UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

ENGINEERING

TE 441: ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS FOR ENGINEERS II

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS
DATE: 4th November, 2016
1.

What is PIV? On what point on the input cycle does the PIV occur?

2.

For a half-wave rectifier, there is current through the load for approximately
what percentage of the input cycle?

3.

What is the average of a half-wave rectified voltage with a peak value of 15V?

4.

What is the peak value of the output voltage of a half-wave silicon rectifier
with a peak sine wave input of 3V?

5.

What is the peak value of the output voltage of a full-wave silicon bridge
rectifier with a peak sine wave input of 3V?

6.

What is the PIV of each diode of a full-wave rectifier when connected to an ac

source of 25Vrms?

7.

For a peak output voltage of 45V, in which type of rectifier would you use
diodes with a PIV rating of 50V?

8.

What PIV rating is required for diodes used in the type of rectifier what was
not selected in Question 7?

9.

Calculate the ripple factor for the bridge rectifier in figure 1-1 if the secondary
peak voltage is 15V, 50Hz. Ignore the voltage drop across the diodes.

Figure -1

10.

A 120 HZ full-wave rectified voltage with a peak value of 162V is applied to

the LC filter in figure 1-2. Determine the filter output in terms of its dc value
and the rms ripple voltage.

Figure 1-2

11.

If the load resistance connected to the a power supply decreases, what happens
to the ripple voltage?

12.

Determine the output voltage for the voltage regulator given in figure 1-3

Figure 1-3

13.

The following changes are made to the circuit of figure 1-3. A 3.3V zener
diode replaces the 5.1V zener, R1 = 1.8k, R2 = 22k and R3 = 18k. What is the
output voltage?

14.

Explain how the voltage regulator in figure 1-4 is protected against overload.
Determine the maximum current that the regulator can provide to the load if
all the transistors are made of silicon. What should be the power rating for
transistor Q1?

Figure 1-4

15.

For the voltage regulator given in figure 1-5 determine the value of RZ, the
worst case zener dissipation and output voltage if the load current is 2A and
the zener current is 10mA.

Figure 1-5

16.

Figure 1-6 shows a schematic circuit of a voltage regulator with unregulated

input voltage of 16V, zener diode of 5.1V, dc of Q1 is 35, R1 = 47 Ohms,
R2 = 1k, R3 = 1k, and RL = 5 Ohms. Determine the output regulated voltage,
zener diode current, and zener diode current when the load is disconnected

Figure1-6

16.

A voltage regulator circuit given in figure 1-7 was designed for the following
specifications:
Output voltage
18V
Input voltage
25V
Load current
500mA
Find (a)
the possible output voltage range.
(b)
the required and actual collector current of transistor Q4.
(c)
Determine the currents for the two zener diodes.
(d)
The power dissipated by transistor Q1 when the regulator is
providing the rated output voltage.
(e)
The power rating for transistor Q2 if the output is shorted?

Figure 1-7