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Unit 1.0: Semiconductor Diode (9 hrs)
Intrinsic and extrinsic types, energy band in intrinsic and extrinsic Semiconductor, equilibrium carrier concentration Direct and indirect band-gap semiconductor. Ideal diode Construction, p-n junction under open circuit, drift, and diffusion current, built in potential, forward bias, and reverse bias condition. Effect of temperature, static and dynamic resistance, breakdown mechanism in diode, Junction capacitance. Zener diode Working, VI characteristics Light emitting Diode, Photodiode, Solar cell.
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Unit 2.0: Diode Applications (7 hrs)
Half wave rectifiers, Full wave rectifiers & Rectifier with filters, Zener diode application as voltage regulator, Clipping and Clamping circuits, Voltage doubler (includes numerical on rectifier, filter, and Zener regulator)
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Unit 3.0: Bipolar Junction Transistor (8 hrs)
BJT introduction: Construction, Symbol, and types (PNP and NPN), working of BJT, BJT configuration and characteristics, Load line analysis, Operating point, Need for Biasing, different Biasing circuits, Bias stability. BJT as a switch & Amplifier, low frequency small signal model of BJT, CE amplifier with and without feedback.
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Unit 4.0: Field Effect Transistor (6 hrs)
General characteristics of FET; Comparison between FET & BJT; JFET: Construction, Principle of Operation, Shockley equation. Output and transfer characteristics; Depletion & Enhancement Type MOSFET: Construction, Principle of operation. Output and transfer characteristics.
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Unit 5.0: Operational Amplifier (6 hrs)
Block diagram of an Operational amplifier, schematic symbol, characteristics of an ideal and practical operational amplifier, concept of virtual ground, Inverting and non-inverting amplifier, voltage follower, adder, subtractor, integrator and differentiator.
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Unit 6.0: Fundamental of Digital Electronics (6 hrs)
Introduction to number system: octal, Hexadecimal, Binary numbers, Binary addition using 1's and 2's complement method. logic gates, Universal gates, Boolean Algebra, De Morgan's theorems, Simplification, and realization of Boolean expression using basic gates and NAND gates.
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Textbook / Reference Book
- Electronic Device & Circuit theory, Boylestad and Nashelsky, Pearson.
- Electronic Principles, Albert Malvino & Davis J. Bates, TMH.
- Digital logic and computer design, M. Morris Mano, PHI.
- Electronic Devices and Circuit, David A Bell, Oxford.
- Microelectronic Circuit: Theory and Application, Sedra and Smith, Oxford.