Electrical Engineering
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Question 11
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A single-phase, full-bridge diode rectifier fed from a 230 V, 50 Hz sinusoidal source supplies a series combination of finite resistance, R, and a very large inductance, L. The two most dominant frequency components in the source current are:
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Thyristor
is triggered at an angle
(in degree), and
at angle
, in each cycle of the sinusoidal input voltage. Assume both thyristors to be ideal. To control the load power over the range 0 to 2 kW, the minimum range of variation in
is: 
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Which of the options is an equivalent representation of the signal flow graph shown here?

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A common-source amplifier with a drain resistance,
, is powered using a 10 V power supply. Assuming that the transconductance,
, is 520
A/V, the voltage gain of the amplifier is closest to:Your answerChoose one option.
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A sequence detector is designed to detect precisely 3 digital inputs, with overlap sequences detectable. For the sequence (1,0,1) and input data (1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0), what is the output of this detector?
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Consider the initial value problem below. The value of y at
, (rounded off to 3 decimal places) is ____________.
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A three-phase, 50 Hz, 4-pole induction motor runs at no-load with a slip of 1 %. With full load, the slip increases to 5 %. The % speed regulation of the motor (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is ____________.
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Currents through ammeters A2 and A3 in the figure are
and
, respectively. The reading of the ammeter A1(rounded off to 3 decimal places) is ______ A. 
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The Thevenin equivalent voltage,
, in V (rounded off to 2 decimal places) of the network shown below, is ____________. 
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A double pulse measurement for an inductively loaded circuit controlled by the IGBT switch is carried out to evaluate the reverse recovery characteristics of the diode, D, represented approximate as a piecewise linear plot of current vs time at diode turn-off.
is a parasitic inductance due to the wiring of the circuit, and is in series with the diode. The point on the plot (indicate your choice by entering 1, 2, 3 or 4) at which the IGBT experiences the highest current stress is ____________. 
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