UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

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Engineering and Science

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Year 1, 2

201401

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UEEA1333
Analogue Electronics
Mr. Ng Choon Boon

Tutorial No:1
Q1.

The open-loop gain of an amplifier with negative feedback is A = 50, and the feedback factor
is = 0.5.
(a)
Determine the closed-loop gain Af.
(b)
If the open-loop gain A changes by +15%, determine the percentage change in the
closed-loop gain Af and its value.
(c)
If the feedback factor changes by +15%, determine the percentage change in the
closed-loop gain Af and its value.
Answer: (a) 1.9231 (b) 1.9328, 0.5044% (c) 1.6807, -12.60%

Q2.

Three voltage amplifiers are cascaded, as shown in Figure Q3.

(a)
Determine the value of to give a closed-loop gain of Af = -100.
(b)
If the gain of each stage increases by 10%, determine Af. Use the of part (a).
Answer:
(a) -9.5 x 10-3. (b) -101.26.

Figure Q3
Q3.

The feedback factor of an amplifier is = 0.5. The open-loop gain A, which is frequency
dependent, can be expressed as
2 10 5
A( j ) =
1 + j 2 10
Determine (a) the closed-loop low-frequency gain Aof, (b) the closed-loop bandwidth BW in
Hz, and (c) the gain-bandwidth product GBW.
Answer: (a) Approximately 2. (b) Approximately 1 MHz. (c) 2x106.

Q4.

Consider the ideal series-shunt feedback amplifier (as shown in the notes: slide 40 ). Assume
the source resistance is negligibly small.
(a) If input voltage = 100 mV, feedback voltage = 99 mV, and output voltage = 5 V,
determine the open loop voltage gain, feedback factor and closed loop voltage gain.
(b) Using the results of part (a), determine the input resistance with feedback and output
resistance with feedback, given the input resistance = 5 k and output resistance = 4 k.
Answer: (a) 5000 V/V, 0.0198 V/V, 50 V/V (b) 500 k, 40 .

Q5.

Current in the ideal shunt-series circuit (as shown in the notes: slide 47) are Ii = 50 A, Ifb =
47.5 A, and Io = 5 mA. Assume the source resistance is infinite. Determine the values and
units of Ai, Aif, and i.
Answer: Ai = 2000 A/A, Aif = 100 A/A, i = 0.0095 A/A.
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Q6.

Consider a three-pole feedback amplifier with the open-loop gain below. The three poles all
occur at the same frequency. Determine the value of at which the amplifier becomes
unstable.
100
A( f ) =
3
f

1 + j 5
10

Answer: 0.08

Q7.

Consider a three-pole feedback system with the loop gain function below. Assume = 0.140.
Determine the closed-loop low-frequency gain and the phase margin.
(1000)
T( f ) =
[Hint: f = 7.65 x 104 Hz by t&e]
f
f
f

1+ j 6
1 + j 3 1 + j
4
10
5 10
10

Answer: 7.09, 29.5

Q8.

The loop gain of a three-pole amplifier is given by:

T( f ) =

1000
f
f

1 + j 4 1 + j 6
10
10

(a) Show that this function will lead to instabilities in a feedback circuit.
(b) Add a dominant pole such that the phase margin is 45. Assume that the original pole
frequencies are fixed and the dominant pole frequency is much lower. Find the dominant
pole frequency.
Answer: 14.14 Hz
Q9.

From the Figure below, determine the phase margin and gain margin.

0.75

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