UNIT I: Op-amp as ac amplifiers

With a neat circuit diagram, explain the design and operation of high Input
Impedance capacitor coupled voltage follower obtain the expression for
Input Impedance. (JUL-11,14, JAN-14, DEC-12) (8,6)
With a neat circuit diagram, explain the operation of a high Input Impedance
capacitor coupled Non-Inverting Amplifier, Develop the expression for
Input Impedance of the circuit. (DEC-12) (8)
Briefly discuss the setting up of Upper cut of frequency and show how this
can be set for inverting Amplifier.(JAN-14, JUL-11) (6)
Sketch the circuit of a capacitor coupled inverting amplifier using a single
polarity power supply. Briefly explain the operation. (JAN-15, DEC-12)
(6)
Explain the operation of capacitor coupled Non-Inverting Amplifier with
Single polarity supply. (JUL-14, DEC-11) (8)
Explain the operation of capacitor coupled difference Amplifier and derive
the equation for output voltage.
Skecth the circuit of a capacitor coupled high Zin non-inverting amplifier,
explain design and the circuit operation. obtain the equation for input
impdance of the circuit. (JAN-15, DEC-11) (8)
A Capacitor coupled voltage follower using 741 op-amps is to have an Input
Impedance of 12K. The lower cutoff frequency is100 HZ and the load
resistance can vary from 3.3k to 15k. Design a suitable circuit.
A capacitor coupled Non-Inverting Amplifier is to be designed to have a
lower cut off frequency of 120 Hz and the load resistance is 8.2k, Av =100.
Use LF353 op-amp. (JAN-15) (6)
 Using LF353 BIFET op-amp, design a high Zin Capacitor coupled Non-
Inverting amplifier to have a lower cut off frequency of 200 Hz. The Input &
output voltages are to be 15 mv and 3v respectively and the minimum load
resistance is 12k. (DEC-12) (6)
Design a capacitor couples Inverting amplifier to operate with +20 V supply.
The minimum input signal level is 50mv, the voltage gain is to be 68, the
load resistance is 500 and the lower cutoff frequency is to be 200 Hz. Use
741 op-amp. (JAN-14) (6)
A capacitor coupled Non-Inverting Amplifier is to have +24 V supply,
voltage gain of 100, output amplitude of 5V. A lower cutoff frequency of 75
Hz and a minimum load resistance of 5.6 K. Use 741 op-amp.
A capacitor coupled difference amplifier is to have 2 input voltages which is
range from 200mV to 2V. A lowest signal frequency is 300Hz, the load
resistance is 3.3K and the voltage gain is to be 5. design a suitable circuit
using 741 op-amp. (JUL-14) (6)
Designe a capacitor coupled non inverting amplifier to operate with +30V
dc supply. the specifications the sircuits are, voltage gain=90,output voltage
=3V, load resistance=10ohm, and the lower cut off frequency is=70Hz. Use
a BIFET op-amp. (DEC-12) (8)
A high input impedance capacitor coupled non-inverting amplifer is to be
design to have a Av=120 and f1=100Hz. the input signal is 50mV and the
load resistance ranges from 2.7Kohm to 27Kohm. design a suitable circuit
using a 741 op-amp.(For 741 op-amp IBmax=500nA) (DEC-11) (6)
A designe a capacitor coupled inverting amplifier to operate with 20V
supply. the minimum input signal level is 50mV, the voltage gain is to be
68, a load resistance is 5000Ohm, the lowest cut off frequency is to be
 200Khz. use a 741 op-amp with maximum input IBmax=500nA. (JUL-11)
(6)

UNIT II: Op-amp frequency response and compensation

Briefly explain
Loop gain
Loop phase shift
Phase margin
Unity gain Bandwidth (JAN-14, DEC-12, JUL-11) (6,8)
Explain the frequency compensation technique using a phase lag network.
(JAN-15, JUL-11,14, JAN-14, DEC-12,11) (6,8)
Explain the frequency compensation technique using a phase lead network.
(JAN-15, DEC-12) (6)
With a neat circuit diagram, explain Zin Mode frequency compensation.
Write the equation for the feedback factor.(DEC-12) (8)
List the precautions that should be observed for operational amplifier circuit
stability. (JAN-15, JUL-11,14, DEC-12, DEC-11) (6,8)
Explain Miller effect.
Discuss operational amplifier circuit stability and show how feedback in an
inverting amplifier can produce instability.(JUL-14) (8)
Show how feedback in Non- inverting amplifier can produce instability.
An op-amp(741) is configured as a voltage follower. if the output rise time
is not exceed 3m sec. Determine 1) maximum undistorted iotput amplitude.
2) maximum output rise time and the corresponding maximum pulse
 amplitude when op-amp is configured as an amplifier with a closed loop
gain of 40. (Assume slew rate=0.5V/mic sec, UGB= 800Khz (DEC-12) (6)
If the max amplitude of sine wave is 6V, caluculate the slew rate limited cut
off frequency for a voltage follower using op-amp741. If the unity gain cut
off freqency is 800khz, what is the max amplitude of the sine wave o/p (For
741, S=0.5V/mic sec) (DEC-11, JAN-14) (6)
Consider a 741 op-amp with a slew rate of 0.6V/mic sec is used to as a
voltage follower. caluculate
1)The slew rate limited cut off frequency if the sign wave output is 6V.
2)caluculate the maximum peak value of the sinusoidal output voltage, if the
circuit operate with unity gain cut off frequency of 800khz.
3) caluculate the maximum peak value of the output voltage. if the upper cut off
frequency is 8Khz. (JAN-15) (6)

