for this amplifier circuit.
(b) Find the input impedance and the output impedance.
(c) Find the voltage gain of the same amplifier.

+18V

56kΩ 3.3kΩ
0.022μF
0.1μF

15kΩ vL
1kΩ 10kΩ
680Ω
vS 100μF

Figure-Q1

Q2. Consider the cascading amplifier setup in Figure-Q2 circuit diagram, where T1 and T2 are
identical.
Here,
𝑅𝑠 = 1𝑘Ω, 𝑅1 = 𝑅2 = 5𝑘Ω ,ℎ𝑖𝑒 = 2𝑘Ω, ℎ𝑓𝑒 = 50, ℎ𝑟𝑒 = 6 × 10−4 , ℎ𝑜𝑒 = 25𝜇𝐴/𝑉,
ℎ𝑖𝑐 = 2𝑘Ω, ℎ𝑓𝑐 = −51, ℎ𝑟𝑐 = 1, ℎ𝑜𝑐 = 25𝜇𝐴/𝑉.

(a) Draw the low-frequency equivalent circuit using the h-parameter model of the transistors.
𝑉
(b) Calculate 𝑉0 .
𝑖

1
+VCC

R1

T2
C2
Vi
T1 VO
RS C1
R2
VS

-VEE

Figure–Q2

Q3.
(a) Describe the operation of SCR, DIAC and TRIAC with the help of their I-V
characteristic curves.

(b)

D1 iL

RE RL

vin vC
U1 S1

C RG
R

Figure-Q3

In the circuit shown in Figure-Q3, U1 UJT provides a trigger operation to the SCR S1.
Assume the drop across the SCR is negligible. Further, 𝑣𝑖𝑛 is sinusoidal with 20𝑉 𝑟𝑚𝑠
and 𝑅𝐿 = 20Ω.

i. Explain the operation of the circuit with the help of waveforms of 𝑣𝑖𝑛 , 𝑣𝐶 and 𝑖𝐿 .
ii. What is the maximum possible power that can be delivered to the load?
iii. Find the maximum load power delivered for a SCR firing angle of 450 .

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