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Electronic Devices and Circuits

The document provides an overview of an Electronics and Circuits course, including its objectives, outcomes, syllabus, and references. The course covers the construction and operation of semiconductor devices like diodes and transistors. It teaches biasing techniques to provide temperature stability and configure devices for applications such as rectification and amplification. The syllabus includes units on semiconductor diodes, special purpose devices, transistors, biasing and compensation techniques, and transistor amplifiers. The course aims to develop students' understanding of analog and digital circuits.

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Electronic Devices and Circuits

The document provides an overview of an Electronics and Circuits course, including its objectives, outcomes, syllabus, and references. The course covers the construction and operation of semiconductor devices like diodes and transistors. It teaches biasing techniques to provide temperature stability and configure devices for applications such as rectification and amplification. The syllabus includes units on semiconductor diodes, special purpose devices, transistors, biasing and compensation techniques, and transistor amplifiers. The course aims to develop students' understanding of analog and digital circuits.

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ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS

III Semester: ECE

Course Code Category Hours / Week Credits Maximum Marks


L T P C CIA SEE Total
AEC001 Foundation
3 1 - 4 30 70 100
Contact Classes: 45 Tutorial Classes: 15 Practical Classes: Nil Total Classes: 60
I. COURSE OVERVIEW:
The course provides the constructional features and principle of operation of the basic semiconductor devices
such as diodes, bipolar and unipolar transistors. It intended to provide the different biasing configurations of
the semiconductor devices to provide temperature stability. Analytical skills to configure semiconductor
devices for the applications - rectifiers, clippers, voltage regulators, clampers and amplifiers.

II. OBJECTIVES:
The course should enable the students to:
I The operational principles, characteristics of semiconductor devices and circuits for rectification,
amplification, conditioning and voltage regularization of signals.
II The analytical skills needed to model analog and digital integrated circuits (IC) at discrete and
micro circuit level.
III The foundations of basic electronic circuits necessary for building complexelectronic hardware.

III. COURSE OUTCOMES:


After successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
CO 1 Illustrate the characteristics of semiconductor devices for determining the device Understand
parameters such as resistances, current gain and voltage gain.
CO 2 Apply the pan junction characteristics for the diode applications such as switch and Apply
rectifiers.
CO 3 Examine DC and AC load line analysis of BJT and FET amplifiers for optimal Analyze
operating level regardless of input, load placed on the device.
CO 4 Extend the biasing techniques for bipolar and uni-polar transistor amplifier circuits Understand
considering stability condition for establishing a proper operating point.
CO 5 Utilize low frequency model for estimation of the characteristic parameters of BJT, Apply
FET amplifier circuits.
CO 6 Demonstrate the working principle of special purpose semiconductor diodes and Understand
transistors for triggering and voltage regulation applications.

IV. SYLLABUS:
UNIT-I SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES Classes: 08
PN Junction Diode : Theory of PN diode, energy band diagram of PN diode, PN junction as a diode,
operation and V-I characteristics , static and dynamic resistances, diode equivalent circuits, diffusion and
transition capacitance, diode current equation, temperature dependence of V-I characteristics, Zener
diode characteristics ,break down mechanisms in semiconductor diodes, Zener diode as a voltage
regulator.
UNIT-II SPECIAL PURPOSE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND RECTIFIERS Classes: 10
Special purpose electronic devices: principles of operation and characteristics of silicon controlled
rectifier, tunnel diode, varactor diode, photodiode; Half wave rectifier, full wave rectifier, general filter
consideration, harmonic components in a rectifier circuit , Inductor Filter, capacitor filter, L-Section filter,
multiple L-C section, RC filter, comparison of filters.
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UNIT-III TRANSISTORS Classes: 08
Bipolar Junction Transistors: Construction of BJT, operation of BJT, minority carrier distributions and
current components, configurations, characteristics, BJT specifications; Applications: Amplifier, switch.

Field Effect Transistors: Types of FET, FET construction, symbol, principle of operation, V-I
characteristics, FET parameters, FET as voltage variable resistor, comparison of BJT and FET; MOSFET
construction and operation; Uni-Junction Transistor: Symbol, principle of operation, characteristics,
applications (UJT as relaxation oscillator).

UNIT-IV BIASING AND COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES Classes: 10

Need for biasing, BJT operating point, The DC and AC load lines, types of biasing circuits, bias stability,
stabilization factors, stabilization against variations in VBE and β; Bias compensation techniques, thermal
runaway, thermal stability, biasing the FET and MOSFET.

UNIT-V BJT AND FET AMPLIFIERS Classes: 09


BJT small signal analysis, BJT hybrid model, determination of h-parameters from transistor
characteristics, transistor amplifiers analysis using h- parameters; FET small signal model, FET as
common source amplifier, FET as common drain amplifier, FET as common gate amplifier, generalized
FET amplifier .

Text Books:

1. J. Millman, C.C.Halkias, “Millman’s Integrated Electronics”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition, 2001.
2. J. Millman, C.C.Halkias, Satyabrata Jit, “Millman’s Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Tata
McGrawHill, 2nd Edition, 1998.
3. David A. Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Oxford University Press ,5th Edition,2008.

Reference Books:

1. Sedha.R.S, “A Text Book of Applied Electronics”, Sultan Chand Publishers,1st Edition, 2008.
2. R.L. Boylestad, Louis Nashelsky, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, PEI/PHI, 9th edition, 2006.
3. Gupta.J.B, “Electron Devices and Circuits”, S.K.Kataria & Sons, 2nd Edition, 2012.
4. S. Salivahanan, N. Suresh Kumar,A. Vallavaraj, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Tata McGraw Hill,
2nd edition, 2011.
5. Anil K. Maini, Varsha Agarwal, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd, 1st edition,
2009.
6. Floyd, “Electron Devices” Pearson Asia, 5th Edition, 2001.
7. Mohammad Rashid, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Cengage learning ,1st Edition, 2014.

Web References:

1. http://www-mdp.eng.cam.ac.uk/web/library/enginfo/electrical/hong1.pdf
2. https://archive.org/details/ElectronicDevicesCircuits
3. http://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT-ROORKEE/BASIC
ELECTRONICS/home_page.htm
4. http://www.vidyarthiplus.in/2011/11/electronic-device-and-circuits-edc.html
5. http://www.satishkashyap.com/2013/03/video-lectures-on-electron-devices-by.html

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E-Text Books:

1. http://services.eng.uts.edu.au/pmcl/ec/Downloads/LectureNotes.pdf
2. http://nptel.ac.in/courses/122106025/
3. http://www.freebookcentre.net/electronics-ebooks-download/Electronic-Devices-and-Circuits-(PDF-
313p).html
4. https://www.jntubook.com/electronic-device-circuits-textbook-free-download/
5. http://www.faadooengineers.com/threads/32735-Electronic-Devices-And-Circuits-(EDC)-by-J-B-
Gupta-full-book-pdf
Course Home Page:

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