A bipolar junction transistor has a common base forward short circuit current gain of 0.99. Its common emitter forward short circuit current gain will be
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In a MOSFET, the transfer characteristics can be used to determine which of the following device parameters:
A. Threshold voltage and output
B. trans-conductance and output resistance
C. Threshold voltage and trans-conductance
D. Trans-conductance and channel length modulation parameter
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An one-sided abrupt junction has 1021 per m3 of dopants on the lightly doped side, zero bias voltage and a built-in potential of 0.2 V. The depletion width of the abrupt junction (taking q = 1.6 × 10-19 C, ∈r = 16 and ∈0 = 8.875 × 10-12 F/m) is
A. 0.036 nm
B. 0.6 µm
C. 3 µm
D. 1.5 mm
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Consider the following statements related to a CMOS (Complementary metal oxide semiconductor) inverter:
1. It combines an n-channel and a p-channel MOS transistor.
2. For binary 1 input, both transistors are OFF.
3. For binary 0 input, both transistors are ON.
4. Whatever is the state of input, one transistor is ON while the other is OFF.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 3 and 4
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What is the approximate breakdown current that burns out the diode, if it has a breakdown voltage of 150 V and maximum power dissipation of 0.5 W
A. 3.33 MA
B. 3.33 mA
C. 3.33 nA
D. 3.33 A
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The epitaxial growth allows the wafers to be . . . . . . . . by the diffusion process.
A. passivated
B. oxidised
C. doped
D. neutralised
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A bar of intrinsic germanium 5 cm long is subjected to an electric potential of 12 V. If the velocity of electrons in bar is 75 m/s, then find mobility of electrons.
A. 31.25 cm2 /V-sec
B. 3.125 cm2 /V-sec
C. 3125 cm2 /V-sec
D. 60.25 cm2 /V-sec
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A CMOS amplifier when compared to an N-channel MOSFET, has the advantage of
A. Higher cut-off frequency
B. Higher voltage gain
C. Higher current gain
D. Lower drain current from the power supply, thereby less dissipation
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The maximum speed of electronic switch can be . . . . . . . . operations per second
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The impurity atoms is semiconductors
A. inject more charge carriers
B. reduce the energy gap
C. increase the kinetic energy of valence electrons
D. increase the energy gap
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In a forward biased pn junction diode, the sequence of events that best describes the mechanism of current flow is
A. Injection, and subsequent diffusion and recombination of minority carriers
B. Injection, and subsequent drift and generation of minority carriers
C. Extraction, and subsequent diffusion and generation of minority carriers
D. Extraction, and subsequent drift and recombination of minority carriers
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Electron mobility of the following intrinsic elements in descending order is:
A. GaAs, Ge, Si
B. GaAs, Si, Ge
C. Si, Ge, GaAs
D. Ge, Si, GaAs
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The Darlington pair is mainly used for
A. Impedance matching
B. Wideband voltage amplification
C. Power amplification
D. Reducing distortion
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The diffusion capacitance of a p-n junction diode
A. Increases exponentially with forward bias voltage
B. Decreases exponentially with forward bias voltage
C. Decreases exponentially with forward bias voltage
D. Increases linearly with forward bias voltage
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"Common Base" configuration refers to the configuration of a-
A. Rectifier
B. Transistor
C. Diode
D. Inverter
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If the common base DC current gain of a BJT is 0.98, its common emitter DC current gain is
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An n-type semiconductor is . . . . . . . .
A. Positively charged
B. Negatively charged
C. Electrically neutral
D. None of the above
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Match items in
List-I with items in
List-II most suitable.
List-I
List-II
a. LED
1. Heavy doping
b. Avalanche Photodiode
2. Coherent radiation
c. Tunnel diode
3. Spontaneous emission
d. LASER
4. Current gain
A. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
B. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
D. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
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Drift current is:
A. Directed movement of charged particles under the application of electric field
B. directed movement of charged particles due to concentration gradient
C. random movement of charged particles due to thermal energy
D. None of the above
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If f(E) is Fermi dirac distribution function then 1-f(E) is the probability:
(Where Ef is Fermi level)
A. That a state is empty below Ef
B. That a state is filled below Ef
C. That a state is empty above Ef
D. That a state is filled above Ef
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