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The input impedance (Zi) and the output impedance (Zo) of an ideal transconductance (voltage controlled current source) amplifier are
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In the transistor amplifier circuit shown in the figure below, the transistor has the following parameters: $${\beta _{DC}}$$ = 60, $${V_{BE}}$$ = 0.7V, $${h_{ie}} \to \,\,\infty $$, $${h_{fe}} \to \,\,\infty $$. The capacitance CC can be assumed to be infinite. GATE ECE 2006 Analog Circuits - Bipolar Junction Transistor Question 42 English

Under the DC conditions, the collector-to emitter voltage drop is

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For the circuit shown in the following figure, the capacitor C is initially uncharged. At t = 0, the switch S is closed. The voltage VC across the capacitor at t = 1 millisecond is GATE ECE 2006 Analog Circuits - Operational Amplifier Question 51 English

In the figure shown above, the OP-AMP is supplied with $$ \pm $$ 15V.

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A regulated power supply, shown in figure below, has an unregulated input (UR) of 15 volts and generates a regulated output V o u t . out. .Use the component values shown in the figure. GATE ECE 2006 Analog Circuits - Power Amplifier Question 1 English If the unregulated voltage increases by 20% the power dissipation across the transistor Q$$_1$$
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A regulated power supply, shown in figure below, has an unregulated input (UR) of 15 volts and generates a regulated output V $$_{out.}$$ .Use the component values shown in the figure. GATE ECE 2006 Analog Circuits - Power Amplifier Question 2 English The power dissipation across the transistor Q1 shown in the figure is
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In the transistor amplifier circuit shown in the figure below, the transistor has the following parameters: $${\beta _{DC}}$$ = 60, $${V_{BE}}$$ = 0.7V, $${h_{ie}} \to \,\,\infty $$, $${h_{fe}} \to \,\,\infty $$. The capacitance CC can be assumed to be infinite. GATE ECE 2006 Analog Circuits - Bipolar Junction Transistor Question 41 English

If $${\beta _{DC}}$$ is increased by 10%, the collector-to emitter voltage drop

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An n-channel depletion MOSFET has following two points on its ID - VGS curve:

(i)VGS = 0 at Id = 12 mA and
(ii)VGS = -6 Volts at Zo =$$\infty $$

Which of the following Q-points will give the highest transconductance gain for small signals?

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In the transistor amplifier circuit shown in the figure below, the transistor has the following parameters: $${\beta _{DC}}$$ = 60, $${V_{BE}}$$ = 0.7V, $${h_{ie}} \to \,\,\infty $$, $${h_{fe}} \to \,\,\infty $$. The capacitance CC can be assumed to be infinite. GATE ECE 2006 Analog Circuits - Bipolar Junction Transistor Question 40 English

The small-signal gain of the amplifier $${{{V_c}} \over {{V_s}}}$$ is

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The following question refer to wide sense stationary stochastic process:

It is desired to generate a stochastic process (as voltage process) with power spectral density

$$$S\left( \omega \right) = {{16} \over {16 + {\omega ^2}}}$$$

By driving a Linear-Time-Invariant system by zero mean white noise (as voltage process) with power spectral density being constant equal to 1. The system which can perform the desired task could be

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The following question refer to wide sense stationary stochastic process:

The parameters of the system obtained in Q. 12 would be

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Let $$g\left( t \right){\mkern 1mu} {\mkern 1mu} \,\,\,\,\,{\mkern 1mu} = {\mkern 1mu} {\mkern 1mu} p\left( t \right){}^ * p\left( t \right)$$ where $$ * $$ denotes convolution and $$p(t) = u(t) - u(t-1)$$ with $$u(t)$$ being the unit step function

The impulse response of filter matched to the signal $$s(t) = g(t)$$ $$ - \delta {\left( {t - 2} \right)^ * }\,\,g\left( t \right)$$ is given as:

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A zero-mean white Gaussian noise is passed through an ideal low-pass filter of bandwidth 10 kHz. The output is then uniformly sampled with sampling period ts = 0.03 msec. The samples so obtained would be
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A source generates three symbols with probabilities 0.25, 0.25, 0.50 at a rate of 3000 symbols per second. Assuming independent generation of symbols, the most efficient source encoder would have average bit rate as
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The minimum step-size required for a Delta-Modulator operating at 32 K samples/sec to track the signal (here u(t) is the unit-step function)

x(t) = 125t(u(t) - u (t - 1) + (250 - 125t) (u (t - 1) - u (t - 2 )) so that slope - overload is avoided, would be

