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Electrical engineering

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ECE 218 - BASIC ELECTRONICS 3 UNITS (1L 2T 3P)

Prerequisites: ECE 125 Electrical Engineering Materials

Course Purpose
This course aims to inculcate the working principles and applications of semiconductor
devices and Op-Amps, their current-voltage relationship and their critical parameters
impacting the design of amplifiers.

Course Objectives:
This course is designed to enable learning about:
1) Introduction to electricity.
2) Semiconductors and diodes.
3) Bipolar junction transistors (BJT).
4) Field effect transistors (FET).

Expected Learning outcomes:


At the end of the course the learner should be able to:
1) Explain the basic concepts of electricity from an atomic perspective.
2) Discuss the roles and applications of semiconductors and diodes in power
rectification and general electronics.
3) Analyse a variety of single-stage BJT and FET amplifiers.
4) Design single-stage transistor amplifiers.
Course Content:

Introduction to electricity:
Basic concepts of electricity, the structure of an atom, energy bands, normal, excited and
ionised atom, conductors, insulators, and semiconductors,

Conducting materials
Classical free electron theory of metals: Electrical conductivity expression, drawbacks of
classical theory, Quantum free electron theory of metals: Its importance, Density of
states, Fermi-Dirac distribution function, Calculation of Fermi energy and its
importance. Superconductors: properties, Types, applications and BCS Theory (basic
idea).

Semiconducting materials:
Types of semiconductors, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, current flow in
semiconductors. Elemental semiconductors, Types of bonding-covalent bonding;
Carrier concentration in intrinsic semiconductors, Carrier concentration in n type and p
type semiconductors, Variation of carrier concentration with temperature, Variation of
Fermi level with carrier concentration and temperature and its influence, Hall effect:
Experimental, arrangement and applications of Hall effect. Zener diodes. Rectification,
other semiconductor diode applications.

Bipolar junction transistors:


Bipolar Junction Transistor characteristics and biasing. Equivalent circuits of Bipolar
Junction Transistors. Bipolar Junction Transistor amplifiers (Common Base; Common
Emitter; Common Collector).
Field Effect Transistors:
Junction Field Effect Transistors and Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect
Transistors. Biasing and equivalent circuits of Field Effect Transistors. Field Effect
Transistors amplifiers: Common Gate, Common Source Common Drain.

Laboratory Exercises
1. Diodes
2. Bipolar Junction Transistor Amplifiers
3. Field Effect Transistor Amplifiers
4. Resistivity and temperature measurements
5. The measurements of Hall Effect.

Mode of Delivery
Face to face and Blended

Instructional/Learning strategies
Lectures, Tutorials, Assignment Projects, Demonstration, Laboratory exercises and self
directed learning.

Mode of assessment
Assessment Percentage
End of semester summative examination 60%
Continuous Assessment Tests and Tasks (CATT) 40%
Total 100%

Reference Material
Core reference materials
1. Bates, D. J., Hoppe, P. E., Malvino, A. P. (2020). Electronic Principles. United
Kingdom: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN: 9781260570564, 1260570568.
2. Schultz, M. (2020). Grob's Basic Electronics. United Kingdom: McGraw-Hill
Education. ISBN: 9781260571448, 1260571440.

Recommended reference materials


1. Deborah D.L. Chung(2021), Functional Materials: Electrical, Dielectric,
Electromagnetic, Optical and Magnetic Applications Ed 2, World scientific
publishing company. ISBN-13 978-9811238833.
2. Leena N. Suranglikar, Prachi R. Godbole (2019) , Electrical Engineering Materials
Nirali Prakashan. ASIN : B08181X1PZ

3. Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky (2012), Electronic Devices and Circuit
Theory, (11th Edition), Prentice Hall, ISBN-10:0132622262, ISBN-13:978-
0132622264.
4. Sedra, A. S., Smith, K. C. (2011). Microelectronic Circuits: International Edition.
Italy: OUP USA. ISBN: 9780199738519, 0199738513.
5. http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws
6. http://www.electronics-tutorials.com
7. http://whites.sdsmt.edu/classes/ee320/

Support Instructional Materials and Resources


Text books, handouts, CDs/DVDs, LCD projectors, computers, white-boards,
blackboards, Software, Internet

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