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DEVICES AND CIRCUITS

PREREQUISITES: Electron Devices.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To acquire the knowledge of basic PN junction and its applications
2. To gain the knowledge of basic structure, operation and characteristics of all
transistors.
3. To gain knowledge of multistage amplifiers and differential amplifiers.
4. To get exposed to various types of feedback amplifiers and oscillators
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students shall have ability to
1. Understand the construction, theory and characteristics of the PN junction diode.
2. Understand the construction, theory and characteristic of BJT, FET and MOSFET.
3. Gain knowledge about various configurations of the amplifiers.
4. Understand the construction, theory and characteristic of multistage and
differential amplifiers, oscillator circuits with feedback concepts.
COURSE CONTENTS
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TOPICS

TEXT
BOOK

PAGES

LECTUR
E
HOURS

PN JUNCTION DEVICES AND ITS APPLICATIONS

II

III

PN Junction Diode Structure, Operation and V-I

Characteristics.
Diode resistance-Temperature effects
Diode current equation
Diffusion and Transient Capacitance
Rectifiers: Half wave & full wave rectifier analysis
Qualitative Analysis of Inductor filter, Capacitor
filter& LC filter
Diode as Clippers and Clampers
TRANSISTORS
Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)-NPN & PNPStructure and Operation- CE,CB,CC ConfigurationsInput and Output Characteristics
Transistor Switching Times
Transistor biasing-Voltage Divider bias-Transistor
hybrid model for CE configuration- Junction Field Effect Transistors (FET)-N channel & P
channel - Structure, Operation and Characteristics
MOSFET-Enhancement & Depletion - Structure,
Operation and Characteristics.
AMPLIFIERS
BJT Small Signal Model
Analysis of CE, CB, CC Amplifiers
Current Gain & Voltage Gain

T1

29-40

T1

43-53

T2

57-64

T1

56-60

2
9

T3
T2
T2
T3
T3

149154
192199
229241
197204
205212

3
1
1
2
2
9

T3
T2

284312
278300

3
3

IV

JFET small signal model for CS configuration

T3
313Analysis of CS and Source Follower
345
Current Gain & Voltage Gain
MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIERS AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER
Cascade Amplifier- Construction & Operation
182T1
188
Differential Amplifier using BJT
192T1
200
Common Mode and Difference Mode Analysis
352T3
362
Single Tuned & Double Tuned Amplifiers
473T3
Gain and Frequency Response
474
Power Amplifiers Class A, Class B & Class AB
340T2
(Qualitative analysis).
365
FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS
Feedback Amplifiers-Positive Feedback and Negative
Feedback -Construction & Working Principle of
Voltage / Current, Series , Shunt Feedback

T3

Oscillators-Condition for Oscillations, Construction &

Working Principle of RC phase shift

T3

Wien bridge oscillators

T2

Hartley, Colpitts oscillators

T3

Crystal oscillators

T3

486490

3
9
2
1
1
2
2
9
3

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510
8102
815
5112
516
5312
533
LECTURE HOURS: 45

TOTAL
TEXT BOOKS:
1. David A. Bell, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Oxford University Press, 5th
Edition, 2010.
2. Floyd, Thomas.LElectronic Devices,Prentice Hall,9th Edition, 2011
3. S. Salivahanan,N.Suresh Kumar, Electronic Devices and CircuitsTata McGraw
Hill , 6th edition, 2015

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Robert Diffenderfer, Electronic Devices: Systems and Applications,Cengage
Learning, 2010.
2. Robert L.Boylestad, Electronic Devices and Circuit theory, Pearson
Education, 2010,
3. Jacob Millman, Christos.C.Halkias and SatyabrataJit, Electronic Devices and
Circuits, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.
4. Theodore F. Bogart, Jeffery S. Beasley and Guilermo Rico, Electronic Devices
and Circuits, Pearson Education , 6th edition, 2013.
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