At a glance
- 4 lecture hours per week
- 4 credits
Prerequisites
Topics Covered
- Semiconductor materials (Ge, Si, GaAs), covalent bond, energy levels
- p-type and n-type material, electrons vs. holes, minority/majority carriers
- Study of diode characteristics (forward and reverse bias), load line analysis
- Design principles and construction of various diodes
- PN junction diodes, Zener diodes, photo diodes, LEDs, Varactors
- Schottky diodes, PIN diodes, Solar cells, Tunnel diodes
- Transformer principles, and its operation and construction
- Design and analysis of half-wave, full-wave, and bridge rectifiers circuits
- Computation and measurement of DC and peak and RMS voltages
- Design and analysis of diode-based series/parallel clipper circuits
- Design and analysis of diode-based clamper circuits
- Design of clipper and clampers for generating various output waveforms
- Design of voltage doubler circuits
- Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT): operation and principles
- Common emitter configuration, load line analysis, input and output characteristics
Learning Resources
- Boylestad, R. L., & Nashelsky, L. (2012). Electronic devices and circuit theory (11th edition). Pearson.