Be (University of Choice) MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MMUST) MAIN CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2022/2023 ACADEMIC YEAR THIRD YEAR SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING COURSE CODE: TEE 322 COURSE TITLE: ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS II DATE: 147H APRIL 2023 TIME: 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES. ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS. QUESTION ONE CARRIES 30 MARKS AND ALL OTHERS 20 MARKS EACH. TIME: 2 Hours MMUST observes ZERO tolerance to examination cheating >SECTION A: COMPULSORY Qi a) Draw the circuit diagram of the voltage series feedback amplifier and derive the close loop Voltage gain, gain of feedback circuits’ input resistance, and output resistance, bandwidth and total output offset voltage [8 marks] b) Sketch typical output characteristics for a common emitter transistor and illustrate the region where the transistor is said to be saturated. What bias condition exists at the collector-base junction (Ves) when a transistor operates in the saturated region? [6marks] ©) Explain why the output voltage of a common emitter transistor amplifier is 180° out of phase with the input voltage [6 marks} 4) With the aid of a circuit diagram, explain the role of capacitors in Multistage amplifier system [6 marks} ©) Differentiate between Small signal Amplifiers and Large signal amplifiers [4 marks] SECTION B: ANSWER ANY TWO OF THE FOUR QUESTIONS Q2 (a) Draw the circuit diagram of a simple zener diode regulator and briefly explain how the circuit minimizes the effects of supply voltage variations on the load voltage. (8 Marks] (b) A zener diode has a reverse breakdown voltage of 4.7V and may be considered a linear resistance of 40 for voltages beyond this value. It is to be used in a simple voltage regulator circuit to maintain 5.0V across 2.2000 load from a nominal 10V supply. I Calculate a suitable value of series resistor. II Determine the power dissipated in the series resistor and in the diode. TIT Calculate the change in load voltage if the supply voltage increases by 10%. [12 Marks]Q.3 ) State the two basic purposes of a coupling device. [2 Marks} (+12y) as (800) Figure 1 b) I Explain what is meant by stabilization of the operating point and how itis achieved in the amplifier of Figure 1. I1_ Explain the function of each of the five labelled components in Figure 1. [12 Marks] ©) Explain the resistance-capacitance coupling method [6 Marks] Q4 a. The output characteristics of an NPN transistor are tabulated below (assumed to be linear over the given range). Ib Te(mA) @Vex equal to:— (uA) av 10v 30 15 18 30 30 3570 45 58 ‘The transistor is to be used in the common emitter mode with a resistive load of 2 kQ and a supply voltage of 12. 1. Plot the output characteristics and draw the load-line on graph paper [ SMarks] Tl. Calculate the amplifier ae current gain for an input base current of 40j.4p.». Varying sinusoidally about a mean value of 50 uA. [6 Marks} IIL, Calculate the ac voltage gain if the ac input resistance is 14002. [3Marks] b. 1 Deseribe tuned amplifiers [Marks] I Show that the resonance frequency of a tuned amplifier is given by [3Marks] 1 2nVLC Qs. ) Differentiate between an alternator and an oscillator [ Marks] b) State and briefly describe the four types of sinusoidal oscillators [ 6Marks] ©) With the aid of circuit diagrams, differentiate between Hartley and Colpitt Oscillators [8Marks]