Week - 1 |
Semiconductors Materials, electron configuration, electrical properties; P and N type materials: effects of impurities on conduction, majority and minority characters; PN junction in a semiconductor, development of a potential across a PN junction in unbiased, forward biased and reverse biased conditions; |
Week - 2 |
Diodes: Diode symbols; Diode characteristics and properties; Diode parameters: peak inverse voltage, maximum forward current, temperature, frequency, leakage current, power dissipation; Diodes in series and parallel; Operation and function of diodes in the following circuits: clippers, clampers, full and half wave rectifiers, bridge rectifiers, voltage doublers and triplers; Functional testing of diodes. |
Week - 3 |
Diodes: Main characteristics and use of silicon controlled rectifiers (thyristors), light emitting diode, photo conductive diode, varistor, rectifier diodes; Detailed operation and characteristics of the following devices: silicon controlled rectifier (thyristor), light emitting diode, Shottky diode, photo conductive diode, varactor diode, varistor, rectifier diodes, Zener diode. |
Week - 4 |
Transistors: Transistor symbols; Component description and orientation; Construction and operation of PNP and NPN transistors; Transistor characteristics and properties. |
Week - 5 |
Transistors: Transistor symbols; Component description and orientation; Construction and operation of PNP and NPN transistors; Transistor characteristics and properties. |
Week - 6 |
Transistors: Base, collector and emitter configurations; Testing of transistors. |
Week - 7 |
Transistors: Simple circuits including: bias, decoupling, feedback and stabilization. |
Week - 8 |
BJT AC Analysis re model |
Week - 9 |
BJT AC Analysis: Hybrid equivalent model |
Week - 10 |
BJT AC Analysis: Two Port Systems |
Week - 11 |
Transistors: Multistage circuit principles: cascades, push-pull. |
Week - 12 |
Transistors: Multistage circuit principles: cascades, push-pull. |
Week - 13 |
Transistors: Basic appreciation of other transistor types and their uses. Application of transistors: classes of amplifier (A, B, C); |
Week - 14 |
Transistors: Basic appreciation of other transistor types and their uses. Application of transistors: classes of amplifier (A, B, C); |