THYRISTOR

1. E


Refer to Figure 11-1. Identify the triac.


2. Which symbol represents a UJT? B
3. Identify the symbol for an SCS. C
4. Identify the diac symbol. D
5. What is the correct symbol for an SCR? A
6. You have a need to use a device to trigger an SCR. A
good one to use might be? A UJT
7. Which of the following devices might best be used to
control an electric motor? AN SCR
8. An SCR acts to control the speed of an electric motor by
_____ the _____ of the pulse delivered to the motor.
varying, width
9. You need to design a relaxation oscillator circuit. The
most likely device to use might be. A UJT
10. You need a very efficient thyristor to control the speed
of an AC fan motor. A good device to use would be. A
TRIAC
11. You have the schematic diagram of several types of
circuits. Which of these circuits most likely uses a triac? AC
MOTOR CONTROL
12. You have a light-dimmer circuit using an SCR. In
testing the circuit, you find that I
G
= 0 mA and the light is
still on. You conclude that the trouble might be one of the
following: this is normal; nothing is wrong.
13. Your boss has asked you to recommend a thyristor that
will enable you to turn it on with a pulse and also turn it off
with a pulse. Which of the following should you
recommend? AN SCS
14. How many semiconductor layers are thyristors
constructed with? 4
15. The SCR can be triggered on by a pulse at the GATE
16. An application of a(n) _____ is in a lighting system for
power interruptions. SCR
17. The _____ can conduct current in either direction and
is turned on when a breakover voltage is exceeded. DIAC
18. The _____ is like a diac with a gate terminal. TRIAC
19. The silicon-controlled switch (SCS) is similar in
construction to the SCR
20. The ______ can be externally programmed to turn on
at a desired anode-to-gate voltage level. PUT
21. Identify the symbol: SCS
22. Identify the symbol: PUT

OP AMP
1. Refer to Figure 12-1(a). This amplifier is known as A
VOLTAGE FOLLOWER

2. Refer to Figure 12-1(b). This amplifier is known a non-
inverting amplifier.
3. Refer to Figure 12-1(c). This amplifier is known as
inverting amplifier.
4. Refer to Figure 12-1(a). A dc voltage of 1.2 V is
applied. V
CC
= 12 V. What is the output voltage?-1.2v
5. Refer to Figure 12-1(b). The voltage gain of this
amplifier is 21
6. Refer to Figure 12-1(c). If an input signal of 0.5 V
were applied, determine the output voltage. 5v
7. Refer to Figure 12-1(c). The input impedance of this
circuit is 50 k .
8. Refer to Figure 12-1(c). You need an amplifier with an
input impedance of 12 k . You must not change the
amplifier voltage gain. The new value of R
i
would be
_____ and the new value of R
f
would be _____.12 k ,
120 k
9. Refer to Figure 12-1(b). A dc input signal of 50 mV is
applied. You would measure _____ from the inverting
input to ground. -50mV
10. It takes an op-amp 22 s to change its output from
15 V to +15 V. Determine the slew rate. 1.36 V/ s
11.
Figure12-2

Refer to Figure 12-2. The purpose of R
1
and R
2
is to
set input impedance and voltage gain.
12. Refer to Figure 12-2. The purpose of R
4
is for input
offset voltage compensation
13. Refer to Figure 12-2. The purpose of R
3
is for bias
current compensation.
14. Refer to Figure 12-2. If the value of R
1
decreases, the
voltage gain will _____ and the input impedance will
_____. increase, decrease
15. A voltage-follower amplifier comes to you for service.
You find the voltage gain to be 5.5 and the input
impedance 22 k . The probable fault in this amplifier,
if any, is none of these.
16. An op-amp has an open-loop gain of 100,000 and a
cutoff frequency of 40 Hz. Find the open-loop gain at a
frequency of 30 Hz. 100,000
17. An op-amp has an open-loop gain of 75,000 and a
cutoff frequency of 100 Hz. At 1 kHz the open-loop gain
is down by 20 dB.
18. An RC network has R = 47 k and C = 0.22 F. What
is the cutoff frequency? 15.4 Hz
19. An RC network has R = 500 k and C = 10 pF. Find
the value of f
c
. all of the above
20. A certain op-amp has an open-loop voltage gain of
150,000. What is this gain expressed in dB? 103.5 dB
21. The midrange open-loop gain of an op-amp is 135 dB.
With negative feedback this gain is reduced to 72 dB.
The closed-loop gain is 72 dB.
22. Refer to Figure 12-3(a). Find the midrange gain of this
amplifier. 26.7

