ELECTRONICS Module 29

# ANSWERS: QUESTIONS:
1 Degenerate gain What is the effect of adding an emitter resistor in the bipolar differential
amplifier
2 Has 2 gate terminal SCS differs in SCR because it
3 0.5 V/µs What is the slew rate of the 741 op-amp
4 25mA What is the approximate short-circuit output of 741 op-amp
5 By connecting 2 identical bipolar Class B amplification can be used to obtain low distortion for audio
transistors biased at cutoff of pinchoff applications
in a push-pull configuration
6 Form factor The ratio of rms of the pulsating quantity to its mean value
7 Forward-reverse Biased of base-emitter and base-collector
8 Free electron Valence electron that able to break away from its parent atom
9 Open When the needle of an analog ammeter indicates infinity, the resistor
being measure is
10 Displaying the analog voltage of Oscilloscope
individual signal
11 Voltage The amount of energy per charge available to move electron from one
point to another in an electric circuit
12 Midband range What is the region of amplifier operation in which the coupling and
bypass capacitors acts as a short
13 Capacitor filter Across the _____ is where the average DC voltage exists
14 Transistor What is the control element of a simple series voltage regulator
15 6 The operating voltage of a reference diode in a linear voltage regulator
to obtain best temperature stability is approximately ___ volts
16 8 How many conductors per slot in quadruplex coil winding in the
armature of DC generator
17 Increases In filter designs, the distortion _____ as the order of chebyshev and
butterworth increases
18 Mercury cell Which of the following is a type of cell which has an advantage of
maintaining a fairly constant output under varying load condition
19 20,000 Typical range of quality factor for crystal oscillators
20 Class B Current flow of exactly 50% of the signal flow
21 85 – 90 Class C amplifiers has a circuitry efficiency of about ___ percent
22 Q-factor The measurement of how “pure” or “real” inductor is
23 Edge triggered flip-flop Type of flip-flop in which the data are entered and appear on the output
of the same clock edge
24 Manual leadthrough _____ is a type of leadthrough programming that is convenient for
continuous path control robots
25 In a conducting state The channel in a zero-biased JFET is normally
26 State table what is used to determine the time difference of the inputs, outputs and
flip-flop states
27 Present state, input, output, next state State table is consists of four sections labeled as ____, ____, ____ and ____
28 20 – 40 V What is the typical breakdown voltage of a DIAC
29 1000 V What is the TRIAC voltage capability in volts
30 50 – 450 A In arc welding, what is the typical range of current or the power supply to
create an electric arc between an electrode and the base material to melt
the metals at the welding point
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31 Manganese Which of the following is NOT a diamagnetic material
32 Ceramic Ferrites are made of what material
33 1.5 The typical value of the triggering anode gate for SCS devices is ___ mA
34 Simulation programming Type of robot programming where the program is prepared on a
separate computer terminal and eliminates the need of leadthrough
methods
35 10kHz – 40kHz In a switch-mode power supply, the transistor switches at the rate
typically in the range of
36 Porcelain capacitor Type of capacitor that is mainly found in SMD form and are used
extensively in RF and microwave applications
37 0.05 – 150 Hz What is the range of the required frequency of ECG signal
38 10 – 300 microvolts Typical amplitude of differential signals between electrodes over
different parts of the brain in an EEG
39 Corona The visible blue or red glow caused by ionization of the air molecules
when the high voltage of a sharp, pointed wire discharges into the
atmosphere is called
40 Holding current What refers to the value of current below which a silicon controlled
rectifier switches from conducting to the forward blocking region
41 Decreases the AC voltage component The purpose of an additional RC filter section in a power supply circuit
42 Just less than 1 The current gain of a common base BJT configuration is
43 Ferrite core What type of core that has high flux density like iron but is an insulator
44 Ferrite core What type of core when used in a coil, has minimum eddy current losses
due to its resistance
45 Chebyshev filter Exhibits an equiripple amplitude in the pass band
46 Butterworth filter Exhibits maximum flatness possible in the pass band
47 Transformer utilization factor What is the ratio of the DC output power at the load to the power rating
(volt-ampere) of the transformer
48 Potential transformer What type of instrument transformer is used to measure or monitor the
voltage on transmission lines and to isolate the metering equipment
from the lines
49 Integrator A circuit whose output voltage is proportional to the area under the
curve of the input voltage is called
50 Differentiator A circuit whose output voltage is proportional to the slope of the input
voltage is called
51 Averaging amplifier An amplifier with an output voltage proportional to the average of all the
input voltages