UNIT III: Signal processing circuits

With a neat circuit diagram, explain the operation of full wave precision
Rectifier. (JAN-14) (8)
With a neat circuit diagram and wave form explain the working of sample
and hold circuit. (JUL-11,14, JAN-14, DEC-11) (6,8)
With a neat circuit diagram, explain the operation of high Input Impedance
Full wave precision Rectifier and write the appropriate equation to show the
full wave rectification is performed. (DEC-12) (12)
Using a 741 op-amp, design a precision Full wave rectifier consisting of a
summing circuit and a precision half wave rectifier to produce and 1 volt
 peak output. The Input signal has 1 V peak amplitude and a frequency of 1
MHz (IBmax= 5000nA, Power supply is +15v (DEC-12, JUL-14) (8)
Using Bipolar op-amp, design a precision clipping circuit to clip a 100 KHz
sine wave at a +3V level. (JAN-14) (6)
Explain the operation of precision clamping circuit and show the waveforms.
With a neat circuit diagram and waveforms, explain the operation of peak
detector circuit. (DEC-11) (6)
Show how a dead zone ckt can be combined with a summer ckt to produse
precision clipping on the possitive half cycle of the output waveform. draw
the wave forms, explain its operation and design procedure. (JAN-15) (8)
Design a voltage follower peak detector ckt using BIFET op-amp. the pulse
type signal voltage as a peak value of 2.5 volts with arise time of 5mic sec
and the o/p voltage is to be held at a 2.5V for a time of 100mic sec. The
maximum output error is to be opproximately 1%. cluculate the required
component values and the specify the output current and the slew rate of the
op-amp. (JAN-15) (6)
With a neat diagram, explain the operation of successive opproximation type
of A/D converter. (JAN-15, JUL-14) (6,8)
Expalin the operations of an adjustable peak clipper ckt with back to back
connected Zener diodes. (JUL-11) (6)

UNIT IV: Op-amp non linear circuits

With a neat circuit diagram, explain the working of capacitor coupled zero
crossing detector and show the design steps. (JUL-11, JAN-14) (6,7)
 Explain the operation Non-Inverting Schmitt trigger with different UTP and
LTP levels. (DEC-11,12) (6,8)
Explain the operation Inverting Schmitt trigger with neat circuit diagram &
waveforms. (JUL-11) (6)
Using Bipolar op-amp with a +18V supply, design an inverting Schmitt
Trigger circuit to have UTP = 1.5v and LTP = -3v (JUL-14, JAN-14) (5,6)
Design a non-Inverting Schmitt trigger circuit to have UTP = 3v & LTP=-5v
. Use 741 op-amp with a +15V supply. choose IBmax=500nA. (DEC-12) (8)
Draw the circuit of op-amp Astable multivibrator. Show the relevant
waveforms. Explain the operation.(JAN-15, DEC-11,12, JUL-11) (6)
Explain the operation of Monostable multivibrator with relevant
waveforms.(JUL-14, DEC-12) (6,10)
Draw an op-amp inverting schmitt triggering ckt, explain it operation and
design steps sketch typical input/output charecteristic. (JAN-15) (8)
Design a Monostable multivibrator to have an output pulse width of 1ms
when triggered by a 2v, 100s input pulse, use 741 op-amp with a +12V
supply.(JAN-14) (7)
An op-amp AstableMultivibrator is to have a 3 KHz output with an
amplitude of +11V. Design a suitable circuit using Bipolar op-amp.
Determine minimum op-amp slew rate required for the circuit. (JUL-15) (5)
Design an Astable multivibrator ckt using a BIFET op-amp to operate at
frequency of 11Khz an amplitude of +/- 9V. (DEC-12) (6)
 UNIT-V: Signal generators

