Course Contents

Unit 1: The Semiconductor Diode: 1.1 Metals, insulators and semiconductors 1.2 Conduction in Silicon and Germanium 1.3 The forbidden energy gap 1.4 n and p type semiconductors 1.5 the junction diode 1.6 diode voltage-current equation 1.7 Zener diodes. Unit 2: The Diode as Rectifier and Switch: 2.1 The ideal diode model 2.2 The half wave rectifier 2.3 The full wave rectifier 2.4 The bridge rectifier 2.5 Measurement of ripple factor in the rectifier circuit 2.6 The capacitor filter 2.7 Rectifying AC voltmeters 2.8 Diode wave clippers, diode clampers. Unit 3: Circuit Theory and Analysis: 3.1 Superposition theorem 3.2 Thevenin’s Theorem 3.3 Norton’s Theorem 3.4 Model for circuit 3.5 One port and two-port network 3.6 Hybrid parameter equivalent circuit 3.7 Power in decibels. Unit 4: The Junction Transistor as an Amplifier: 4.1 Transistor voltage and current designations 4.2 The junction transistors 4.3 The volt-ampere curve of a transistor 4.4 The current amplification factors 4.5 The load line and Q point, the basic transistor amplifiers 4.6 The common emitter amplifier 4.7 The trans-conductance gm 4.8 Performance of a CE amplifier 4.9 Relation between Ai and Av 4.10 The CB amplifier 4.11 The CC amplifier 4.12 Comparison of amplifier performance. Unit 5: Field Effect Transistor: 5.1 Introduction to field effect transistor 5.2 JFET: Static characteristics of JFET 5.3 Metal oxide semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET of IGFET) 5.4 Enhancement and depletion mode 5.5 FET biasing techniques 5.6 Common drain 5.7 Common source and common gate 5.8 Fixed bias and self-bias configurations 5.9 Universal JFET bias curve 5.10 Darlington pair. Unit 6: Operational Amplifiers: 6.1 The integrated amplifier, 6.2 The differential amplifier 6.3 Common mode rejection ratio 6.4 The operational amplifier 6.5 Summing operation 6.6 Integration operation 6.7 Comparator 6.8 Milli-voltmeter.

Course Synopsis

This is an introductory course that covers electricity and electronics fundamentals, math principles and applications, numbering systems and codes, taking standard measurements, electronic components, circuits and applications. Student will also be introduced to common safety equipment, safety practices, basic first aid, electrical test tool operation and procedures.

Course Learning Outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to: • Recognize a variety of exciting high-tech products and systems enabled by electronics • Manipulate voltages, currents and resistances in electronic circuits • Demonstrate familiarity with basic electronic components and use them to design simple electronic circuits • See how signals can be represented in the time and frequency domains for Fourier analysis • Record, analyses and filter audio signals to improve their fidelity.