GATE EC 1991 Electronics Question Paper
1.1 An excitation is applied to a system at t = T and its response is zero for
-8 < < t T . Such a system is x(t)
(a) non-causal system
(b) stable system
(c) causal system
(d) unstable system
1.2 In a series RLC high Q circuit, the current peaks at a frequency
(a) equal to the resonant frequency
(b) greater than the resonant frequency
(c) less than the resonant frequency
(d) none of the above
1.4 Two two-port networks are connected in cascade. The combination is to be represented as a single two-port network. The parameters of the network are obtained by multiplying the individual
(a) z-parameter matrix (b) h-parameter matrix
(c) y-parameter matrix (d) ABCD parameter matrix
1.5 The pole-zero pattern of a certain filter is shown in the figure below. The filter must be of the following type
(a) low pass (b) high pass
(c) all pass (d) band pass
1.6 The necessary and sufficient condition for a rational function of s. T(s) to be driving point impedance of an RC network is that all poles and zeros should be
(a) simple and lie on the negative axis in the s-plane
(b) complex and lie in the left half of the s-plane
(c) complex and lie in the right half of the s-plane
(d) simple and lie on the positive real axis of the s-plane
1.7 In the signal flow graph of Figure, the gain c/r will be
(a) 11
9 (b) 22 15 (c) 24 23 (d) 44 23
1.8 A second order system has a transfer function given by
25 ( )
G s s s = + +
8 25 2
If the system, initially at rest is subjected to a unit step input at t = 0, the second peak in response will occur at
p p p
(a) p sec (b) sec (c) 2 sec (d) sec
3 3 2
1.9 The open loop transfer function of a feedback control system is:
1 ( ) ( ) ( )
G s H s = s + 1 3
The gain margin of the system is:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16
1.10 A unity feedback control system has the open loop transfer function
4 1 2 + s ( ) ( )
G s s s = + ( )
If the input to the system is a unit ramp, the steady state error will be
(a) 0 (b) 0.5 (c) 2 (d) infinity
1.11 The characteristic equation of a feedback control system is given by
( )
s s K s K + + + + = 5 6 0 3 2
Where K > 0 is a scalar variable parameter. In the root loci diagram of the system the asymptotes of the root locus for large values of K meet at a point in the s-plane whose coordinates are
(a) (-3,0) (b) (-2,0) (c) (-1,0) (d) (2,0)
1.12 A linear second order single input continuous time system is described by the following set of differential equations
( ) ( ) ( ) x t x t x t = - + 2 4
1 1 2
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) x t x t x t u t = - + 2
2 1 2
( ) ( ) ( )
Where x t x t are the state variables and and u t is the control variable.
The system is:
(a) controllable and stable (b) controllable but unstable
(c) uncontrollable and unstable (d) uncontrollable and stable
1.13 A linear time-invariant discrete-time system is described by the vector matrix difference equation
( ) ( ) ( ) x k FX k Gu k + = + 1
( ) Where X k is the state vector, F is an n × n constant matrix, G is a
( ) ( ) n r × constant matrix and u k is the control vector. The state transition matrix
of the system is given by inverse Z-transform of
(a) ZI - F (b) (ZI œ F) Z (c) (d) - 1 - 1 ZI F G - ZI F Z -
1.14 A silicon sample is uniformly doped with 10 phosphorous atoms/cm and 3 16
2 10 boron atoms/cm . If all the dopants are fully ionized, the material is 3 × 1 6
(a) n-type with carrier concentration of 10 / cm 1 6 3
(b) p-type with carrier concentration of 10 / cm 1 6 3
(c) p-type with carrier concentration of 2 10 / × cm 16 3
(d) will get damaged and will be safe T
1.15 An n-type silicon sample, having electron mobility µ twice the hole mobility = µ , is subjected to a steady illumination such that the electron concentration p doubles from its thermal equilibrium value. As a result, the conductivity of the sample increases by a factor of …
1.16 The small signal capacitances of an abrupt junction is 1 / at zero P n - nF Cm 2
bias. If the built in voltage is 1 volt, the capacitance at a reverse bias voltage of 99 volts is equal to …
1.17 Referring to the figure. The switch S is in position 1 initially and steady state conditions exist from time t = 0 to . The switch is suddenly thrown into t t = 0
position 2. The current 1 through the 10K resistor as a function of time t from t = 0, is …. (Give the sketch showing the magnitudes of the current at t = 0,
and ) t t t = = 8
1.18 Discrete transistors and having maximum collector current rating of 0.75 T T
amps are connect ed in parallel as shown in the figure. This combination is treated as a single transistor to carry a total current of 1 ampere, when biased with self bias circuit. When the circuit is switched on, draws 0.55 amps and draws T
0.45 amps. If the supply is kept on continuously, ultimately it is very likely that
(a) both and get damaged (b) both and will be safe T
(c) will get damaged and will be safe
(d) will get damaged and will be safe
1.19. The built-in potential of the gate junction of a n-channel JFET is 0.5 volts. The drain current saturates at 4.0 volts when 0. The pinch off voltage is V
1.20. In figure, all transistors are identical and have a high value of beta. The voltage is equal to ______. V
1.21. In figure, both transistors are identical and have a high value of beta. Take the dc base-emitter voltage drop as 0.7 volt and KT/q = 25 mV. The small signal low frequency voltage gain is equal to _______ V V
1.22. In figure the input is a 100 Hz triangular wave having a peak to peak V amplitude of 2 volts and an average value of zero volts. Given that the diode is ideal, the average value of the output is ________. V
1.23. In figure, the n-channel MOSFETs are identical and their current voltage characteristics are given by the following expressions:
Where and V V are the gate source and drain source voltages respectively and I is the drain current.
