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Paper format. National Exams December 2013, 07‑Elec‑B5 Advanced Electronics — 3 hours, CLOSED BOOK, any non‑communicating calculator permitted. Answer all FIVE (5) questions; all questions are worth 20 marks each. Op‑amps may be assumed ideal and supply voltages ±15 V unless stated otherwise; ground and chassis are common in every schematic.
Reference texts. A. S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 8th ed. (Oxford) — Ch. 8 (differential and multistage amplifiers), Ch. 10 (frequency response), Ch. 13 (signal generators and waveform shaping), Ch. 17 (power amplifiers and regulators); B. Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, 2nd ed. (McGraw‑Hill) — Ch. 4 (differential amplifiers) and Ch. 6 (frequency response). Both are on the Engineers Canada / EGBC reading list for this examination code.
