ISRO Scientist or Engineer Electronics Dec 2017

For the following questions answer them individually

Find the area of the region bounded by the curves $$y = x^{2}, y = \frac{1}{x}$$ and $$x = \frac{1}{2}$$ (see in graphical representive figure)

A radar system uses TWTA as high power RF source for transmitting 300W Peak Power. The efficiency of transmitter during pulse is 75% and the transmit duty is 25%. If the DC
power required during pulse off period is 20W. The average power dissipation in TWTA is

The ramp signal $$(V_{t} : 0 to 5V)$$ is compared with the Soft-Start Signal provided by N-channel MOSFET $$(Q_{1} )$$ for Amplifier $$( A_{1} )$$ output. If $$Q_{1}$$ having low threshold voltage of 0.7V and 1 negligible ON resistance. What is the duty of $$c_{1}$$ output signal of comparator $$(C _{1})$$ after $$100 \mu$$ Sec?

A High speed digital Subsystem requires three voltages $$V_{1} , V_{2}$$ and $$V_{3}$$ with 1 : 2 : 1 power 3 ratings respectively. The power supply is designed with the distribute power conversion scheme as shown in the following figure. What is the overall power conversion efficiency?

If the transformer and diodes in the following circuit are ideal, Find out the value of Capacitor (Co) provides 5% ripple voltage across $$R_{L}$$.
(Assume that $$\sin^{-1} (0.95) \sim \frac{2 \pi}{5}$$ in Radians $$\ln(0.95) = -0.051$$)

Relationship between doppler frequency shifts of two radars A and B having 0.1 foot and 0.05 foot wavelengths, approaching the target at 1000 feet per second and 2000 feet per
second rate respectively, will be

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Schottky Diode?

A Sensistor exhibits the following characteristics

For the following circuit, determine the output voltage $$‘V_{0}’$$ in terms of input voltages $$V_{1}$$ and $$V_{2}$$ , assuming $$A_{1} and A_{2}$$ are ideal op-amps

Dominant mechanism for motion of charge carriers in forward and reverse biased silicon p-n junctions are

Which of the following is NOT true about opto-couplers?

Which one of the following statement is not true for static random access memory (SRAM)

Which of the following statement is not true

In metals, the thermal conductivity K and electrical conductivity $$\sigma$$ are related as $$ \frac{K}{\sigma T} = L$$  is Known as the flux density is increased from 0 to 2.5 T,$$\mu_{r}$$ will

In a specimen of ferromagnetic material with saturation magnetization as 8000 Gauss, as the flux density is increased from 0 to 2.5 T, $$\mu_{r}$$ will

One of the reason why conventional vacuum valve tubes not used at microwave frequencies is that their

In a telecommunication trans-receive system, the transmitting antenna with antenna aperture of 1m is fed with 1W of power at 10GHz. The receive antenna with antenna aperture of 0.5m located at 1km away receives x mW of power. If the transmitting frequency changes to 20GHz, what will happen to receive power?

Find the maximum directivity of an antenna whose power density is given by $$W_{rad}= \hat{a} \frac{A_{o} \sin \theta}{r^{2}}$$ $$\frac{W}{m^{2}}$$ where $$A_{o}$$ is peak value of power density $$\theta$$ is the usual spherical coordinate and $$hat{ar}$$ is the radial unit vector

A single-phase full-wave AC phase controller feeds power to a resistive load of 100 Ω from a 220 V, 50 Hz supply. What will be the R.M.S. output voltage at delay angles $$\alpha_{1}=\alpha_{2}=\alpha=\frac{\pi}{2}$$ of both transistors?

A half-wave rectifier is used to charge a 12 V battery through a resistance ‘R’. The input transformer is fed by 34 V AC with turns ratio 2:1. Calculate the conduction period of the diode.

In the following circuit, find the output voltage $$V_{o}$$

From the following Relative amplitude vs Frequency plot, identify the type of noise which the sections A, B, C & D depict


(i) Thermal Noise (ii) Power line pick up
(iii) Power supply (EPC) switching noise (iv)1/f noise

Y-parameter of a two port network is shown below. A 1 Ω resistor is connected to the network as shown. Find out the Y parameter of the whole network.

