Overview of Semiconductors –PN junction diode, Zener diode - Structure Operation and Characteristics - Half Wave and Full Wave Rectifier, Clipper and Clamper, Zener as Voltage Regulator – Light emitting diode - Laser diode -Photodiode. Characteristics of PN Junction Diode and Zener diode, Half wave and Bridge rectifier with capacitor filter
Bipolar Junction transistors, Junction field effect transistor, Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, Uni-Junction transistor, SCR, DIAC, TRIAC, Photo transistor and Opto couplers - Structure, Operation and Characteristics. Characteristics of BJT Characteristics of UJT
Load line, operating point, biasing methods for BJT and MOSFET - BJT small signal model – Analysis of CE amplifiers – Gain and frequency response. Multistage Amplifiers – Cascade connection – Differential amplifier- Common mode and differential mode analysis. Characteristics of SCR Frequency response of CE amplifier
Structure and Operation of Transformer coupled Class A, Class B push pull, Class AB push pull & Class C amplifiers– crossover distortion. Multivibrator – Astable, Monostable and Bistable multivibrator – Schmitt triggers. CMRR measurement of Differential Amplifier Astable multivibrator
Advantages of negative feedback – voltage / current-series /shunt feedback – Positive Feedback – Condition for oscillations - Phase shift, Wien bridge, Hartley, Colpitts oscillators. Schmitt triggers RC Phase shift Oscillator
Reference Book:
1 Floyd, “Electronic Devices” Pearson Asia 7th Edition, 2009. 2 Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nasheresky, “Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory”, 10th Edition, Pearson Education / PHI, 2008. 3 Donald A Neamen, “Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design” Tata McGraw Hill, 3rd Edition, 2006. 4 S.Poornachandra, B.Sasikala, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Scitech Publications India, (P) Ltd, Chennai, 2010, 5 Robert B. Northrop, “Analysis and Application of Analog Electronic Circuits to Biomedical Instrumentation”, CRC Press, 2004.
Text Book:
1. David A. Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Oxford Higher Education press, 5 th Edition, 2010 2. Jacob Millman, Christo C Halkies and Sathyabarath J “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.
