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.
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.
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
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.
Advantages of negative feedback – voltage / current-series /shunt feedback – Positive Feedback – Condition for oscillations - Phase shift, Wien bridge, Hartley, Colpitts oscillators.
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.
