VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY V.M.K.V.

ENGINEERING COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IV SEMESTER EEE) QUESTION BANK UNIT-I IC FABRICATION PART-A 1. Write different processes involved in IC fabrication? 2. What is meant by wafer epitaxy? 3. Write the important uses of silicon dioxide. 4. What is meant by lithography? 5. What is metallization? 6. Write the application of metallization? 7. List out the advantages of IC? 8. Write the basic planner process of IC? 9. What are the different types of metallization? 10. What is reactive plasma etching? 11. Give the classifications of integrated circuit? 12. What are the different levels of integration? 13. What is wafer etching? 14. Give the example for P-type doping agent? 15. Give the example for N-type doping agent? 16. What is masking? 17. Name the masking medium. 18. List the different types of IC packages. 19. What is DIP IC? 20. What is monolithic IC? 21. What are the processes involved in photolithographic process?

22. What is the thickness of substrate? 23. How to achive photolithographic process? 24. How to remove photoresist? 25. What are SSI and MSI? PART -B 1. Explain in detail about photo- lithography. 2. Explain in detail about epitaxial growth in IC fabrication. circuit 4. Discuss the various steps for fabricating field effect transistor in monolithic IC 5. Discuss in detail about diffusion technique in basic planar process. 6. Describe about metallization. 7. 9. Narrate about packing. Discuss in detail about fundamental of monolithic IC technology. UNIT-II CHARACTERISTICS OF OPAMP PART A 1. Define the term op-amp? 2. List the ideal opamp characteristics. 3. What are the DC characteristics of operational amplifier? 4. List the AC characteristics of operational amplifier. 5. What is offset voltage? 6. What is input bias current? 7. Write the gain equation of inverting and non inverting amplifier. 8. List the basic application of op-amp. 9. What is slew rate? 10. Draw the circuit diagram for two input summer. 11. What is zero offset? 12. What is linear IC? 13. Draw the pin out details of IC 741. 8. Explain the classification of IC. 3. Explain the various steps for fabricating transistor in a monolithic integrated

14. What are the specifications of 741A and 741E? 15. Write the output equation of voltage follower. 16. Draw the circuit diagram for emitter follower. 17. What is CMRR? 18. What is thermal drift? 19. What is stability? 20. List the types of compensation technique. 21. What is the unit of slew rate? 22. What is frequency response? 23. List the type of feed back. 24. What is negative feed back and where is it used? PART-B 1. Derive the expression for voltage gain of inverting and non inverting amplifier. 2. Explain in detail about input bias current and input offset current of DC Characteristics. 3. Explain in detail about input offset voltage and thermal drift of DC Characteristics. 4. Discuss about the frequency response of op amp. 5. What is stability? Discuss about the stability of op amp. 6. Explain in detail about slew rate of operational amplifier. 7. Draw and explain about voltage series feedback amplifier. 8. Derive the output voltage equation of differentiator and integrator. 9. Explain the operation differential amplifier. 10. Draw and explain about voltage shunt feedback amplifier.

UNIT-III APPLICATIONS OF OP AMP PART-A 1. List the characteristics of instrumentation amplifier. 2. What is the function of filter? 3. List the types of filter. 4. Write the advantages of active filter. 5. List the application of I-V converter. 6. List the application of V-I converter. 7. What is comparator? 8. What are the types of multivibrator circuit? 9. Draw the circuit diagram for square wave generator. 10. Write the application of peak detector. 11. What is the function of instrumentation amplifier? 12. What is trans-conductance amplifier? 13. Write the other name of I to V convertor. 14. Write the application of sample and hold circuit. 15. What are HPF and LPF? 16. What is active filter? 17. What is peak detector? 18. Write the application of digital to analog convertor. 19. Write the application of mono stable multivibrator circuit. 20. Why it is called as bi-stable and mono-stable? 21. Write the other name of clamper. 22. What is the function of clipper? 23. List the application of comparator. 24. What is the minimum value of sampling frequency? 25. What is a zero crossing detector?

PART B 1. Draw and explain about working of instrumentation amplifier. 2. Explain about the operation of first order low pass filter. 3. Explain about the operation of second order high pass filter. 4. Discuss about anyone type of multivibrator circuit. 5. Explain about zero crossing detector and window detector. 6. Write the operation of phase shift oscillator. 7. Explain the working of Wien bridge oscillator. 8. Draw and explain about sample and hold circuit. 9. Explain any one type of D/A converter. 10. Explain any one type of A/D converter. UNIT IV SPECIAL ICs PART-A 1. Draw the pin out details of IC 555 timer. 2. Write the modes of operation of IC 555 timer. 3. Write the functional blocks of PLL. 4. What is the function of voltage controlled oscillator? 5. Write the application of PLL. 6. What is digital phase detector? 7. What is capture range? 8. What is lock in range?. 9. Write the equation for time period in mono stable mode of IC555. 10. Write the equation for frequency of square wave generation in astable mode. 11. Write the application of astable mode. 12. What is phase detector? 13. What is VCO? 14. Write the function of voltage control oscillator. 15. What is frequency translation? 16. What is frequency multiplication?

17. Write the equation for frequency division. 18. What is analog multiplier IC? 19. Write the characteristics of multiplier. 20. List out the modes of multiplier. 21. Write the application of multiplier. 22. Write the output equation of voltage divider using multiplier. 23. What is frequency doubler? 24. How to measure the phase angle? PART-B 1. Explain about basic building blocks of a PLL. 2. Give the block diagram of IC 566 VCO and explain its operation. 3. Draw the circuit of a PLL AM detector and explain its operation. 4. Explain the operation of analog multiplier IC. 5. 6. 7. Discuss anyone application of IC 555 in monostable mode. Discuss anyone application of IC 555 in astable mode. Explain about the any one application of PLL.

8. Explain the operation of squaring and square rooting circuit. 9. Draw the block diagram of voltage divider and frequency doubler by using multiplier and explain its operation. 10. Explain the operation of phase angle detector and RMS detector by using multiplier. UNIT V APPLICATIONS ICs PART-A 1. What is voltage regulator? 2. Write the advantages of IC Voltage regulator. 3. What is switching regulator? 4. What is power amplifier? 5. Short notes on isolation amplifier. 6. Write the advantages of function generator ICs. 7. What is opto coupler? 8. Write the function of opto electronics ICs.

9. What is load regulation? 10. Write the pin out details of LM723. 11. List the functional block of LM723. 12. Draw the schematic diagram of LM317. 13. What is adjustable voltage regulator? 14. List the limitation of linear voltage regulator. 15. What is switching regulator? 16. Write the duty cycle equation for switching regulator. 17. List the major four component of switching regulator. 18. What is SMPS? 19. List the type of switching regulator. 20. Write the classification of power amplifier. 21. List the features of LM380 power amplifier. 22. Draw the pin out details of LM380. 23. List the four stages of LM380. 24. List the features of isolation amplifier. 25. Write the types of optocoupler. PART B 1. Explain the functional block diagram of LM317 IC voltage regulator. 2. Explain the functional block diagram of LM723 IC voltage regulator. 3. Explain the operation of switching regulator. 4. Discuss in detail about MA7840 power amplifier. 5. Discuss in detail about LM380 power amplifier. 6. Explain the operation of function generator IC. 7. Draw and Explain about Isolation amplifiers. 8. Explain about opto electronic ICs.