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In the following figure the minimum value of the constant “C”, which is to be added to y1(t) such that y1(t) and y2(t) are different, is GATE ECE 2006 Communications - Noise In Digital Communication Question 28 English
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The diagonal clipping in Amplitude Demodulation (using envelope detector) can be avoided if RC time-constant of the envelope detector satisfies the following condition, (here W is message bandwidth and ωc is carrier frequency both in rad/sec)
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In the system shown below, x(t)=(sin t). In steady-state, the response y(t) will be GATE ECE 2006 Control Systems - Frequency Response Analysis Question 63 English
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The transfer function of a phase-lead compensator is given by $${G_c}(s) = {{1 + 3Ts} \over {1 + Ts}}$$

where T > 0. The maximum phase-shift provided by such a compesator is

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Consider a unity-gain feedback control system whose open-loop transfer function is G(s)=$${{as + 1} \over {{s^2}}}$$.

With the value of "a" set for phase-margin of $$\pi $$/4, the value of unit-impulse response of the open-loop system at t = 1 second is equal to

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The unit-step response of a system starting from rest is given by $$$\mathrm c\left(\mathrm t\right)=1-\mathrm e^{-2\mathrm t}\;\mathrm{for}\;\mathrm t\geq0$$$The transfer function of the system is:
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The open-loop transfer function of a unity-gain feedback control system is given by $$G(s) = {K \over {(s + 1)(s + 2)}},$$ the gain margin of the system in dB is given by
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The unit impulse response of a system is: $$$h\left(t\right)\;=\;e^{-t},\;t\geq0$$$ For this system, the steady-state value of the output for unit step input is equal to
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The positive values of “K” and “a” so that the system shown in the figure below oscillates at a frequency of 2 rad/sec respectively are GATE ECE 2006 Control Systems - Stability Question 30 English
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A linear system is described by the following state equation $$$\mathop x\limits^ \bullet \left( t \right) = AX\left( t \right) + BU\left( t \right),A = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 & 1 \cr { - 1} & 0 \cr } } \right].$$$
The state-transition matrix of the system is
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Consider a unity-gain feedback control system whose open-loop transfer function is G(s)=$${{as + 1} \over {{s^2}}}$$ The value of 'a', so that the system has a phase-margin equal to $$\pi $$/4 is approximately equal to
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Consider two transfer functions $${G_1}\left( s \right) = {1 \over {{s^2} + as + b}}$$ and $${G_2}\left( s \right) = {s \over {{s^2} + as + b}}.$$ The 3-dB bandwidths of their frequency responses are, respectively
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The Nyquist plot of G(jω)H(jω) for a closed loop control system, passes through (-1,j0) point in the GH plane. The gain margin of the system in dB is equal to
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A new Binary Coded Pentary (BCP) number system is proposed in which every digit of a base-5 number is represented by its corresponding 3-bit binary code. For example, the base-5 number 24 will be represented by its BCP code 010100. In this numbering system, the BCP code 100010011001 corresponds to the following number in base-5 system
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Two D-flip-flops, as shown below, are to be connected as a synchronous counter that goes through the following Q1Q0 sequence $$00 \to 01 \to 11 \to 10 \to 00 \to ......$$
The inputs D0 and D1 respectively should be connected as
GATE ECE 2006 Digital Circuits - Sequential Circuits Question 48 English
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A 4-bit D/A converter is connected to a free-running 3-bit UP counter, as shown in the following figure. Which of the following waveforms will be observed at V0=? GATE ECE 2006 Digital Circuits - Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Converters Question 12 English

In the figure shown above, the ground has been shown by the symbol $$\nabla $$

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The point p in the following figure is stuck- at-1. The output f will be GATE ECE 2006 Digital Circuits - Boolean Algebra Question 17 English
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The number of product terms in the minimized sum-of-product expression obtained through the following k-map is ( where , "d" denotes don't care states) GATE ECE 2006 Digital Circuits - Boolean Algebra Question 27 English
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The electric field of an electromagnetic wave propagating in the positive z-direction is given by $$$E = {\widehat a_x}\sin \left( {\omega t - \beta z} \right) + {\widehat a_y}\sin \left( {\omega t - \beta z + \pi /2} \right)$$$