With a neat circuit diagram & wave forms explain the operation of triangular /
rectangular wave form Generator. explain how the frequency and duty cycle of
output can be varied.(DEC-11,12, JAN-14, JU-11) (9,8)
With beat circuit explain the operation of R.C phase shift oscillator
With a neat circuit diagram explain the operation of wein- Bridge Oscillator.
(JAN-14,15) (6)
Draw a ckt of a phase shift oscillator.sketch the output and feedback voltage
waveforms and explain the ckt operation. (JAN-15) (6)
Compare an R-C phase shift oscillator with a wein bridge oscillator. (DEC-12)
(5)
State Barkhousen criteria and explain how it is fullfilled in R-C phase shift
oscillator. Also explain how output amplitude can be stabilised using diodes.
(JUL-11,14) (10,6)
Write a short note on signal generator output controls and explain it with a
suitable ckt. (DEC-12) (12)
Draw the ckt of an output stage for controlling output amplitude in DC votlage
of a signal generator. Briefly explain its operation. (DEC-11) (6)
Draw the ckt of an output stage for controlling the output amplitude and DC
voltage level of signal generator. Explain its operation. (JUL-11) (6)
Design a RC phase Shift oscillator with following specification fo=3.5KHz,
Vcc= + 15 V. (DEC-12) (6)
Using 741 op-amp using a + 15V Supply design a phase shift oscillator to have
an output frequency of 5.5 KHz given Av=29. (JAN-14) (6)
 Design a wein Bridge oscillator to have an output simple frequency of 12KHz
.use 741 op- amp with Vcc =+ 15V. (DEC-12) (6)
using bipolar op-amps with +/- 12V supply,design a triangular/rectangular
waveform generator. The triangular wave is to have an output amplitude of +/-
2V. The frequency is to be adjustable from 1Khz to 6Khz and duty cycle range
is to be 40%-60% and design a suitable component values. (JUL-14) (10)
A triangular / Rectangular single Generator is tobe designed to have a 5V peak
to Peak Triangular output, the frequency ranging from 200Hz to 2 KHz & a
duty cycle adjustable from 20% to 80% .Bipolar op-amps with a supply of +
15V are tobe used. (JAN-15) (8)
Using a BIFET op-amps with a supply of +/- 12V, design a wein bridge
oscillator to have an output frquency of 15Khz. (DEC-11) (4)

UNIT-VI: Active filters

Sketch the gain frequency response for low pass,Band pass and Band stop
filters and explain the function of each filter. (JAN-15) (8)
Sketch the circuit of a second order low and high pass filter & explain its
operation and design procedure with frequency response. (JAN-14,15, JUL-
14) (6,8)
Derive an expression for gain and angle of first order low pass butter worth
filter. Draw the frequency response curve and explain its operation. (DEC-
12,JUL-11) (8)
Explain the following terms with a suitable diagram as applied to active
filters: 1)Figure of merit 2)Band width 3) center of ferquency 4) Narrow
band and wide band. (DEC-11) (6)
 Explain with a block diagram and response curve, how band stop filter can
be obtained using low pass and summing pass. (DEC-11) (6)
Compare a wide band filter with narrow band filter. (DEC-12) (6)
What is a band elimation filter? Implement a band elimilation filter using 1)
High pass filter and low pass filter 2) Band pass filter. Show the frequency
response. (DEC-12) (6)
Design a single stage band pass filter to have a cuf-off frequency of 1kHz &
50kHz using 741 amp with a voltage gain of unity . (DEC-12) (6)
Design a first order low pass filter with a cut off frequency of 1Khz and pass
band of 2. (JUL-11) (6)
Design a wide band pass filter having fL=400Hz and fH=2Khz and pass
band gain of 4. (JUL-11) (6)
Design a second order high pass active filter to have a cuttoff frequency of
12Khz. Use a 715 op-amp and estimate the highest signal frequency that will
be passed. (For 715 op-amp IBmax=1.5 mic Amp and fa=11Mhz). (DEC-
11) (8)
Design a single stage band pass filter with unity gain and a pass band from
300Hz to 30Khz. (DEC-12) (6)
What is band pass filter?Explain the operation of single stage Band pass
filter. Explain the low pass and high pass operation of ckt. Discuss the
design. (JUL-14) (8)
Design a narrow band pass filter& explain frequency response with circuit
diagram . (JAN-14) (6)
Design a second order law pass filter to have cut off frequency of 5KHz .use
741 op amp with a + 15 v supply. (DEC-12) (6)
 Design a band rejection filter using first order high pass & low pass filters
having fL = 2KHz &fH=400 Hz repentantly with pass band gain of 2. (JAN-
14) (6)
Using a 741 op-amp design a narrow-band band pass filter. The center
frequency is to be 1Khz and the pass band is to be approximately +/-33Hz
on each side of 1Khz. (JAN-15) (6)
Design a second order active low pass filter using 741 op-amp to have a cut-
off frequency of 1Khz. Draw the frequency response. (JUL-14) (6)

