GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering

Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01000111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering

w. e. f. Academic Year: 2024-25

Semester: Ist Year
Category of the Course: ESC

Prerequisite: High School Physics and Mathematics

Rationale: Electronics is playing a key role in all engineering applications. All engineers
should have the basic knowledge of electronics. Purpose of this course is to make
students familiar with basic electronic devices, circuits and their applications.
Students will be able to operate electronic test and measurement equipment like
digital multi-meter, CRO, DC power supply and function generator.

Course Outcome:
After Completion of the Course, Student will able to:
No Course Outcomes RBT Level
01 Analyze the general and special purpose diode circuits N
02 Design biasing circuits for BJT and FET C
03 Analyze BJT circuits in small-signal domain N
04 Analyze FET circuits for DC voltages and currents N
05 Understand usage of Special Purpose Diodes U
*Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT)

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Total
Teaching Scheme Credits
Assessment Pattern and Marks
(in Hours) L+T+
(PR/2) Total
Marks
Theory Tutorial / Practical
L T PR C ESE PA / CA
PA/CA (I) ESE (V)
(E) (M)
3 0 2 4 70 30 20 30 150

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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01000111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering
Course Content:
Unit No. of % of
Content
No. Hours Weightage
Semiconductor Diodes: p-n junction diode, Characteristics and
parameters, Diode approximations, DC load line analysis, Temperature
1. 6 15
effects, Diode AC models, Diode specifications, Diode testing, Zener
diodes.
Diode Applications: Half-wave and Full-wave rectifiers, Power
supply, RC and LC power supply filters, Zener diode voltage
2. 6 15
regulators, Series and shunt clipping circuits, Clamping circuits, DC
voltage multipliers.
Bipolar Junction Transistors : BJT operation, BJT voltages and
3. currents, BJT amplification, BJT switching, CB, CE and CC 6 15
characteristics, Transistor testing.
BJT biasing : DC load line and bias point, Base bias, Collector-to-
4. base bias, Voltage- divider bias ,Comparison of basic bias circuits, 6 15
Bias circuit design.
AC analysis of BJT circuits : Coupling and bypass capacitors, AC
load lines, transistor models and parameters, CE circuit analysis, CE
5. 6 15
circuit with unbypassed emitter resistor, CC circuit analysis, CB circuit
analysis, Comparison of CE, CB and CC circuits
Field Effect Transistors: Junction Field Effect Transistors, JFET
6. characteristics, JFET data sheets and parameters, FET amplification 5 10
and switching, MOSFETs
FET biasing : DC load line and bias point, Gate bias, Self bias,
7. 4 5
Voltage divider bias, Comparison of basic JFET bias circuits
Special Purpose Diodes: Light Emitting Diode(LED), Photo diode,
8. Solar cell, PIN diode, Varactor diode, Schottky diode, Tunnel diode, 6 10
Seven segment display
Total 45 100
Suggested Specification Table with Marks (Theory):
Distribution of Theory Marks (in %)
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
15 20 25 30 0 10
Where R: Remember; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C: Create (as
per Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01000111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering

References/Suggested Learning Resources:

(a) Books:
1. David A. Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Oxford University Press, Fifth Edition
2. Jacob Millman, Christos Halkias, Chetan D. Parikh, “Integrated Electronics”, Tata McGraw
Hill, Second Edition
Open source software and website:
1. http://nptel.ac.in/courses/122106025 ( Basic Electronics and lab by Prof. T.S.Natarajan )

Suggested Course Practical List:

1. VI characteristics of p-n junction diode, LED and photo diode
2. Half wave and full wave rectifier circuits
3. Clipper and clamper circuits
4. Zener diode regulator circuit
5. CE amplifier characteristics
6. CB amplifier characteristics
7. CC amplifier characteristics
8. Transistor as a switch
9. Voltage gain and current gain of a CE amplifier
10. FET characteristics
11. Varactor diode and tunnel diode characteristics
12. Seven segment LED operation

List of Laboratory/Learning Resources Required: CRO, Function Generators, DC power supply,

bread board and discrete electronic components

Suggested Project List: Project based on design of a small circuit with input and output signal
observations on CRO.

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