Figure 12-3
23. Refer to Figure 12-3(b). Find the midrange gain of this
op-amp amplifier. 11
24. Refer to Figure 12-3(c). The midrange voltage gain of
this amplifier is 1.
25. Refer to Figure 12-3(a). The op-amp has a unity-gain
bandwidth of 3 MHz. Determine the BW of the circuit.
112.4 kHz
26. Refer to Figure 12-3(b). The op-amp has a unity-gain
bandwidth of 1.7 MHz. Find the bandwidth of the
circuit. 155 kHz
27. Refer to Figure 12-3(c). The unity-gain bandwidth of
this op-amp is 10.4 kHz. What is the bandwidth of the
circuit? 10.4 kHz
28. Refer to Figure 12-4(a). Determine the bandwidth. 1.5
MHz

Figure 12-4
29. Refer to Figure 12-4(b). Calculate the bandwidth. 83.3
kHz
30. Negative feedback added to an op-amp _____ the
bandwidth and _____ the gain. increases, decreases
31. A practical op-amp has very _____ input impedance,
very _____ output impedance, very _____ open-loop
voltage gain, and a _____ bandwidth. high, low, high,
wide
32. The input offset voltage drift is a parameter directly
related to V
OS
and _____. temperature
33. The maximum rate of change of the output voltage in
response to a step input voltage is the _____ of an op-
amp. slew rate
34. A(n) _____ amplifier configuration has a higher input
impedance and a lower output impedance than the op-
amp itself. non-inverting
35. A(n) _____ amplifier configuration has an input
impedance approximately equal to the input resistor
R
i
and an output impedance approximately equal to the
output impedance of the op-amp itself. inverting
36. The _____ amplifier configuration has the highest input
impedance and the lowest output impedance of the
three basic op-amp configurations. voltage-follower
37. Open-loop voltage gain of an op-amp can range up to
_____. 200,000
38. The ______ is the voltage gain of an op-amp with
external feedback. A
cl

39. A three-stage op-amp can have a maximum phase lag
of _____. 270





SPECIAL op amp
1. A log amplifier may use the __________ junction of a
BJT in the feedback loop. base-emitter
2. An antilog amplifier has a _________ in series with the
input. diode or BJT
3. Instrumentation amplifiers are normally used to
measure both of the above
4. The main difference between the isolation amplifier and
an instrumentation amplifier is the input, output, and
power supply stages of an isolation amplifier are
all electrically isolated from each other.
5. An OTA has all of the above
6. Transconductance is the ratio of the output current to
the input voltage.
7. The log of a number is the power to which the base
must be raised to get that number.
8. What part of the characteristic curve of a diode is useful
for log amplifiers? the log region between 0 V and
0.7 V
9. In logarithmic signal compression, large voltages are
compressed more than small voltages.
10. A constant-current source delivers a load current that
remains constant when the load resistance
changes.
11. A current-to-voltage converter produces a
proportional output voltage for a variable input
current.
12. Refer to Figure 14-1(a). This circuit is a setup for an
instrumentation_amplifier.

Figure 14-1


13. Refer to Figure 14-1(b). This circuit is a setup for a
constant-current source.
14. Refer to Figure 14-1(c). This circuit is a setup for an
isolation amplifier.
15. Refer to Figure 14-1(d). This circuit is a setup for an
antilog amplifier.
16. The OTA has a _____ input impedance and a _____
CMRR. high, high
17. Refer to Figure 14-2. Which circuit is known as a
voltage-to-currentconverter? B

Figure 14-2
18. Refer to Figure 14-2. Which circuit is known as a
current-to-voltage converter? A
19. Refer to Figure 14-2. Which circuit is known as an OTA?
D
20. Refer to Figure 14-2. Which circuit is known as a peak
detector? C
21. A(n) _____ amplifier is a differential voltage-gain
device that amplifies the difference between the
voltages existing at its two input terminals.
instrumentation
22. The main purpose of an instrumentation amplifier is to
amplify _____ signals that are riding on _____
common-mode voltages. small, large
23. What is a key characteristic of an instrumentation
amplifier? high CMRR
24. A basic _____ amplifier is formed by three op-amps
and seven resistors. instrumentation
25. The voltage gain of a basic instrumentation amplifier is
set by a(n) resistor
26. A(n) _____ amplifier provides "a barrier" between the
input and output for the protection of human life or
sensitive equipment. isolation
27. What is (are) the principal area(s) of application for
isolation amplifiers? all of the above
28. The operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) is
primarily a _____ -to- _____ amplifier. voltage,
current
29. A log amplifier has _____ in the feedback loop. either
a diode or a BJT
30. The process known as signal compression is used with
a(n) ____ amplifier. log