52 Electrostatic force What refers to the force that holds the electrons in the orbit
53 Amp-clamp probe What meter is used to measure AC currents, generally from the 60Hz AC
power signal without breaking open the circuit
54 Resistors and capacitors What is the frequency-determining component in the Wien bridge
oscillator
55 Device will turn off when the anode The specified value of holding current for SCRs means that the
current falls below this value
56 35,000 Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) can produce a temperature up to _____
degree Fahrenheit
57 Roll-off To ensure stable operation, op-amps are built with internal
compensation circuitry, which also causes the very high open-loop gain
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to diminish with increasing frequency. The gain of reduction is referred
to as
58 Forward biased in the feedback, In logarithmic amplifier, where and how is the diode placed in the circuit
replacing the Rf of an inverting op-amp to work as
59 Cascading Connecting the output to the input of the other
60 Ultrasonic An industrial welding technique where high frequency ultrasonic acoustic
vibrations are locally applied to workpieces is called _____ welding
61 25 – 75 In a typical transistor amplifier active region, the V CE is usually ____
percent of the VCC
62 Hall effect Generation of small voltage in the depth of a conductor
63 Piezoelectric effect Quartz crystal when stress is applied
64 Loading effect Reduction of voltage measurement in a voltmeter
65 Dielectric effect Inability of a capacitor to completely discharge to zero
66 1pF – 0.22 F Typical range of a ceramic disk type capacitor
67 400 – 1700 Electromagnetic spectrum wavelength range in nanometer of germanium
materials used in photodiode
68 Positive If the feedback signal (current or voltage) is applied in such a way that it
is in-phase with the input signal and thus increases, the feedback is a
______ feedback
69 Positive feedback Regenerative feedback or direct feedback
70 Cache memory Temporarily stores the most recently used data
71 Flash memory What refers to a non-volatile read/wire random access semiconductor
memory in which data are stored in the floating charge of any type of
FET
72 RC phase shift oscillator Has a 180° phase shift
73 Colpitts Most common local oscillator in a superheterodyne radio receiver
74 Clamper Composed of a diode, capacitor and transistor which is used to shift the
level of a signal
75 AND “all or nothing” gate
76 Bipolar What type of lead in ECG is used to record the voltage differential
between the wrists and legs
77 The fewer losses are there The higher the Q-factor of the inductor,
78 300 In industrial robotic arm, it must have a capacity from 1kg to ____ kg
79 80 – 100 dB In a good differential amplifier, what is the typical range of values of
CMRR
80 Lithium iodide What type of battery is used in pacemakers
81 Battery charger A pulsating DC voltage is which of the following application
82 Floating charge What refers to the type of charging where the charger and the battery
are always connected to each other to supply current in the load
83 Inductor, capacitor, diode, transistor Switch-mode power supply is a converter circuitry that consists of
arrangement of ____, ____, ____ and ____
84 Switch-mode power supply What is a dc-dc converter with an unregulated input DC voltage and
regulated output voltage
85 Voltage controlled oscillator What is a relaxation oscillator where frequency can be changed by
varying the output DC control voltage
86 Phase shift around the feedback To start oscillation, BA must be greater than 1 and the
network must be 180°
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87 1 + BA What is the ratio of the input impedance with series feedback to that
without feedback
88 BA = 1 To obtain self-sustained oscillation, the condition must be which of the
following
89 Mendocino ____ motor is solar-powered, magnetically levitated electric motor wich
consists of a four-sided rotor
90 They can be damaged by electrostatic Which of the following is a disadvantage of a CMOS device
discharges
91 50 – 200 V What is the typical range of ferrite relative permeability
92 Reciprocity theorem _____ provides shortcut for finding the common voltage between any
number of parallel branch
93 Superbeta The current gain of a Darlington pair is
94 Input offset current Difference between the two op-amps input currents
95 Selenium _____ rectifier are formed from stacks of square or round, aluminum or
steel plated with a 1 micrometer of bismuth or nickel
96 350 Silicon carbide semiconductor materials are used in thyristors because it
is capable to operate at temperature of up to ____ degree Celsius
97 Coercive force Force applied in the reverse direction to reduce flux density to zero
98 Delay time Time between the changing state of the input and the beginning of the
response in the output
99 Microminiaturization The process of shrinking the size and power dissipation of an electronic
circuit which uses surface mount technology
100 By connecting 2 identical bipolar Class B amplification can be used to obtain low distortion for audio
transistors biased at cutoff of pinchoff applications
in a push-pull configuration