UNIT-VII: Voltage regulators

Explain the following parameters of voltage regulator:

Line Regulation
Load Regulation
Ripple Regulation (JAN-14 JUL-11) (6)
With a neat circuit diagram explain the operation of precision voltage
regulator. (JAN-14, DEC-12, JUL-11) (6)
Show how a voltage regulator can be modified to produce an output
voltage greater than reference voltage explain how the output can be made
adjustable. (DEC-12) (8)
What are the funcions of FLT-U2 specialized IC filter and list the important
charecteristics of the IC. (JAN-15) (6)
What is PLL and Explain the operation of PLL with a block diagram. List
the applications of PLL. (JAN-15) (6,8)
Briefly explain the operation of switched capacitor filters. What are its
adwantages. (JUL-14) (8)
 What is power booster? why it is needed? (JUL-14) (4)
summarize important features of FLT- U2 and give the procedurel steps to
impliment the second order band pass filter in the non inverting mode using
FLT-U2. (DEC-12) (10)
Distinguish B/W small signal amplifiers and the power amplifiers. (DEC-12)
(4)
Explaine the PLL based frequency multiplier. (DEC-12) (6)
Draw the CKT of power amplifier using op-amp as an input stage and
briefly explain. (DEC-11) (6)
With a scheme diagram explain LM217 integrated circuit voltage regulator
calculate the resistance of R1& R2 for LM217 regulator to produce an output
voltage of 9 volts. (JAN-14, JUL-11) (8)
A voltage follower regulator has Vs=Vcc=12V, V=6.3V R1=270
&ILmax=42mA, If the Supply Sourceresistance 25 determine the line
regulation, load regulation & ripple rejection for the circuit.
Using a 741 op-amp design a voltage regulator to produce an output voltage
of 12V with a maximum load current of 50mA
show how a switched capacitor can be used to simulated a resistor and
discuss the adwantages of this process im IC application.
OR
Explain the theory of operation of the switched capacitor filtor.
(JAN-15, DEC-11) (6,8).
UNIT VIII: Specialized IC applications
 Explain with block diagram, universal active filter. How can it be realized as
a second order low pass, high pass and Band pass Filter? List the salient
features of FTT U2 specialized IC filter. (JAN-14) (10)
What is phased locked loop? Explain the working of PLL. List out the
applications of phase locked loop. (JAN-14, DEC-12 (8,10)
Mention the salient features of 723 reguators. show how a 723 reguer can be
used as possitive voltage regulator and explain the circuit operation. (JAN-
15, JUL-14) (6,8)
Sketch the ckt of a voltage follower regulator. explain its operation, design
procedure and equation for a line regulation, load regulation and ripple
rejection. (JAN-15) (10)
Sketch a reguler that uses a LM 340 IC voltage regulator. briefly discuss the
LM-340 and its performance. (JAN-15) (4)
Define performance parameters of voltage regulators. And Explain the
adjustble output regulator with its ckt (DEC-11,12 ) (4,6)
With a neat ckt, explain the working of a precision voltage regulator.(DEC-
12) (8)
Briefly explain with help of a schematic diagram, the working of LM-270 IC
regulator. (DEC-11) (6)
Design an adjustable voltage regulator to produce an output voltage of 12V
with a maximum load current of 50mil A. Assume a peak ripple voltage of
1V in the supply voltage (For a Zener diode used Take IZ 200mil A) (JUL-
14) (6)
An voltage follower regulator has : Vs=25V, Rs=20Ohm, R1=470Ohm,
Vz=50V, Z2= 10Ohm and ILmax=75 mil A. Analyze the ckt to determine
the line regulation, voltage regilation aand the repple injection. (DEC-11) (8)
 Write a explanatory notes with relevant ckt diagrams and waveform
whrnever applicable:
1)Block diagram of a PLL. . (JUL-11) (6)
2) Power amplifier using general purpose op-amp.. (JUL-11) (6)
3)Theory of operation of switched capacitor filler. (JUL-11) (8)

Write a short notes on

Universal Active filter
Switched capacitor Alter.(DEC-12) (12)

Saividya Institute of Technology

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Rajanakunte,Doddaballapur Road, Bangalore-560067
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- I [Academic Year: 2014-15]
Sub with Code: LINEAR ICS & APPLICATIONS (10EC46) Semester: IV ECE A & B
Max Marks: 50 Date & Time: 09/03/2015,1.30-3.00pm
Note: Answer any FIVE full questions, choosing at least two from each part
PART-A
1 a Sketch even and odd components of the signal X(t) shown in fig.1(a) 5M