002 - Advanced Components and Circuits Flashcards
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What two elements widely used in semiconductor devices exhibit both metallic and non-metallic characteristics?
(a) Galena and germanium
(b) Galena and bismuth
(c) Silicon and gold
(d) Silicon and germanium
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What two elements widely used in semiconductor devices exhibit both metallic and non-metallic characteristics?
(d) Silicon and germanium
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In what application is gallium-arsenide used as a semiconductor material in preference to germanium or silicon?
(a) In high-power circuits
(b) At very low frequencies
(c) In bipolar transistors
(d) At microwave frequencies
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In what application is gallium-arsenide used as a semiconductor material in preference to germanium or silicon?
(d) At microwave frequencies
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What type of semiconductor material contains fewer free electrons than pure germanium or silicon crystals?
(a) N-type
(b) P-type
(c) Bipolar type
(d) Superconductor type
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What type of semiconductor material contains fewer free electrons than pure germanium or silicon crystals?
(b) P-type
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What type of semiconductor material contains more free electrons than pure germanium or silicon crystals?
(a) N-type
(b) P-type
(c) Bipolar
(d) Superconductor
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What type of semiconductor material contains more free electrons than pure germanium or silicon crystals?
(a) N-type
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What are the majority charge carriers in P-type semiconductor material?
(a) Free electrons
(b) Holes
(c) Free protons
(d) Free neutrons
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What are the majority charge carriers in P-type semiconductor material?
(b) Holes
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What are the majority charge carriers in N-type semiconductor material?
(a) Holes
(b) Free protons
(c) Free neutrons
(d) Free electrons
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What are the majority charge carriers in N-type semiconductor material?
(d) Free electrons
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Silicon, in its pure form, is:
(a) a superconductor
(b) an insulator
(c) a semiconductor
(d) a conductor
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Silicon, in its pure form, is:
(b) an insulator
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An element which is sometimes an insulator and sometimes a conductor is called a:
(a) intrinsic conductor
(b) N-type conductor
(c) semiconductor
(d) P-type conductor
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An element which is sometimes an insulator and sometimes a conductor is called a:
(c) semiconductor
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Which of the following materials is used to make a semiconductor?
(a) Tantalum
(b) Silicon
(c) Copper
(d) Sulphur
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Which of the following materials is used to make a semiconductor?
(b) Silicon
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Substances such as silicon in a pure state are usually good:
(a) insulators
(b) conductors
(c) tuned circuits
(d) inductors
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Substances such as silicon in a pure state are usually good:
(a) insulators
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A semiconductor is said to be doped when it has added to it small quantities of:
(a) impurities
(b) protons
(c) ions
(d) electrons
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A semiconductor is said to be doped when it has added to it small quantities of:
(a) impurities
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What is the principal characteristic of a Zener diode?
(a) A constant current under conditions of varying voltage
(b) A constant voltage under conditions of varying current
(c) A negative resistance region
(d) An internal capacitance that varies with the applied voltage
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What is the principal characteristic of a Zener diode?
(b) A constant voltage under conditions of varying current
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What type of semiconductor diode varies its internal capacitance as the voltage applied to its terminals varies?
(a) Varactor
(b) Zener
(c) Silicon-controlled rectifier
(d) Hot-carrier (Schottky)
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What type of semiconductor diode varies its internal capacitance as the voltage applied to its terminals varies?
(a) Varactor
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What is a common use for the hot-carrier (Schottky) diode?
(a) As balanced mixers in FM generation
(b) As VHF and UHF mixers and detectors
(c) As a variable capacitance in an automatic frequency control (AFC) circuit
(d) As a constant voltage reference in a power supply
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What is a common use for the hot-carrier (Schottky) diode?
(b) As VHF and UHF mixers and detectors
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What limits the maximum forward current in a junction diode?
(a) Forward voltage
(b) Back EMF
(c) Peak inverse voltage
(d) Junction temperature
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What limits the maximum forward current in a junction diode?
(d) Junction temperature
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What are the major ratings for junction diodes?
(a) Maximum forward current and peak inverse voltage (PIV)
(b) Maximum reverse current and capacitance
(c) Maximum forward current and capacitance
(d) Maximum reverse current and peak inverse voltage (PIV)
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What are the major ratings for junction diodes?
(a) Maximum forward current and peak inverse voltage (PIV)
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Structurally, what are the two main categories of semiconductor diodes?
(a) Junction and point contact
(b) Vacuum and point contact
(c) Electrolytic and point contact
(d) Electrolytic and junction
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Structurally, what are the two main categories of semiconductor diodes?
(a) Junction and point contact
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What is a common use for point contact diodes?
(a) As a constant current source
(b) As an RF detector
(c) As a constant voltage source
(d) As a high voltage rectifier
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What is a common use for point contact diodes?
(b) As an RF detector
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What is one common use for PIN diodes?
(a) As a constant current source
(b) As a high voltage rectifier
(c) As an RF switch
(d) As a constant voltage source
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What is one common use for PIN diodes?
(c) As an RF switch
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A Zener diode is a device used to:
(a) dissipate voltage
(b) decrease current
(c) increase current
(d) regulate voltage
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A Zener diode is a device used to:
(d) regulate voltage
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If a Zener diode rated at 10 V and 50 watts was operated at maximum dissipation rating, it would conduct ____ amperes:
(a) 5
(b) 50
(c) 0.05
(d) 0.5
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If a Zener diode rated at 10 V and 50 watts was operated at maximum dissipation rating, it would conduct ____ amperes:
(a) 5
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The power-handling capability of most Zener diodes is rated at 25 degrees C or approximately room temperature. If the temperature is increased, the power handling capability is:
(a) the same
(b) much greater
(c) less
(d) slightly greater
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The power-handling capability of most Zener diodes is rated at 25 degrees C or approximately room temperature. If the temperature is increased, the power handling capability is:
(c) less
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What is the alpha of a bipolar transistor?
(a) The change of collector current with respect to base current
(b) The change of base current with respect to collector current
(c) The change of collector current with respect to emitter current
(d) The change of collector current with respect to gate current
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What is the alpha of a bipolar transistor?
(c) The change of collector current with respect to emitter current
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What is the beta of a bipolar transistor?
(a) The change of base current with respect to emitter current
(b) The change of collector current with respect to base current
(c) The change of collector current with respect to emitter current
(d) The change of base current with respect to gate current
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What is the beta of a bipolar transistor?
(b) The change of collector current with respect to base current