The wave is

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A transmission line is feeding 1 Watt of power to a horn antenna having gain of 10 dB. The antenna is matched to the transmission line. The total power radiated by the horn antenna into the free-space is
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$$\nabla \times \nabla \times P$$, where P is a vector, is equal to
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A medium is divided into regions $${\rm I}$$ and $${\rm I}$$$${\rm I}$$ about $$x = 0$$ plane, as shown in the Fig. below. An electromagnetic wave with electric field $${\overrightarrow E _1} = 4{\widehat a_x} + 3{\widehat a_y} + 5{\widehat a_z}$$ is incident normally on the interface form region-$${\rm I}$$ . The electric field $${E_2}$$ in region-$${\rm I}$$$${\rm I}$$ at the interface is GATE ECE 2006 Electromagnetics - Uniform Plane Waves Question 40 English
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When a plane wave traveling in free-space is incident normally on a medium having $${\varepsilon _r} = 4.0,$$ the fraction of power transmitted into the medium is given by
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A medium of relative permittivityb $${\varepsilon _r} = 2$$ forms an interface with free-space. A point source of electromagnetic energy is located in the medium at a depth of $$1$$ meter from the interface. Due to the total internal reflection, the transmitted beam has a circular cross-section over the interface. The area of the beam cross-section at the interface is given by
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A mast antenna consisting of a 50 meter long vertical conductor operates over a perfectly conducting ground plane. It is base-fed at frequency of 600 kHz. The radiation resistance of the antenna in ohms is
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A rectangular waveguide having $$T{E_{10}}$$ mode as dominant mode is having a cutoff frequency of 18 GHz for the $$T{E_{30}}$$ mode. The inner broad-wall dimension of the rectangular waveguide is
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$$\int\int\left(\nabla\times\mathrm P\right)\;\cdot\mathrm{ds}$$ , where is a vector, is equal to
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An n-channel depletion MOSFET has following two points on its ID − VGS curve:
(i) VGS = 0 at ID = 12 mA and
(ii) VGS = - 6 Volts at ID = 0
Which of the following Q-points will give the highest trans-conductance gain for small signals?
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Under low level injection assumption, the injected minority carrier current for an extrinsic semiconductor is essentially the
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The concentration of minority carriers in an extrinsic semiconductor under equilibrium is:
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Consider the function $$f(t)$$ having laplace transform
$$F\left( s \right) = {{{\omega _0}} \over {{s^2} + \omega _0^2}},\,\,{\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} \left( s \right) > 0.$$ The final value of $$f(t)$$ would be ____________.
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For the function of a complex variable w = lnz (where w = u + jv and z = x + jy) the u = constant lines get mapped in the z-plane as
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The value of the counter integral $$$\int\limits_{\left| {z - j} \right| = 2} {{1 \over {{z^2} + 4}}\,} dz\,\,in\,the\,positive\,sense\,is$$$
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For the differential equation $${{{d^2}y} \over {d{x^2}}} + {k^2}y = 0,$$ the boundary conditions are
(i) $$y=0$$ for $$x=0$$ and
(ii) $$y=0$$ for $$x=a$$
The form of non-zero solution of $$y$$ (where $$m$$ varies over all integrals ) are
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For the matrix $$\left[ {\matrix{ 4 & 2 \cr 2 & 4 \cr } } \right].$$ The eigen value corresponding to the eigen vector $$\left[ {\matrix{ {101} \cr {101} \cr } } \right]$$ is
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The eigen values and the correspondinng eigen vectors of a $$2 \times 2$$ matrix are given by

Eigen value
$${\lambda _1} = 8$$
$${\lambda _2} = 4$$

Eigen vector
$${V_1} = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 1 \cr } } \right]$$
$${V_2} = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr -1 \cr } } \right]$$

The matrix is

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The rank of the matrix $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 1 & 1 \cr 1 & { - 1} & 0 \cr 1 & 1 & 1 \cr } } \right]$$ is
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Following is the segment of a 8085 assembly Language program:
LXI SP, EFFF H
CALL 3000 H
3000H: LXI H, 3CF4H
PUSH PSW
SPHL
POP PSW
RET

