At a glance
- 4 lecture hours per week
- 4 credits
Prerequisites
Topics Covered
- Common emitter configuration of BJT and its principle of operation
- CE operational regions (cut-off/saturation/active)
- Load line analysis, input and output characteristics of transistors
- Load line and Q-point calculations, cut-off and saturation regions, effects of RB
- Amplifier circuits with emitter bias, LED drivers, phototransistors
- Fixed bias, emitter bias, voltage divider bias (VDB), transistor models
- H-parameters, voltage gain, transistor circuit design, AC/DC analysis
- Small signal operations, AC models, AC emitter resistance, trans-conductance
- Coupling capacitors, amplifier stages, Darlington pair, etc.
- Common base and common collector circuits analysis, and their characteristics
- Class A, AB, C amplifier circuits
- Introduction to field effect transistor (FET) and MOSFET transistors
- Operational amplifier and differential amplifier circuits
Learning Resources
- Boylestad, R. L., & Nashelsky, L. (2012). Electronic devices and circuit theory (11th edition). Pearson.