Phy340 4
Phy340 4
Phy340 4
AS/APR 2011/PHY340
COURSE
ELECTRONICS
COURSE CODE
PHY340
EXAMINATION
APRIL 2011
TIME
3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1.
2.
Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
3.
Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.
4.
Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
i)
ii)
PART A (7 Questions)
PART B (3 Questions)
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PART A
QUESTION 1
a)
b)
QUESTION 2
a)
b)
c)
QUESTION 3
Simplify the following Boolean expressions using De Morgan's Theorem.
a)
X = A-B + A-(A+C)
(2 marks)
b)
X = AC + B + C
(2 marks)
c)
X = AC + B + C
(2 marks)
QUESTION 4
a)
b)
c)
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QUESTION 5
A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
INP JTS
B
C
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
D
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
OUTPUT
Y
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
A
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
INPUTS
B
c
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
OUTPUT
Y
1
0
0
1
1
0
D
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
Figure 1
a)
Write the unsimplified minterm Boolean expression for the truth table in
b)
Use the Karnaugh map method to reduce the Boolean expression devel
c)
Write the simplified Boolean expression based on the Karnaugh map fro
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QUESTION 6
a)
b)
c)
List the segment of the seven-segment display that will be lit for each of the pulse in
Figure 2.
(4 marks)
+ 5V
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0
h g f
+ 5V
0 1
1 0
1 1 1
1 0
e d c b a
GND
Figure 2
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QUESTION 7
a)
List the mode of operation of the 7476 J-K flip-flop for each pulse shown in Figure 3.
(3 marks)
b)
List the binary output at the normal output (Q) of the J-K flip-flop for each of the pulses
shown in Figure 3.
(3 marks)
PS
^
1
J
FFQ
-< > CK
T
CLR
Figure 3
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PARTB
QUESTION 1
a)
b)
c)
d)
= 7 by using
(7 marks)
QUESTION 2
a)
List three characteristics of operational amplifiers that make them almost ideal
amplifiers.
(3 marks)
b)
Draw and label the block diagram of a 4 bit digital inputs D/A converter.
(4 marks)
c)
d)
An analog signal has a range of 0 to 24 mV. The range is divided into 32 equal steps
for conversion to a series of digital codes.
i)
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QUESTION 3
a)
b)
c)
List the sequence of binary counts that the counter in (b) would go through.
(5 marks)
d)
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