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Elecs3 Prelim

The document provides questions about transistor saturation, equivalent diode circuits for logic gates, and terms related to digital circuit performance. It asks the reader to determine the minimum base voltage needed to saturate a transistor, calculate the resistor value needed for saturation given specific component values, draw equivalent diode circuits for OR, AND, NOR and NAND gates, and list ways to improve circuit performance and reduce noise effects.

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Elecs3 Prelim

The document provides questions about transistor saturation, equivalent diode circuits for logic gates, and terms related to digital circuit performance. It asks the reader to determine the minimum base voltage needed to saturate a transistor, calculate the resistor value needed for saturation given specific component values, draw equivalent diode circuits for OR, AND, NOR and NAND gates, and list ways to improve circuit performance and reduce noise effects.

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ELECTRONICS 3

NAME: _____________________________ 4. Write your answers on the space


provided after this number. Draw
1. Determine the minimum amount of the diode equivalent circuit of the
Vbb neded to saturate the following gates:
transistor. The silicon transistor a. OR GATE b. AND GATE
has a β = 80 ad Vce(sat) = 0.3 V. c. NOR GATE d. NAND GATE

Vcc = 5 V

Rc = 1 kΩ

Rb = 10 kΩ

Vbb

2. What must be the value of Rb to


ensure that the transistor would
saturate? Vcc = 5 V, Rc = 500 Ω, β
= 75, Vce(sat) = 0.20 V.
+Vcc

Rc
Rb
5. What are the possible solutions in
improving the performance of the
saturating logic circuit from the effect of
Vo noise? Draw the circuit if necessary.

3. What is meant by the following


terms?
- RISE TIME
- DELAY TME
- STORAGE TIME
- FALL TIME
- FAN-OUT
- NOISE MARGIN

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