Lecture 5
Lecture 5
Introduction to Electronics: Signals, frequency Spectrum of Signals, Analog and Digital Signals,
Linear Wave Shaping Circuits: RC LPF, Integrator, RC HPF, Differentiator.
Properties of Semiconductors: Intrinsic, Extrinsic Semiconductors, Current Flow in Semiconductors,
Diodes: p-n junction theory, Current-Voltage characteristics, Analysis of Diode circuits, Rectifiers,
Clippers, Clampers, Special diodes
Bipolar junction Transistor (BJTs): Physical Structures & Modes of Operation, Transistor
Characteristics, DC analysis, Introduction to Small Signal Analysis, Transistor as an amplifier, The RC
coupled amplifier, Introduction to Power Amplifiers, Transistor as switch.
Field Effect Transistors (FETs): Physical Structures & Modes of Operation of MOSFETs, MOSFET
Characteristics, DC Analysis.
Feedback Amplifiers & Oscillators: General Principles, Different types of feedback amplifier (block
diagram only), Properties of Negative Feedback, Barkhausen criteria for Oscillation.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Microelectronics Circuits, A.S Sedra, K.C. Smith, Oxford University Press. Selected portions from chapters
1to 5, 8, 13.
2. Electronics Fundamentals and Applications, D Chattopadhyay and P.C. Rakshit, NewAge International
Publications. Selected portions from chapters 4 to 14, 16 to 20.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS:
Electronics is the branch of science and engineering dealing with the theoty and
use of a class of devices in which electrons are transported through a vacuum, gas or
semiconductor.
Signals:
It contains information about a variety of things and activities.
Example - Voice of the radio announcer, weather information
Analog Signal: The signal magnitude can be represented at any instant of time by a
sequence of numbers.
Fourier transform: Fourier transform can be applied to aperiodic signals to find the
frequency spectrum.