Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai – 625 009

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Course Code-
EC8351 / Electronic Circuits – I
Title
Course
Professional Core
Component
Lecture Tutorial Practical Total Hours Credit
Contact Hours
3 0 0 45 3
Continuous Semester-end assessment
Course
Assessment Cycle Tests Student Course exit survey
methods Model Exam
Assignments
Knowledge in
Prerequisite
 Electronic Devices, Circuit Analysis
Courses:
The student should be made to
 To understand the methods of biasing transistors
Course Objective  To design and analyze single stage and multistage amplifier circuits
 To analyze the frequency response of small signal amplifiers
 To design and analyze the regulated DC power supplies
 To troubleshoot and fault analysis of power supplies
CO1: Build transistor biasing circuits of discrete BJT, JFET and MOSFET.
CO2: Construct the small signal equivalent circuits of transistors of BJT amplifiers.
CO3: Experiment with JFET & MOSFET amplifiers.
CO4: Make use of BJT & MOSFET amplifiers to derive its frequency response
Course Outcomes
parameters.
CO5: Explain the working of power supplies and testing of electronic devices.
CO6: Model the societal oriented electronic circuit applications using PSPICE software
(Content beyond syllabus).
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
UNIT I BIASING OF DISCRETE BJT, JFET AND MOSFET 9

BJT– Need for biasing - DC Load Line and Bias Point – DC analysis of Transistor circuits - Various biasing
methods of BJT – Bias Circuit Design - Thermal stability - Stability factors - Bias compensation techniques
using Diode, thermistor and sensistor – Biasing BJT Switching Circuits- JFET - DC Load Line and Bias Point -
Various biasing methods of JFET - JFET Bias Circuit Design - MOSFET Biasing - Biasing FET Switching
Circuits.

UNIT II BJT AMPLIFIERS 9

Small Signal Hybrid π equivalent circuit of BJT – Early effect - Analysis of CE, CC and CB amplifiers using
Hybrid π equivalent circuits - AC Load Line Analysis- Darlington Amplifier - Bootstrap technique - Cascade,
Cascode configurations - Differential amplifier, Basic BJT differential pair – Small signal analysis and CMRR.
UNIT III SINGLE STAGE FET, MOSFET AMPLIFIERS 9

Small Signal Hybrid π equivalent circuit of FET and MOSFET - Analysis of CS, CD and CG amplifiers using
Hybrid π equivalent circuits - Basic FET differential pair- BiCMOS circuits.

UNIT IV FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF AMPLIFIERS 9

Amplifier frequency response – Frequency response of transistor amplifiers with circuit capacitors – BJT
frequency response – short circuit current gain - cut off frequency – fα, fβ and unity gain bandwidth – Miller
effect - frequency response of FET - High frequency analysis of CE and MOSFET CS amplifier - Transistor
Switching Times.

UNIT V POWER SUPPLIES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE TESTING 9

Linear mode power supply - Rectifiers - Filters - Half-Wave Rectifier Power Supply - Full-Wave Rectifier
Power Supply - Voltage regulators: Voltage regulation - Linear series, shunt and switching Voltage Regulators -
Over voltage protection - BJT and MOSFET – Switched mode power supply (SMPS) - Power Supply
Performance and Testing - Troubleshooting and Fault Analysis, Design of Regulated DC Power Supply.

Total : 45 Hours

TEXT BOOK(S):
1. Donald .A. Neamen, Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design – 2nd Edition,Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2009.
2. Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nasheresky, ―Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, 11th Edition,
Pearson Education, 2013

REFERENCES:
1. R1: Adel .S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith, Micro Electronic Circuits, 6th Edition, Oxford University Press,
2010.
2. R2: David A., Electronic Devices and Oxford Higher Education Press, 5th Editon, 2010
3. R3: Behzad Razavi, of Analog CMOS Integrated Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2007.
4. R4: Paul Gray, Hurst, Lewis, Meyer and Design of Analog Integrated 4thEdition, John Willey & Sons
2005
5. R5: Millman.J.Halkias C.C,”Integrated Electronics”,Mc. Graw Hill, 2001.
6. R6: D.Schillig and C.Belove “Electronic Circuits” 3rd Edition, Mc Graw Hill, 1989.
7. R7: S. Salivahanan, N. Suresh Kumar and A. Vallavaraj,” Electronic Devices and Circuits”, 2 nd Edition,
TMH, 2007.
8: Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky,” Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory”, nineth Edition,
PHI, 2007.
WEB MATERIALS:
W1: http://www.et-trends.com/files/Circuits_100Years.pdf
W2: http://www.oled-info.com/flexible-oled
W3: www.pspice.com/sites/default/files/OrCAD_PSpice_Designer_DS_PRINT.pdf
W4: http://nptel.ac.in/video.php?subjectId=122106025

Staff In-charge Course Coordinator Module Coordinator HOD/ECE