Eeee Syllabus
Eeee Syllabus
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Course Title: Elements of Electrical and Course Code: ICFC0101
Electronics Engineering
Course Designation: Foundation Core
L T P C
Credit Scheme 3 0 0 3
Course Assessment Methods: One sessional exam and one end-semester exam, along with
assignments, presentations and class tests, which may be conducted by the course coordinator in
lieu of internal assessment.
S. Evaluation Elements Weightage
No. (%)
1 Mid-Semester Examination 30
2 End Semester Exam 50
3 Internal Continuous Evaluation (May include assignments/
20
Projects/Tutorials/Quizzes/Lab Evaluations
The course will enable the student to:
CO1 Apply the fundamental concepts of electrical devices and components.
CO2 Acquire the knowledge of electrical machines, power converters, low
Course voltage electrical installations.
Outcomes CO3 Acquire the knowledge of electronic instruments and semiconductor
devices.
CO4 Deploy the concepts of diodes and transistors to devise an application.
Topics to be covered:
Section 1 DC Circuits
Electrical circuit elements (R, L and C), voltage and current sources, Kirchoff
current and voltage laws, analysis of simple circuits with dc excitation.
Superposition, Thevenin and Norton Theorems. Time-domain analysis of first-
order RL and RC circuits.
AC Circuits
Representation of sinusoidal waveforms, peak and rms values, phasor
representation, real power, reactive power, apparent power, power factor.
Analysis of single-phase ac circuits consisting of R, L, C, RL, RC, RLC
combinations (series and parallel), resonance. Three phase balanced circuits,
voltage and current relations in star and delta connections.
Section 2 Transformers
Magnetic materials and magnetic circuits, BH characteristics, ideal and practical
transformer, equivalent circuit, losses in transformers, regulation and efficiency.
Auto-transformer and three-phase transformer connections.
Electrical Machines
Generation of rotating magnetic fields, Construction and working of a three-phase
induction motor,
Significance of torque-slip characteristic. Loss components and efficiency,
starting and speed control of induction motor. Single-phase induction motor.
Construction, working, torque-speed characteristic and speed control of separately
excited dc motor. Construction and working of synchronous generators.
Semiconductor Devices
Semiconductor materials, Concept of energy band diagram and doping, Diode,
special diodes, clipping and clamping circuits, rectifier circuits using diode,
principle and working of BJT, MOSFET, Basic digital electronics concept.
Section 4 Diodes and Applications
Semiconductor Diode - Ideal versus Practical, Resistance Levels, Diode
Equivalent Circuits, Load Line Analysis; Diode as a Switch, Diode as a Rectifier,
Passive and Active Rectifiers, Half Wave and Full Wave Rectifiers with and
without Filters; Breakdown Mechanisms, Zener Diode – Operation and
Applications; Opto-Electronic Devices – LEDs, Photo Diode and Applications;
Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) – Operation, Construction, Characteristics,
Ratings, Applications.
Transistor Characteristics
Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) –Construction, Operation, Amplifying Action,
Common Base, Common Emitter and Common Collector Configurations,
Operating Point, Voltage Divider Bias Configuration; Field Effect Transistor
(FET) – Construction, Characteristics of Junction FET, Depletion and
Enhancement type Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) FETs, Introduction to
CMOS circuits.