Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

6.002 Circuits & Electronics
Spring 2007
Quiz #1
13 March 2007
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Problem 1: 4 points
V
O
18
12
12
12 V
S
V
O
V
S
= 1/4 1/3 1/2 2/3 3/4
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Problem 2: 4 points
3
3
3
3
I
S
I
O
I
O
I
S
= 1/4 1/3 1/2 2/3 3/4
3
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Network (B)
Problem 3: 4 points
i
R
2
R
1
V
-
+
I
+
-
v
Graphtheabovenetworksiv relationsasviewedfromitsport. Clearlylabeltheintercepts
andtheslope.
i
v
4
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Problem 4: 4 points
R R R R R
(resistor pattern
R R R R
R
eq R
continues)
R
eq
= R/2 R
1+
2

3
R 1 +

3 R
1+
2

5
2R
5
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Problem 5: 4 points
Write the node equations for the nodes el and e2 in the box below.
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Problem 6: 4 points
Thevenin Thevenin
Equivalent Equivalent
Circuit Circuit
The current i is measured in two experiments which are performed on a Thevenin equivalent
circuit as shown. What is the Thevenin equivalent resistance?
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Problem 7: 4 points
Abattery,whichcanbemodelledbyaTheveninequivalentcircuit,hasanopencircuitvoltage
of 2 volts. When a 500 resistor is connected to the battery, the terminal voltage dropsto 1
volt. Howmuch power is dissipated in the Theveninequivalentresistanceofthe batteryunder this
condition?
P
diss
= 0.002 W 0.005 W 0.5 W 2 W 5 W
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Problem 8: 4 points
1
1
1 V
1 V
1 A
V
O
V
o
= 3/2 V 1/2 V 0 V 1/2 V 3/2 V
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Problem 9: 4 points
2 m
Noiseinthe2meterdigitalchannelshownaboveisaddedinattherateof0.6V permeter.
Tocorrectforthatnoise,weintroducebuersintothechannel. Thepurposeofabueristotake
asignal,towhichnoisehasbeenaddedsothatitnolongermeetstheoutputspecicationsofthe
staticdiscipline,andcleanitupsothatitonceagainmeetstheoutputspecicationsofthestatic
discipline. Thesebuers,aswellasthegatesshown,obeythefollowingstaticdiscipline:
V
OL
= 1 V V
OH
= 4 V
V
IL
= 2 V V
IH
= 3 V
Whatistheminimumnumberofbuersrequiredtoconnectbetweenthedigitallinksinorder
toinsurecorrectoperation?
0 1 2 3 4
10
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Problem 10: 4 points
B
A Z
Fillinthetruthtablefortheabovedigitalcircuit.
A B Z
0 0
0 1
1 0
1 1
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Problem 11: 4 points
A
C
B
Thisgateisequivalentto:
C
A A
C
C
B B
A B A B
(a) Circuit A (b) Circuit B (c) Circuit C (d) Circuit D
none of
A B C D
the above
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Problem 12: 4 points
19 k
19 k
100
V
O
10 V
Find the power dissipated inR
ON
,iftheMOSFETsareaccuratelyrepresentedbytheswitch-
resistormodel,wherethethresholdvoltageV
T
= 2 V andtheon-resistanceR
ON
= 100 .
P
diss
= 0.25 W 0.5 W 0.75 W 1 W 2 W
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Problem 13: 4 points
5 V
1 k R
L
V
O
V
I
Given thatV
I
= 5 V andV
O
= 5 V,andthattheMOSFETsareaccuratelyrepresentedbythe
switch-resistormodel,wherethethresholdvoltageV
T
= 2 V andtheon-resistanceR
ON
= 100 ,
ndtheminimumvalueofR
L
whichwillallowthisbuertooperatecorrectly.
R
L
= 50 150 500 1 k 2 k
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Problem 14: 4 points
P
R
TH
I
P
I
P
V
P
P V
P
R
1
V
TH
V
S
I
S
The deviceP inthecircuitsabove isanonlineardevice. Thecircuitintheleft-handgure
abovethatincludesthisdevicecanberepresentedbytheequivalentcircuitwhichisillustratedin
theright-handgure. FindexpressionsforV
TH
andR
TH
.
V
TH
= R
TH
=
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Problem 15: 4 points
2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 E
v~ (Volts)
The device D embedded in the circuit shown above has the i--u relation illustrated in the plot
located below the circuit schematic.
Circle the value of the voltage source Vs required to bias the device at the operating point
VD= 1 V.
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Problem 16: 4 points
The device Q in the circuit shown above has the i--u relation
Find the value of UQ in the circuit
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Problem 17: 4 points
1
1
Q
v
Q
v
S
i
Q
Theresultofanalyzing theabove circuit yields thefollowing relationship for the 2-terminal
nonlinear deviceQ:
3
v
Q
=
2
(v
S
1)
2
v
S
1
(2)
v
Q
= 0 v
S
<1
Letv
S
=V
S
+v
s
; thenv
Q
=V
Q
+v
q
. Findv
q
/v
s
ifV
S
= 5 V.
v
q
= 6 12 20 24 48
v
s
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Problem 18: 4 points
For the above circuit, iL = 3 4 . If Vs = 1V and us = 0.001 sin(wt), circle the correct expression
for ii.
A: 3 amps
B: (3 x sin3(wt) amps
21 = C: (1.11x sin(&) amps
D: (9.0 x sin(&) amps
E: (6.0 x sin2(wt) amps
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Problem 19: 4 points
A B C F(A,B,C)
0 0 0 1
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 1 1 0
1 0 0 1
1 0 1 1
1 1 0 0
1 1 1 1
Writea logicexpression corresponding to the functionF(A, B, C) in the above truth table.You
neednotsimplifyyourexpression.
F(A, B, C) =
20
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Problem 20: 4 points
Following t he node method, write a single node equation involving the node voltage el in terrns
of I,Vl, V2, R1, R2 and R3.
Node equation for el:
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Problem 21: 4 points
3
2.5
2
3 volts
V
Z
V
A
0.7
0.5
0
V
A
V
OL
= 0.5 V V
OH
= 2.5 V
V
IL
= 0.7 V V
IH
= 2.0 V
ThevoltageattheoutputZ ofthe2-inputANDgateisafunctionofthevoltageatinputA,
asgraphedabove. Circlethecorrectentryinthefollowinglistwhichindicateswhetherornotthe
ANDgate satisesthestaticdiscipline, andwhichboundaryisbrokenifthestatic disciplineis
violated.
0 0.5 0.7 2 2.5 3
V
Z

