12 -PHY-UNIT-09 (Full)1

Physics M.

Palanichamy
Time:1.15 Hours]

9. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS

[Max Marks: 50

(20 x 1 = 20)
1. An example of N-type semiconductor is
(a) pure Ge
(b) Pure Si
(c) silicon doped with phosphorous
(d) Ge doped with boron.
2. The resistivity of a semiconductor lies between
(a) 10-2 m -102 m
(b) 102 m -104 m
(c) 10-2 m -104 m
(d)10-2 m 10-4 m
3. Avalanche breakdown primarily depends on the phenomenon of
(a)
collision
(b) ionization
(c) doping
(d) recombination
4. In an N-type semiconductor, there are
(a) immobile negative ions (b) no minority carriers (c) immobile negative ions (d) immobile positive ions
5. The forbidden energy gap for silicon is
(a) 0.7 eV
(b) 1.1 eV
(c) 0.025 eV
(d) 10 eV
6. In a junction transistor, the emitter region is heavily doped since the emitter has to supply to the base
(a) minority carriers
(b) majority carriers
(c) acceptor ions
(d) donor ions
7. In a transistor when the base current increases
(a) VCE decreases (b) IC decreases
(c) VCC decreases
(d) IC remains constant
8. Choose the wrong statement:
(a) a well designed transistor amplifier has high input impedance
(b) in a transistor the forward biasing of B-E junction offers very low resistance to the current
(c) the reverse biasing of C-B junction offers a high resistance to the current
(d) in a well designed transistor amplifier the out put impedance is high
9. In a CE amplifier, the voltage gain at mid frequency is 10. The voltage gain at the lower cut off
frequency is
(a) 10
(b) 14.14
(c) 7.07
(d) 20
10. The current through the resistor (100 ohm) in the figure shown if the diode is made of germanium
(a) 16 mA
(b)1.6 mA
(c) 2 mA
(d) 20 mA
+ 2.3V
PART-I : ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

100
11. A multistage amplifier has an over all voltage gain of 150. The gain is reduced to 25 when a feed back is
applied. The fees back fraction is
(a) 1/30
(b) -1/16
(c) 1/30
(d) 1/20
12. Which is a non sinusoidal oscillator
(a) multivibrator (b) Colpitts oscillator
(c) crystal oscillator (d) tuned collector oscillator
13. In Colpitts oscillator circuit
(a) capacitative feedback is used
(b) tapped coil is used
(c) no LC tank circuit is used
(d) no capacitor is used
14. Frequency of oscillations in Colpitts oscillator is
1
1
LC1C 2
1
1 C1 C 2
(a) f
(b) f
(c) f
(d) f
2 L1 L2 2M C
2 C1 .C 2
2 C1 C 2
2 L C1 .C 2

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UNIT-09(Full)2
15. What will be the input levels (A,B) , for Y ( A B ).( A.B ) 1
(a) 0,0
(b) 0,1
(c) 1,0
(d) 1,1
16. In the following truth table, A , B are inputs and Y is the out put. Then the Boolean equation is
.
(a) Y = A + B
(b) Y = A . B
A
B
Y
0
0
1
(d) Y A . B
Y A B
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0

(c)

17. The following arrangement performs the logic function

(a) Y = A + B
(b) Y = A . B
(c) Y A B
(d) Y A . B
18. According to the laws and theorems of Boolean algebra, A+AB equals to
(a) A(1+B)
(b) A
(c) A(A+B)
(d) all the above
19. Since the input impedance of an ideal OP-AMP is infinite,
(a) input current is zero
(b) out put resistance is high
(c) its output voltage is independent of load resistance (d) it becomes a current controlled device.
20. The out put of the given OP-AMP when Vin = -0.2 sin t, is
(a) -2 sin t
(b) -20 sin t
(c) 2 sin t
(d) 20 sin t
PART-II:

Answer all the five of the following

(5 x 3 = 15)

21. What is zener breakdown?

22. The amplification of an amplifier without feedback is 100. If 5% positive feedback is given, what will
be the amplification after feedback?
23. Define barrier potential and barrier width.
24. What is an operational amplifier? Why is it called so?
25. Draw the AND logic gate circuit using diodes and resistors.
PART-III:

Answer the following

(1 x 5 = 5)

26. State and prove De-Morgans theorems using truth table.

PART-IV:

Answer the following

(1 x 10 = 10)

27. Explain the working of Colpitts oscillator with neat circuit diagram.

1
c
11
c

2
c
12
a

3
a
13
a

4
d
14
d

5
b
15
a

6
b
16
c

7
a
17
a

8
d
18
d

9
c
19
a

10
d
20
b

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