Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits forms the base for an Electronics student. The subject deals with Operational Amplifiers, Analog to Digital Converters, Digital to Analog Converters, 555 timers IC, High Pass filters and such other things. All these topics are very much needed by the students.

Topics taught in this paper

The topics which are taught in this paper are Integrated Circuits (IC), its fabrication and working, different types of amplifiers like OPAMP, JFET, etc. and their working principles, PLL, half and full wave rectifiers, etc.

Division of paper:

Section A and Section B are the two divisions of this paper in which this question paper is divided.

Frequently asked questions

The questions which very often forms a part of the paper are characteristics of an ideal Op-Amp, Schmitt Trigger Circuit, Instrumentation amplifier-its circuit diagram, output expression and advantages, 2nd Order high pass Butterworth filter, definitions of CMRR, Slew Rate, SVRR etc, Short Notes on FPLA, Silicon Gate CMOS process, Optical Modulators, PLD and PLA etc, IC fabrication, ASIC-its advantage, comparison between conventional ICs and ASICs, difference between ADC and DAC, between monolithic and hybrid ICs etc.

Time and marks allotted:

The total marks that can be secured in this paper are 100 and the time limit in which it is to be solved is of three hours.

Paper Pattern:

This is a paper of three hours. The question paper is printed in English. The total no. of questions contained by this paper is 10. The two sections of the paper are as Section A and Section B. section A of the paper comprises of a total of four questions of which only two are to be answered. The total marks for this section of the paper are 40. There are total six questions in the Section B of the paper. There are some choices provided in this section for the betterment of the students. A total of three questions are to be solved in this section. Each question of this section carries a maximum of 20 marks.