The current I flowing through the transistor "M' is equal to _______
DC
1.24. In order that the circuit of Figure works properly as differentiator, it should be modified to _____ (draw the modified circuit)
1.25 Two non-inverting amplifiers, one having a unity gain and the other having a gain of twenty are made using identical operational amplifiers. As a compared to the unity gain amplifier, the amplifier with gain twenty has
(a) less negative feedback (b) greater input impedance
(c) less bandwidth (d) none of the above
1.26 Two dimensional addressing of 256 × 8 bit ROM using to 1 selectors requires ____ (how many?) NAND gates.
1.27 The CMOS equivalent of the following nMOS gate (in figure) is ______ (draw the circuit).
1.28 In figure, the Boolean expression for the output in terms of inputs A, B and C when the clock "CK' is high, is given by _______
1.29 An S-R FLIP-FLOP can be converted into a T FLIP FLOP by connecting ______ to Q and _______ to Q.
1.30 A bit stored in a FAMOS device can be erased by _______.
1.31 A signal has frequency components from 300 Hz to 1.8 KHz. The minimum possible rate at which the signal has to be sampled is _______.
1.32 A sequential multiplexer is connected as shown in figure. Each time the multiplexer receives the clock, it switches to the next channel (From 6 it goes to 1). If the input signals are
1.34 Two resistors R R (in ohms) at temperatures and T T K respectively, are and connected in series. Their equivalent noise temperatures is _____ K.
1.35 A binary source has symbol probabilities 0.8 and 0.2. If extension coding (blocks of 4 symbols) is used. The lower and upper bounds on the average code word
length are
(a) lower _______
(b) higher _______
1.36 In a reflex Klystron oscillator
(a) the maximum possible efficiency is 58%
(b) the frequency of oscillation varies linearly with the reflector voltage
(c) the power output varies continuously with reflector voltage
(d) the power output is maximum at fixed frequency.
1.37 The input impedance of a short-circuited lossless transmission line quarter wave length is
(a) purely reactive (b) purely resistive
(c) infinite
(d) dependent on the characteristic impedance of the line.
1.38 The electric field component of a uniform plane electromagnetic wave propagating in the Y-direction in a lossless medium will satisfy the equation.
1.39 A radio wave is incident on a layer of ionosphere at an angle of 30 degree with the vertical. If the critical frequency is 1.2 MHz, the maximum usable frequency is
(a) 1.2 MHz (b) 2.4 MHz (c) 0.6 MHz (d) 1.386 MHz
1.40 In a broad side array of 20 isotropic radiators, equally spaced at a distance of the beam width between first nulls is
(a) 51.3 degrees (b) 11.46 degrees
(c) 22.9 degrees (d) 102.6 degrees
2. (a) Find the Laplace transform of the waveform x t shown in figure.
(b) The network shown in figure
3. The open loop transfer function of a feedback control system incorporating a dead time element is given by
Where K > 0, and T > 0 are variable scalar parameters.
(a) For a given value of T show that the closed loop system is stable for all value of K K < where K T = cosec and is the smallest value of satisfying
the equation cot T =
4. The current I in a forward biased P N junction shown in figure (a) is entirely due +to diffusion of holes from x = 0 to x = L. The injected hole concentration distribution in the m-region is linear as shown in figure (b), with
(a) The current density in the diode assuming that the diffusion coefficient holes is 12 cm /sec. 2
(b) The velocity of holes in the n-region at x = 0.
5. It is required to use a JFET of figure as linear resistor. The parameters of the JFET are as follows:
W = 100 m, L = m, a = 2.5 m.
The doping in the n-layer is N cm = 10 / and the electron mobility is 1500 cm V / sec. - The depletion layer width of each junction due to the built in potential is 0.25 m. The two p - gate regions are connected together externally. The resistances of the regions outside the
6. In figure, the operational amplifier is ideal and its output can swing between œ 15 and +15 volts. The input which
is zero for t < 0, is switched to 5 volts at the instant t = 0. Given that the output is +15 volts for t