Sample Lab Exam Questions
1. Prove that the ripple factor of a half wave rectifier is 1.21 without any filter.
2. Prove that the efficiency of a full wave rectifier with capacitor filter is ≈ 100%
Vm
3. Prove that the dc value of the output of half wave rectifier is
Π
Vm
4. Prove that the RMS value of the output of full wave rectifier is
√2
5. Prove that class B power amplifier can achieve efficiency in excess of 60%.
6. Determine the transconductance of IRF540/IRF580.
7. Determine the output impedance of IRF540/IRF580.
8. Prove that the drain current of a MOSFET remains almost constant in saturation region for a given gate source
voltage.
9. Prove that drain current increases non linearly with increase in gate source voltage for a given drain source voltage.
10. Prove that class B power amplifier suffers from non linearity.
11. Prove that class AB power amplifier minimizes crossover distortion.
12. Design a MOSFET voltage divider biasing circuit for setting drain current as 8 mA and VDS = 40% of VDD
13. Design a CS amplifier to achieve a gain in excess of 29 for oscillator application.
14. Prove that the frequency of oscillation in a RC phase shift oscillator reduces with increase in the resistance value in
the feedback network.
15. Prove that the frequency of oscillation in a Hartley oscillator increases if inductance value in the feedback network
is reduced.
16. Design a circuit whose ideal voltage transfer characteristics is as shown in figure.
17. Design a circuit whose ideal voltage transfer characteristics is as shown in figure.
18. Design a circuit which takes x(t) as input and produces output y(t) given by
y(t) = 5 – A Sin(2000πt); A > 10