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98-Comp-A1: May 2016

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  1. Question 1 Full-Wave Rectifier with Zener Shunt Regulator
  2. Question 2 PMOS Current-Mirror-Biased CS Amplifier
  3. Question 3 Inverting Active Filter with T-Network Feedback
  4. Question 4 BJT Cascode Differential Pair with Wilson Current-Mirror Load
  5. Question 5 RC-Ladder (Wien-Bridge Type) Sinusoidal Oscillator
  6. Question 6 CMOS Logic Synthesis and Transistor Sizing
  7. Question 7 Switched Dual-Slope Integrator/Comparator

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98-Comp-A1, Electronics — National Exams, May 2016. Open-book, 3 hours; seven 20-mark questions, five to be marked (all seven answered below as a complete study resource, per the standing "answer all M" rule). Unless stated otherwise, diode drops $V_D=0.7\text{V}$.

Reference texts: Sedra & Smith, Microelectronic Circuits (diode limiters/rectifiers/zener regulators, MOSFET current-mirror biasing and CS amplifiers, active-RC filters with T-network feedback, BJT cascode differential pairs with Wilson current-mirror loads, RC-ladder (Wien-bridge type) sinusoidal oscillators, CMOS static/pass-transistor logic synthesis and sizing, switched-capacitor dual-slope integrators) — the single reference text covering every question on this paper.