SOLID STATE DEVICES

1. The reverse saturation current of a diode is 10 nA 10. Find the output waveform of the circuit shown:
at 20 deg. C. What is the value of Is at 40 deg. C?

2. The reverse saturation current of a silicon diode is

20 nA at 27 deg. C. What is the value of Is at 40
deg. C?

3. Determine the diode current at 25°C for a silicon 11. Determine the output waveform for the
diode with Is = 10 nA and an applied voltage of 1.3 V. network shown in the figure:

4. Determine the diode current at 20°C for a

silicon diode with Is = 50 nA and an applied voltage of
0.6 V.
5. When a silicon diode is conducting at a
temperature of 25 degrees celsius, 0.7 V drop
exists across its terminals, what is the voltage at 100 12. Determine the output waveform for the
degrees Celsius? network shown in the figure:
6. Determine 𝑉𝑜 and 𝐼𝐷 .

13. Determine the output waveform for the

network shown in the figure:
7. Determine 𝑉𝑜 and 𝐼𝐷 .

14. Determine the output waveform for the

network shown in the figure:

8. Determine 𝑉𝑜 and 𝐼𝐷 .

15. Determine the output waveform for the

network shown in the figure:

9. Determine 𝑉𝑜1 , 𝑉𝑜2 and 𝐼𝐷 .

ELECTORMAGNETISM
10. A parallel plate capacitor has nineteen interleaved
1. A 5 µF capacitor is charged so that the p.d. between plates each 75 mm by 75 mm separated by mica
its plates is 800 V. Calculate how long the capacitor sheets 0.2 mm thick. Assuming the relative
can provide an average discharge current of 2 mA. permittivity of the mica is 5, calculate the capacitance
of the capacitor and the energy stored if there is a p.d.
2. A particle of charge 𝑞1 = +6µC is located on the x- of 100 V between the plates.
axis at coordinate 𝑥 1 = 5.1cm. A second particle of
charge 𝑞 2 = –5µC is placed on the x-axis at 𝑥 2 = 11. Find the total capacitance and total charge of the
–3.4cm. What is the magnitude and direction of the given network below.
total electrostatic force acting on a third particle of
charge 𝑞 3 = +2µC placed at the origin (x=0)?
3. Suppose that three-point charges, 𝑞𝑎 , 𝑞𝑏 , and 𝑞𝑐
Are arranged at the vertices of a right-angled triangle,
as shown in the diagram. What is the magnitude and
direction of the electrostatic force acting on the third
charge 𝑞𝑐 if 𝑞𝑎 = –6µC, 𝑞𝑏 = +4µC,
𝑞𝑐 = +2µC, a =4m & b =3m?

4. Find the current of a charge q = (10 - 10e^-2t) mC

after 0.5 s.

5. Determine how long a battery will last whose rating

is1000 Ah, 12 volts and will run a 250 W electronics
equipment and 25 W light.

6. A magnetizing force of 8 kA/m is applied to a

circular magnetic circuit of mean diameter 30 cm by
passing a current through a coil wound on the circuit.
If the coil is uniformly wound around the circuit and
has 750 turns, find the current in the coil.
7. A coil of 300 turns is wound uniformly on a ring of
non-magnetic material. The ring has a mean
circumference of 40 cm and a uniform cross sectional
area of 4 cm2 . If the current in the coil is 5 A, calculate
(a) the magnetic field strength, (b) the flux density and
(c) the total magnetic flux in the ring.
8. A conductor 350 mm long carries a current of 10A
and is at right-angles to a magnetic field lying between
two circular pole faces each of radius 60mm. If the
total flux between the pole faces is 0.5mWb, calculate
the magnitude of the force exerted on the conductor.
9. A 400-turn coil is wound uniformly on a former
having a width of 18mm and a length of 25 mm. The
former is pivoted about an axis passing through the
middle of the two shorter sides and is placed in a
uniform magnetic field of flux density 0.75T, the axis
being perpendicular to the field. If the coil carries a
current of 120 mA, determine the force exerted on
each coil side.
DC CIRCUITS 10. Find the current in 8-ohm resistor in the circuit
shown:
1. Find the total resistance (Req) of the circuit.

11. For the network shown in the figure, determine the

2. Find the total resistance (Rab) of the circuit. current in the 0.8 Ω resistor using Thévenin’s theorem.

3. If you need a 1.25kΩ resistance and you only have 12. Find the Thevenin equivalent circuit of the circuit
resistors of 5kΩ, how many of these available resistors shown, then find the current through R L = 6 ohms.
you should connect to get a 1.25kΩ value?
4. Two resistors of 10 and 15 ohms, are connected in
parallel. The two are then connected in series with a 5
ohm resistor. If they are connected across a 12 volt
battery, what are the current and power?
5. When a 20-V emf is placed across two resistors in
series, a current of 2.0 A is present in each of the
13. Using the superposition theorem, find VO in the
resistors. When the same emf is placed across the
circuit.
same two resistors in parallel, the current through the
emf is 10 A. What is the magnitude of the greater of
the two resistances?
6. Use source transformation to find Vo in the circuit:

14. Use superposition to find 𝑉𝑋 in the circuit:

7. A constant voltage source with E = 60V is

delivering power to a series combination of 100 ohms,
200 ohms and 300 ohms. Calculate the voltage across
the 200 ohms resistor.
8. Two 10-ohm resistors in parallel are connected in 15. Find the value of voltage at node 1 in the given
series to a 5-ohm resistor. The combination is circuit.
connected to a 24-volt dc source. What is the power in
watts dissipated by the 5-ohm resistor?

9. Find Voin the circuit shown: