SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS
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UNIT TOPICS
1 Semiconductor Diodes
Introduction, Semiconductor materials, covalent bond and intrinsic
materials, energy levels, extrinsic materials: p-type and n-type
semiconductors, semiconductor diodes, ideal versus practical diodes,
resistance levels, diode equivalent circuits, transition and diffusion
capacitance, reverse recovery time, diode specification sheet, zener
diode, Light Emitting diode, Tunnel diode, schottky diode, varicap
diode
2 Diode Circuits
Introduction, Load –line Analysis, Series Diode configuration, Parallel
and series parallel, configurations, Typical diode circuits, Half-wave &
Full wave rectifier, Clippers, Clampers, Zener Diode as voltage
regulators, Voltage multiplier circuits, Practical Applications of diode
circuits
3 Bipolar Junction Transistor
Introduction, Transistor construction, Operation, Common-base
configuration
& characteristic, Transistor Amplifying action, Common-Emitter
configuration & characteristic, Common-collector configuration &
characteristic, Limits of operation, study of Transistor data sheet
4 DC-biasing of Bipolar Junction Transistors
Introduction, operating point, Fixed biased configuration, Emitter-bias
configuration, Voltage divider bias configuration, collector feedback
configuration, Emitter follower configuration, Miscellaneous
configuration, Design operations, current mirror circuits, current source
circuits, PNP transistors, Transistor switching networks, bias
stabilization of transistors, Practical applications
5 AC analysis of Bipolar Junction Transistors
Introduction, Application in AC domain, BJT Transistor modeling, re
Transistor model of Common-Emitter fixed bias configuration, voltage
divider bias, CE emitter-bias, Emitter follower, Common-base,
Collector feedback , Collector DC feedback configuration, Current
gain, effect of RL and RS ,Two port System Approach, cascaded
systems, Darlington connection, Feedback pair, Hybrid equivalent
model, approximate
hybrid equivalent circuits, Hybrid π model, Practical Applications
6 MOS Field-Effect Transistors
Device Structure and Physical Operation, Current-Voltage
Characteristics, MOSFET Circuits at DC, The MOSFET as an
Amplifier and as a Switch, Biasing in MOS Amplifier Circuits, Small-
Signal Operation and Models, Single-Stage MOS Amplifiers, The
Depletion-Type MOSFET, JFET -construction, operation and
characteristics
7 Frequency Analysis of BJT and FET
Introduction, Decibels, general frequency consideration, Normalized
Process, Low Frequency analysis of BJT and FET, Miller effect
capacitance, High frequency response of BJT and FET, Square wave
testing
8 Power Amplifiers
Introduction, series –fed Class A amplifier, Transformer-Coupled Class
A amplifier, Class B amplifier operation, Class B amplifier circuits,
Amplifier distortion, Class C and Class D amplifier, Heat sink and its
operation
2
1. Test 1
2. Assignment 1
3. Assignment 2
3. Test 2
Final Examination
Suggested List of Experiments