For the circuit shown below, $$Z_{1}=K_{1} \times \frac{(s+2)}{(s+5)}$$. Find $$ Z_{2}$$, where $$K_{1}$$ and $$K_{2}$$ are constants containing circuit element values

Following is the small signal high frequency equivalent circuit of a common source amplifier $$\frac{V_{o}}{V_{i}}$$ will be of the form
$$(K, Z_{1},a_{o},a_{1},a_{2},a_{3}$$, are constants containing circuit elements)

Consider the signal $$x(t)= \begin{cases}2\cos (t)+ \cos(2t) & t < 0\\2\sin (t)+ \sin(2t) & t \geq 0\end{cases}$$

The signal X(t) is:

Consider the system $$R[m]=\sum_{n=0}^{N-1} Y[n] x[n-m]$$ where y[n] and x[n] are real periodic signals with period N. The above output can be obtained using

Consider the system defined by $$\frac{d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}+(a+b)\frac{dy}{dt}+ab=x(t); a>0,b>0$$ can be realized using which impulse response function

The $$R = \frac{1}{3}$$ convolution encoder defined by transfer functions
$$H_{1}(Z) =1+Z^{-1}$$
$$H_{2}(Z) =1+Z^{-2}$$
$$H_{3}(Z) =1+Z^{-1}+Z^{-2}$$

Consider the Bode plots (magnitude and phase) of two different open loop transfer functions of two unity feedback systems. The open loop transfer functions have poles in right half plane. The closed loop system formed from these open loop systems. Which of the following holds true?

The modes in a reflex klystron

A dielectric is subjected to alternating electric field. The dielectric losses are proportional to

The electric field of a linearly polarized electromagnetic wave is given by $$E_{i}=\hat{a_{x}}E_{o}(x,y)e^{-jkz}$$ is incident upon a linearly polarized antenna whose electric field polarization is expressed as $$E_{a}=(\hat{a_{x}}+\hat{a_{y}}) E(r,\theta,\phi)$$.Find the polarization loss factor.

A lossless T-junction two way power divider has a source impedance, input transmission line impendence and $$\frac{o}{p}$$ port load impendence of 50 Ω. Find the output characterization impedances so that the input power is divided in a 2:1 ratio.

Consider the output A and B with $$I_{0},I_{1},I_{2}$$ and $$I_{3}$$ as input
$$A=\overline{I_{3}} \overline{I_{2}} I_{1}+I_{3}$$
$$B=\overline{I_{3}} I_{1}+I_{3}$$
The above circuit is

Consider the shift register


The frequency of signal x is fs and the shift register is clocked at the positive edge of 2fs. The time offset between A and B is

The circuit is formed as shown below. The output S and C implement

The solid angle subtended by the sun as viewed from the earth is Ω =$$4 \times 10^{-5}$$ steradian.
A microwave antenna designed to be used for studying the microwave radiation from the
sun has a very narrow beam whose equivalent solid angle is approximately equal to that
subtended by the sun. What is the approximate directivity, D?

A gain-standard horn is known to have a gain G = 10. It is being used to measure the gain of a large directional antenna by the comparison method. When the antenna being measured is connected to the receiver it is found to be necessary to insert an attenuator adjusted to attenuate by 23 dB in order to have the same receiver output that was observed with the horn connected. What is the gain of the large antenna?

A paraboloidal-reflector antenna is designed for operation at 3 GHz. Its largest aperture dimension is 20 feet. It is desired to build a scale model of this antenna with the largest aperture dimension scaled to 18 inches. At what frequency must this model be operated in order to have the same pattern as the full-size antenna?

The current density at the surface of a thick metal plate is 100 $$\frac{A}{m^{2}}$$ What is the skin depth if the current density at a depth of 0.0059 cm is 0.272 $$\frac{A}{m^{2}}$$?

An air filled rectangular waveguide $$R_{1}$$ is operating at the frequency 2 GHz and another air filled rectangular waveguide $$R_{2}$$ is operating at 4 GHz. The guide wavelengths of these waveguides at their respective frequencies are equal. If the cut-off frequency of waveguide $$R_{1}$$ is 1 GHz, what is the cut-off frequency of the waveguide $$R_{2}$$ in GHz?

An electromagnetic wave propagates through a lossless insulator with a velocity $$1.5 \times 10^{10} \frac{cm}{s}$$ . Calculate the electric and magnetic properties of the insulator if its intrinsic impedance is 90 $$\pi$$ ohms

A square waveguide carries $$TE_{11}$$ mode whose axial magnetic field is given by $$H_{Z}=H_{o} \times \cos (\frac{\pi x}{\sqrt{8}}) \times \cos (\frac{\pi y}{\sqrt{8}})$$ A/m where waveguide dimensions are in cm. What is the cut-off frequency of the mode?

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