Electronics and Communication Engineering
GATE ECE year:2023 PYQs
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Questions 61–65 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 61
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In a semiconductor device, the Fermi-energy level is 0.35 eV above the valence band energy. The effective density of states in the valence band at T = 300 K is
. The thermal equilibrium hole concentration in silicon at 400 K is _________
(rounded off to two decimal places).Given kT at 300 K is 0.026 eV.
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A sample and hold circuit is implemented using a resistive switch and a capacitor with a time constant of 1
s. The time for the sampling switch to stay closed to charge a capacitor adequately to a full scale voltage of 1 V with 12-bit accuracy is ______
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In a given sequential circuit, initial states are
and
. For a clock frequency of 1 MHz, the frequency of signal
in kHz, is _________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).

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In the circuit below, the voltage
is __________ V (rounded off to two decimal places).

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The frequency of occurence of 8 symbols (a-h) is shown in the table below. A symbol is chosen and it is determined by asking a series of “yes/no” questions which are assumed to be truthfully answered. The average number of questions when asked in the most efficient sequence, to determine the chosen symbol, is ______ (rounded off to two decimal places).
Symbols | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of occurence | | | | | | | | |
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