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In the circuit shown below, the silicon npn transistor Q has a very high value of $$\beta $$. The required value of R2 in k$$\Omega $$ to produce Ic = 1mA is GATE ECE 2013 Analog Circuits - Bipolar Junction Transistor Question 24 English
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The ac schematic of an NMOS common-source stage is shown in the figure below, where part of the biasing circuits has been omitted for simplicity. For the n -channel MOSFET M, the transconductance gm = 1 mA/V, and body effect and channel length modulation effect are to be neglected. The lower cutoff frequency in Hz of the circuit is approximately at GATE ECE 2013 Analog Circuits - FET and MOSFET Question 13 English
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In a voltage-voltage feedback as shown below, which one of the following statements is TRUE, if the gain k is increased? GATE ECE 2013 Analog Circuits - Feedback Amplifier Question 16 English
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In the circuit shown below, what is the output voltage (vout ) if a silicon transistor Q and an ideal op-amp are used?GATE ECE 2013 Analog Circuits - Operational Amplifier Question 71 English
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In the circuit shown below the op-amps are ideal. Then Vout in Volts is GATE ECE 2013 Analog Circuits - Operational Amplifier Question 32 English
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The bit rate of a digital communication system is R kbits/s. The modulation used is 32-QAM. The minimum bandwidth required for ISI free transmission is
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Bits 1 and 0 are transmitted with equal probability. At the receiver, the pdf of the respective received signals for both bits are as shown below. GATE ECE 2013 Communications - Random Signals and Noise Question 44 English

If the detection threshold is 1, the BER will be

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Bits 1 and 0 are transmitted with equal probability. At the receiver, the pdf of the respective received signals for both bits are as shown below. GATE ECE 2013 Communications - Random Signals and Noise Question 43 English

The optimum threshold to achieve minimum bit error rate (BER) is

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Let U and V be two independent zero mean Gaussian random variables of variances $${{1 \over 4}}$$ and $${{1 \over 9}}$$ respectively. The probability $$P(\,3V\, \ge \,\,2U)$$ is
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The open-loop transfer function of a dc motor is given as $$\;\frac{\omega\left(s\right)}{V_a\left(s\right)}=\frac{10}{1+10s}$$, when connected in feedback as shown below, the approximate value of Ka that will reduce the time constant of the closed-loop system by one hundred times as compared to that of the open-loop system is GATE ECE 2013 Control Systems - Time Response Analysis Question 13 English
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The signal flow graph for a system is given below. The transfer function $$\frac{Y(s)}{U(s)}$$ for this system is GATE ECE 2013 Control Systems - Signal Flow Graph and Block Diagram Question 15 English
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Which one of the following statements is NOT TRUE for a continuous time causal and stable LTI system?
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A polynomial $$f\left(x\right)\;=\;a_4x^4\;+\;a_3x^3\;+\;a_2x^2\;+\;a_1x\;-\;a_0$$ with all coefficients positive has
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The Bode plot of a transfer function G (s) is shown in the figure below. GATE ECE 2013 Control Systems - Frequency Response Analysis Question 54 English The gain (20 log $$\left| {G(s)} \right|$$ ) is 32 dB and -8dB at 1rad/s and 10rad/s respectively. The phase is negative for all $$\omega .$$ Then G(s) is
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The state diagram of a system is shown below. A system is shown below. A system is described by the state variable equations GATE ECE 2013 Control Systems - State Space Analysis Question 21 English

The state-variable equations of the system shown in the figure above are

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The state diagram of a system is shown below. A system is shown below. A system is described by the state variable equations GATE ECE 2013 Control Systems - State Space Analysis Question 20 English

The state transition matrix eAt of the system shown in the figure above is

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In the circuit shown below, Q1 has negligible collector-to-emitter saturation voltage and the diode drops negligible voltage across it under forward bias. If VCC is +5 V, X and Y are digital signals with 0 V as logic 0 and VCC as logic 1, then the Boolean expression for Z is GATE ECE 2013 Digital Circuits - Logic Families Question 11 English
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In the sum of products function f (x,y,z) = $$\sum {} $$m (2,3,4,5), the prime implicants are
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A bulb in a staircase has two switches, one switch being at the ground floor and the other one at the first floor. The bulb can be turned ON and also can be turned OFF by any one of the switches irrespective of the state of the other switch. The logic of switching of the bulb resembles.
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The return loss of a device is found to be 20 dB. The voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) and magnitude of reflection coefficient are respectively.
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A monochromatic plane wave of wavelength $$\lambda = 600$$ is propagating in the direction as shown in the figure below. $${\overrightarrow E _i},\,{\overrightarrow E _r}$$ and $${\overrightarrow E _t}$$ denote incident, reflected, and transmitted electric field vectors associated with the wave. GATE ECE 2013 Electromagnetics - Uniform Plane Waves Question 27 English

