The output V₀ of the diode circuit shown in the figure is connected to an averaging DC voltmeter. The reading on the DC voltmeter in Volts, neglecting the voltage drop across the diode, is ____________.

In the circuit shown, transistors Q₁ and Q₂ are biased at a collector current of 2.6 mA. Assuming that transistor current gains are sufficiently large to assume collector current equal to emitter current and thermal voltage of 26m V, the magnitude of voltage gain V_o/V_s in the mid-band frequency range is _____________ (up to second decimal place).

In the voltage reference circuit shown in the figure, the op-amp is ideal and the transistors Q₁, Q₂,….., Q₃₂ are identical in all respects and have infinitely large values of common – emitter current gain $$\beta $$. The collector current (I_C) of the transistors is related to their base emitter voltage (V_BE) by the relation I_C = I_S exp (V_BE/V_T); where I_s is the saturation current. Assume that the voltage V_P shown in the figure is 0.7 V and the thermal voltage V_T=26mV

The output voltage V_out (in volts) is _____.

A sinusoidal message signal is converted to a PCM signal using a uniform quantizer. The required signal to quantization noise ratio (SQNR) at the output of the quantizer is 40dB. The minimum number of bits per sample needed to achieve the desired SQNR is ________ .