UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

College of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Sciences

Professor Oldham Fall 2000

EECS 40 — MIDTERM #1
2 October 2000

Name: ______________________________ Student ID: _________

Last, First

Signature: ____________________________

TA: ❏ Ben
❏ Warren
❏ Naratip

Guidelines:
1. Closed book and notes except 1 page of formulas.
2. You may use a calculator.
3. Do not unstaple the exam.
4. Show all your work and reasoning on the exam in order to receive full or partial credit.
5. This exam contains 8 problems and corresponding worksheets plus the cover page.

Points Your
Problem Possible Score

1 15
2 15
3 12
4 10
5 15
6 10
7 11
8 12

Total 100

f = 10 – 15
p = 10 – 12
n = 10 – 9
µ = 10 –6
m = 10 –3
K = 10 3
M = 10 6
Problem 1 (15 points)

What is the value of the unknown node voltage in each of the following circuits? Assume diodes are perfect rec-
tifiers.

(a)
A x
B R
y
A B C x y R
C

(b)
A z
B T
A B C z T
C

(c) Is R = T for all possible inputs?

YES

NO

(WARNING: You must fill out truth tables in this problem to receive credit.)

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Prob. 1 Worksheet

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Problem 2 (15 points)
200K y 10µA
z
+
2V 2µA
− 100K

(a) Find V y . Vy =

2mA 1K
x
+
3V 2K
−

(b) Find V x . Vx =

(c) Find power delivered by the voltage source.

P3 =

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Prob. 2 Worksheet

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Problem 3 (12 points)
For the circuit below:
(a) Identify known and unknown node voltages, and
(b) Write sufficient nodal equations to solve for the unknown node voltages (do not solve).
b

R4
R1 IDD
I CC
c
a d
V AA+ R2 + R3
− V
− BB

(a.1) known node voltages:

__________________

(a.2) unknown node voltages:

__________________

Nodal Equations:

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Prob. 3 Worksheet

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Problem 4 (10 points)
For the circuit below, using nodal analysis write sufficient equations to find V x and V y . Do not solve.
y

+
V BB R1
−
I CC

+
R2 V AA
−

Equations:

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Prob. 4 Worksheet

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Problem 5 (15 points)
+ VC − 5K
1pF t = 0
(initially
+ 8K uncharged) 2K +
8V 2V
− −

For the circuit above, the capacitor is initially uncharged. The switch closes at t = 0 .

(a) Find V C for t = 0 + and t → ∞ .

V C ( t = 0 + ) = __________

V C ( t → ∞ ) = __________

(b) Sketch (very neatly and accurately!) V C vs. t on the graph below. You must label the axes.
capacitor voltage Vc

time

(c) Write an equation for V C ( t ) . VC( t ) =

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Prob. 5 Worksheet

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Problem 6 (10 points)
In the lab on RC circuits, you measure the pulse response of the circuit below.

IN C OUT

input pulse output pulse

10 V high, 100 ns long reaches 8V

You know R is 2KΩ . What is the value of C ?

C = __________

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Prob. 6 Worksheet

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Problem 7 (11 points)
You measure the I-V graph of a circuit in a “black box” in the lab.

5
I
A 4
+
V 3
−
B

mA
2

0
-5 0 5 10
-1

-2
Volts

What is a possible circuit that is in the box? Draw here ↓ .

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Prob. 7 Worksheet

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Problem 8 (12 points)
In this experiment you “peek,” i.e., you open the box before testing it. You see the following circuit:

I 1M
A
+ 2M +
2M
V 3V
−
−
B

What will be the I-V graph you will measure for this circuit? (You must label axes for credit.)

I
mA

Volts

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Prob. 8 Worksheet

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