The expression for $${\overrightarrow E _r}$$ is

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A monochromatic plane wave of wavelength $$\lambda = 600$$ is propagating in the direction as shown in the figure below. $${\overrightarrow E _i},\,{\overrightarrow E _r}$$ and $${\overrightarrow E _t}$$ denote incident, reflected, and transmitted electric field vectors associated with the wave. GATE ECE 2013 Electromagnetics - Uniform Plane Waves Question 28 English

The angle of incidence $${\theta _i}$$ and the expression for $${\overrightarrow E _i}$$ are

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The divergence of the vector field $$\overrightarrow A\;=\;x{\widehat a}_x\;+\;y{\widehat a}_y\;+\;z{\widehat a}_z$$ is
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In a forward biased P-N junction diode, the sequence of events that best describes the mechanism of current flow is
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In the circuit shown below, the knee current of the ideal Zener diode is 10 mA. To maintain 5V across RL, the minimum value of RL in Ω and the minimum power rating of the Zener diode in mW, respectively, are GATE ECE 2013 Electronic Devices and VLSI - PN Junction Question 9 English
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In IC technology, dry oxidation (using dry oxygen) as compared to wet oxidation (using steam or water vapor) produces
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In a MOSFET operating in the saturation region, the channel length modulation effect causes
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The small-signal resistance (i.e., $${{d{V_B}} \over {d{I_D}}}$$ ) in $$k\Omega $$ offered by the n-channel MOSFET M shown in the figure below, at bias point of VB = 2V is (device data for M: device transconductance parameter

kN = $${\mu _n}{C_{ox}^{'}}$$ (W/L)= 40$$\mu {\rm A}/{V^2},$$ threshold voltage VTN=1V, and neglect body effect and channel length modulation effects)

GATE ECE 2013 Electronic Devices and VLSI - IC Basics and MOSFET Question 25 English
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The minimum eigenvalue of the following matrix is $$\left[ {\matrix{ 3 & 5 & 2 \cr 5 & {12} & 7 \cr 2 & 7 & 5 \cr } } \right]$$
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Let $$A$$ be an $$m\,\, \times \,\,n$$ matrix and $$B$$ an $$n\,\, \times \,\,m$$ matrix. It is given that determinant $$\left( {{{\rm I}_m} + AB} \right) = $$determinant $$\left( {{{\rm I}_n} + BA} \right),$$ where $${{{\rm I}_k}}$$ is the $$k \times k$$ identity matrix. Using the above property, the determinant of the matrix given below is $$\left[ {\matrix{ 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 \cr 1 & 2 & 1 & 1 \cr 1 & 1 & 2 & 1 \cr 1 & 1 & 1 & 2 \cr } } \right]$$
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The divergence of the vector field $$\,\overrightarrow A = x\widehat a{}_x + y\widehat a{}_y + z\widehat a{}_z\,\,$$ is
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Consider a vector field $$\overrightarrow A \left( {\overrightarrow r } \right).$$ The closed loop line integral $$\oint {\overrightarrow A \bullet \overrightarrow {dl} } $$ can be expressed as
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Let $$U$$ and $$V$$ be two independent zero mean Gaussian random variables of variances $${1 \over 4}$$ and $${1 \over 9}$$ respectively. The probability $$\,P\left( {3V \ge 2U} \right)\,\,$$ is
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Consider two identically distributed zero - mean random variables $$U$$ and $$V.$$ Let the cumulative distribution functions of $$U$$ and $$2V$$ be $$F(x)$$ and $$G(x)$$ respectively. Then for all values of $$x$$
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For 8085 microprocessor, the following program is executed. GATE ECE 2013 Microprocessors - Instruction Set and Programming with 8085 Question 25 English At the end of program, accumulator contains
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There are four chips each of 1024 bytes connected to a 16 bit address bus as shown in the figure below. RAMs 1,2,3 and 4 respectively are mapped to addresses GATE ECE 2013 Microprocessors - Pin Details of 8085 and Interfacing with 8085 Question 10 English
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Two magnetically uncoupled inductive coils have Q factors q1 and q2 at the chosen operating frequency. Their respective resistances are R1 and R2. When connected in series, their effective Q factor at the same operating frequency is

