• Introduce students to the world of electronic devices and circuits by helping them apply the concepts learnt in previous courses
• Discuss different semiconductor materials and types (p and n-type) used to build electronic devices, and their electrical characteristics.
• Analyse various basic electronic devices and types of diodes and BJTs, and build circuits using them.
• Analyse different practical circuits like voltage regulators, clippers, clampers, power supplies, etc. which are built using electronic devices

Basic Electric Circuits

• Semiconductor materials (Ge, Si, GaAs), covalent bond, energy levels
• p-type & n-type materials, electrons vs. holes, minority/majority carriers
• Diodes, forward/reverse bias, breakdown region, different materials
• Ideal vs. practical diodes, static/dynamic resistance
• Diode equivalent circuits – piecewise-linear equivalent circuits
• Diode notations and testing
• Zener diodes and LED
• Load-line analysis
• Series diode configurations
• Diode parallel and series-parallel configurations
• AND-OR gates
• Half-wave rectifier
• Full-wave rectifier and center-tapped transformer
• Clippers (series and parallel)
• Clampers
• Network with DC and AC source
• Circuits with Zener diodes
• Voltage multiplier circuits
• Practical circuits (protective diodes, polarity detector, displays)
• BJT – introduction & construction
• Transistor operation
• Common-emitter configuration
• Common-base configuration
• Common-collector configuration
• Limits of operation
• Transistor specification sheet and testing
• DC biasing BJTs – operating point
• Fixed-bias configuration
• Emitter-bias Configuration
• Voltage-divider bias configuration
• Collector feedback configuration
• Emitter Follower Configuration

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