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Midterm 2 Exam
Name: _____________________ Max: 56 Points
(a) 1.01 kHz (b) 644 Hz (c) 522 Hz (d) 79.24 kHz
Answer: 2.2 = log( 500), so that = 79.24 Hz, so (d) is the answer.
2. The internal circuitry of the 555 timer consists of ________, an R-S flip-flop, a transistor switch,
an output buffer amplifier, and a voltage divider.
(a) a comparator
(b) a voltage amplifier
Answer: two comparators
(c) two comparators
(d) peak detector
3. Briefly explain why the duty cycle of the basic 555-timer astable
multivibrator can never be 50%.
4. In the circuit below = 1 mA and all the capacitors are large enough to be considered shorts.
Estimate the midband gain = .
(a) 6.8
(b) 3.4
(c) 272
(d) 136
(e) 12.1
Answer: (d)
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5. In the circuit below = 1 mA and all the capacitors are large enough to be considered shorts.
Estimate the midband gain = .
(a) 12.1
(b) 8
(c) = 272
(d) 136
(e) 6.1
6. In the current mirrors below, neglect base currents and take REF = 30 A, What is copy2 ?
(a) 30 A
(b) 30 A3 = 10 A
(c) 30 A2 = 15 A
(d) 2 30 A = 60 A
(e) 3 30 A = 90 A
Answer: (d)
7. Consider the following drive circuit for an IR remote control. The drive signal is a 05 V square
wave and = 9 V. The BJT is replaced with an NPN Darlington transistor. The new peak
current through the IR diode will be
a) Increased by
b) Increased by 2
c) Halved
d) Doubled
e) Stay the same
Answer: () for a Si Darlington is about double that of a normal BJT. Thus, about double
the current must flow before the Darlington turns on.
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8. The transistor in the amplifier shown has = 350 and is biased at = 1 mA. Determine .
You may ignore .
a) 14.1K
b) 17.2K
c) 13.7K
d) 1.05K
a) 83 mA
b) Need additional information
c) 41 mA
d) 58.3 mA
e) 525 mA
Answer: The BJT is off until the LED current reaches a peak of 0.712 = 58.3 mA. Then it
turns on and prevents the MOSFET from turning on further. With a 70% duty cycles this peak
corresponds to an average of 0.7 58.3 41 mA, so (c).
a) Essentially unchanged
b) 3 1 mA = 3 mA
c) 1 mA3 = 333 A
d) Need additional information
Answer: (a)
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Solution Replace the coupling capacitor with an open circuit and replace the base bias network with its
Thevenin equivalent network as shown below.
= 1 ||2 = 6.06K
8
= 24 = 5.82 V
8 + 25
= 0.65 V
Now
+ + 0.6 + = 0
However, = (1 + ) so that
+ + 0.6 + (1 + ) = 0
5.82 + ( )6.06K + 0.65 + (45)( )(1K) = 0
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Solution
7.5K
= = 4K = 24.7 25
1 + 301
Part (d) The mid-band voltage gain is 1 (the circuit is an emitter follower).
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Question 4 An engineer uses the circuit shown to estimate the input offset voltage and input bias
of the op-amp as follows. At = 0 she opens the switch and measures the output voltage at different
times. The table shows her measurements for 1 = 10 , = 1K, and = 1 F. Plot her data and use
the plot to estimate . Be sure to label plot axes. (4 points)
(seconds) (V)
20 1.5
40 2.6
60 3.25
Solution
3
(V)
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Time (seconds)
Solution The voltage gain is approximately 1 (this is a follower; does not affect the gain)
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(a) The open loop gain is 120 dB (1 106 ) at = 10 Hz, so the GBP is 10 MHz. Alternatively, the BW
is about 10 MHz when the open loop gain is 0, so the GBP is 10 MHz.
(b) A voltage gain of 10 is equivalent to a gain of 20 log10 (10) = 20 dB. A horizontal line at 20 dB
intercepts the LT1007 gain curve at 950 kHz. Alternatively, from the GBP, with a gain of 10, the
bandwidth is 1 MHz.
10
() =
1 +
1 106
Question 7 Consider a first-order RC low-pass filter with 3-dB frequency = 60 Hz. By how much
does it delay a 50 Hz sine wave? Express you answer in ms. (3 points)
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Iout
Iout
Iout
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Solution
4
(V)
5 10 15 20
4.5 Time (s)
The gain of the amplifier is = 1 + 80K10K = 9. The input signal ramps up at the start with a rate
0.5 V. The desired leading ramp at the output is 9 0.5 = 4.5 Vs. However, the amplifier has a
slew rate of 1 V/s, so that it will reach 4.5 V after 4.5 s.