Q.3. (a) What is transistor biasing?

How will you connect a PNP transistor in i) common base

and ii) common emitter configurations. Draw their characteristics curves and discuss their
current gain, voltage gain and input impedance. Give the applications of two configurations.

(c) AM Radio Receivers and Transmitters

Q3. (a) In how many ways electrons can be emitted from various materials? Describe
thermionic emission in detail and establish the Child‟s law.(b) What is meant by modulation?
Describe its various types and show that a 100% amplitude modulation increases the radiated
power by 50%. (c) Calculate the frequency of radio waves coming out of an oscillating circuit
containing a capacitor of 0.02 microfarad and an inductor of 8 microhenry.

Q4. (a) How would you calculate and of a triode from its characteristic curves? (b) What is
rectification? How is it achieved? Draw fully labelled circuits for half-wave and full-wave
rectifiers. (c) Explain how P-, and N-type semiconductors are produced? Elaborate the concept
of a “hole”.

Q.3 (a) Describe triode value and discuss its static and dynamic characteristics. (b) Howa triode
value can be used as an amplifier? (c) A triode value has a mutual conductance of 2.5 ma per
volt and an anode ac resistance of 20,000 ohms. Find the load resistance which must b inserted
in the anode circuit to obtain a stage gain of 30. Q.4 (a) Describe a PN junction. Discuss its
ampere-volt characteristics. Why there is sudden increase in the small reverse saturation
current at the Breakdown voltage? Write the uses of Zener diode. (b) What are transistors?
Draw the 3 types of ten common resistors circuits. Define de alpha and de beta of a transistor.

Q.4. (a) What is thermionic emission? Name and explain some of its important applications.
(4,6) (b) How can you use triode as detector in radio wave receivers? (10)
Q.5. (a) What is P-N junction? Explain its working in forward and reverse biasing conditions.
(4,8) (b) Draw bridge circuit for rectification and explain how it rectifies an AC. (8)
Q.4. (a) What are P-type and N-type semiconductors? Draw ampere-volt characteristic of a PN
junction.
Why there is sudden increase in the small reverse saturation current at the breakdown voltage?
Write the uses of zener diode. (4+2+4+2)
(b) What are transistors? Draw the three common transistor circuits. Explain the function of
transistor in the saturation mode.

Q.4. (a) How a Semi Conductor diode is used as a half wave and full wave rectifier? (08)
(b) What are the transistors? Give Construction and Symbol of PNP and NPN transistor. (07)
(c) The resistivity of a metal increases with increase in temperature while that of a semi
conductor
decreases. Explain. (05)

Q.4. (a) Discuss and explain the common-base static characteristics. (10)

Q. 5. (a)
(b)
(c)
Differentiate the Metals, Semiconductors and Insulators on the basis of Energy
Band Theory.
What is a PN junction? How it is formed and why it is called a diode.
What is a rectifier? How we can use diode as a rectifier? Explain full-wave and
half-wave rectification in detail.

Q.No.4. (a) Explain P-N junction as rectifier.

(b) How a transistor is formed. Give construction and symbol of a PNP transistor?
(c) How resistivity of semiconductors change with temperature.