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Three capacitors C1 ,C2 and C3 whose values are 10 µF, 5µF and 2µF respectively, have breakdown voltages of 10V, 5V, and 2V respectively. For the interconnection shown below, the maximum safe voltage in Volts that can be applied across the combination, and the corresponding total charge in µC stored in the effective capacitance across the terminals are respectively.

GATE ECE 2013 Network Theory - Network Elements Question 16 English
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Consider the following figure

GATE ECE 2013 Network Theory - Network Elements Question 15 English

The current IS in Amps in the voltage source, and voltage VS in Volts across the current source respectively, are

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Consider the following figure

GATE ECE 2013 Network Theory - Network Elements Question 14 English

The current in the 1Ω resistor in Amps is

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A source vs(t) = V cos 100 $$\pi$$t has an internal impedance of (4 + j3) $$\Omega$$. If a purely resistive load connected to this source has to extract the maximum power out of the source, its value in $$\Omega$$ shoud be
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In the circuit shown below, if the source voltage Vs =100$$\angle$$53.130V then the Thevenin’s equivalent voltage in Volts as seen by the load resistance RL is GATE ECE 2013 Network Theory - Network Theorems Question 18 English
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The following arrangement consists of an ideal transformer and an attenuator which attenuates by a factor of 0.8. An ac voltage Vwx1 = 100V is applied across WX to get an open circuit voltage YZ1 V across YZ. Next, an ac voltage VYZ2 =100V is applied across YZ to get an open circuit voltage VWX2 across WX. Then, VYZ1 / VWX1 , VWX2 / VYZ2 are respectively, GATE ECE 2013 Network Theory - Network Theorems Question 17 English
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Consider a delta connection of resistors and its equivalent star connection as shown below. If all elements of the delta connection are scaled by a factor k, k > 0, the elements of the corresponding star equivalent will be scaled by a factor of

GATE ECE 2013 Network Theory - Network Elements Question 32 English
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A system is described by the differential equation $$${{{d^2}y} \over {d{t^2}}} + 5{{dy} \over {dt}} + 6y\left( t \right) = x\left( t \right)$$$
Let x(t) be a rectangular pulse given by $$$x\left( t \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {1\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,0 \le \,t\, \le 2} \cr {0\,\,\,\,\,otherwise} \cr } } \right.$$$

Assuming that y(0) = 0 $${{dy} \over {dt}} = 0$$ at t = 0, the Laplace transform of y(t) is

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The DFT of a vector [a b c d] is the vector [α β γ δ ]. Consider the product GATE ECE 2013 Signals and Systems - Discrete Fourier Transform and Fast Fourier Transform Question 13 English The DFT of the vector [ p q r s] is a scaled version of
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Two system with impulse responses h1(t) and h2(t) are connected in cascade. Then the overall impulse response of the cascaded system is given by
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The impulse response of a system is h(t) = t u(t). For an input u(t - 1), the output is
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The impulse response of a continuous time system is given by $$h(t) = \delta (t - 1) + \delta (t - 3)$$. The value of the step response at t = 2 is
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A band-limited signal with a maximum frequency of 5 kHz is to be sampled. According to the sampling theorem, the sampling frequency which is not valid is
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Assuming zero initial condition, the response y (t) of the system given below to a unit step input u(t) is GATE ECE 2013 Signals and Systems - Transmission of Signal Through Continuous Time LTI Systems Question 29 English
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Let g(t) = $${e^{ - \pi {t^2}}}$$, and h(t) is a filter matched to g(t). If g(t) is applied as input to h(t), then the Fourier transform of the output is
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For a periodic signal v(t) = 30 sin 100t + 10cos 300t + 6sin $${\rm{(500t + }}\,\pi /4)$$, the fundamental frequency in rad/s is

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