A:Yes,itsatisesthestaticdiscipline.
B: No, because theV
IL
thresholdisnotmetforallvalidinputs.
C: No, because theV
OL
thresholdisnotmetforallvalidinputs.
D: No, because theV
OH
thresholdisnotmetforallvalidinputs.
E:No,becausethetransitionthroughtheforbiddenregionisnotinstantaneous.
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Problem 22: 4 points
V
S
R
L
V
S
Z
R
L
A
B
D E
C
WriteabooleanexpressionforZ intermsofA,B,C,D,andE. Youneednotsimplifyyour
expression.
Z =
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Problem 23: 4 points
(a) Thevenin equivalent circuit A (b) Thevenin equivalent circuit B
The i-u characteristics for each of two Thevenin equivalent circuits are plotted in t he graphs
corresponding t o t he labelled network. Using t he graphs, es t i mat e t he current i~ when t he circuits
are connected as shown. Circle t he answer corresponding t o t he value nearest your estimate. ( Hi n t :
Th i s probl em i s mo s t easily done graphically. )
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Problem 24: 4 points
TheNORgatecircuitshownoperatesinadigitalsystemcharacterizedbyastaticdiscipline
withthevoltagethresholdsbelow.
5 V
10 k
ForbothoftheMOSFETs,
C
R
ON
= 2 k
V
T
= 2 V
A B
V
OL
= 1 V V
OH
= 4.5 V
V
IL
= 1.9 V V
IH
= 3 V
The supply voltage is currently 5 V. In order to save power, the designers are thinking of
reducingthesupplyvoltageto4 V. Canthedesignersmakethischangeandstillsatisfythestatic
discipline?
A:Yes,theycanmakethischange.
B:No,becausetheMOSFETSwillneverturnon.
C: No, because the gatewillnotmeet theV
OH
part ofthe static discipline.
D: No, because the gatewillnotmeet theV
IH
partofthestaticdiscipline.
E:No,becausethegatewillnotmeettheV
IL
partofthestaticdiscipline.
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Problem 25: 4 points
{Head Scratcher}
CalculatetheequivalentresistanceR
eq
seenbetweenthenodesA andB inthecircuitshown
above. Assume that allof the resistors have a value of 1 , and that 1 ampows into nodeA and
outofnodeB. (Note: this problem can be solved without writing any node equations.)
R
eq
= 1/6 1/3 1/2 5/6 1
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