On completion of RET execution, the contents of SP is

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An I/O peripheral device shown in figure (b) below is to be interfaced to an 8085 microprocessor. To select the I/O device in the I/O address range D4H – D7H, its chip-select (CS) should be connected to the output of the decoder shown in figure (a) below: GATE ECE 2006 Microprocessors - Pin Details of 8085 and Interfacing with 8085 Question 12 English
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A two-port network is represented by ABCD parameters given by

$$\left[ {\matrix{ {{V_1}} \cr {{I_1}} \cr } } \right] = \,\left[ {\matrix{ A & B \cr C & D \cr } } \right]\,\left[ {\matrix{ {{V_2}} \cr { - \,{I_2}} \cr } } \right]$$

If port-2 is terminated by $${R_L}$$, the input impedance seen at port-1 is given by

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A 2mH inductor with some initial current can be represented as shown below, where s is the Laplace Transform variable. The value of initial current is: GATE ECE 2006 Network Theory - Transient Response Question 38 English
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In the figure shown below, assume that all the capacitors are initially uncharged. If νi(t) = 10 u(t) Volts, ν0(t) is given by GATE ECE 2006 Network Theory - Transient Response Question 37 English
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In the two port network shown in the figure below, z12 and z21 are, respectively GATE ECE 2006 Network Theory - Two Port Networks Question 49 English
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A signal m(t) with bandwidth 500 Hz is first multiplied by a signal g(t) where $$g(t)\, = \,\,\sum\limits_{k = - \infty }^\infty {{{( - 10)}^k}\,\delta (t - 0.5x{{10}^{ - 4}}k)} $$
The resulting signal is then passed through an ideal low pass filter with bandwidth 1 kHz. The output of the low pass filter would be
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As x is increased from $$ - \infty \,\,to\,\infty $$, the function $$f(x) = {{{e^x}} \over {1 + {e^x}}}$$
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A solution for the differential equation $$\mathop x\limits^. $$(t) + 2 x (t) = $$\delta (t)$$ with intial condition $$x({0^ - }) = 0$$ is
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A low-pass filter having a frequency response $$H(j\omega )$$ = $$A(\omega ){e^{j\Phi (\omega )}}$$, does not product any phase distortion if
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The Dirac delta function $$\delta (t)$$ is defined as
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The minimum sampling frequency (in samples /sec) required to reconstruct the following signal from its samples without distortion $$x(t) = 5{\left( {{{\sin \,\,2\,\pi \,1000\,t)} \over {\pi \,t}}} \right)^3} + 7{\left( {{{\sin \,\,2\,\pi \,1000\,t} \over {\pi \,t}}} \right)^2}$$

would be

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A system with input $$x\left( n \right)$$ and output $$y\left( n \right)$$ is given as $$y\left( n \right)$$ $$ = \left( {\sin {5 \over 6}\,\pi \,n} \right)x\left( n \right).$$ The system is
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In the system shown below,
x(t) = (sint)u(t). In steady-state, the response y(t) will be GATE ECE 2006 Signals and Systems - Transmission of Signal Through Continuous Time LTI Systems Question 31 English
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Let g(t) = p(t) * p(t), where * denotes convolution and p(t) = u(t) - (t-1) with u(t) being the unit step function. The impulse response of filter matched to the singal s(t) = g(t) - $$[\delta (t - 2)*g(t)]$$ is given as
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If the region of convergence of $${x_1}\left[ n \right]$$ + $${x_2}\left[ n \right]$$ is 1/3< $$\left| {z\,} \right|$$<2/3, then the region of convergence of $${x_1}\left[ n \right]$$ - $${x_2}\left[ n \right]$$ includes
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Consider the function f(t) having Laplace transform $$F\left( s \right) = {{{\omega _0}} \over {{s^2} + {\omega _0}^2}}\,\,\,\,\,\,{\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} \left( s \right) > 0$$

The final value of f(t) would be:

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Let x(t) $$ \leftrightarrow $$ X($$(j\omega )$$ BE Fourier transform pair. The Fourier Transform of the signal x(5t - 3) in terms of X($$(j\omega )$$ is given as