Electronics 1
G Kothapalli
3 points * 26 lecture hours, 13 laboratory hours * First semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: ENC1202 * Corequisites: MAC2901
Semiconductors: crystalline solids and energy bands, thermal excitation, charge generation and recombination, doping concentrations, diffusion and drift, current flow, contact potential, pn junction characteristics. Two-terminal devices: semiconductor diodes and models. Varactor diodes, tunnel diodes, photodiodes, light emitting diodes, PIN diodes, Schottky diodes, photodiodes. Clipping circuits, clamping circuits. Rectifying diodes, zener diodes, power supplies. Three-terminal devices: construction, operation and characteristics of bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and field effect transistors (FETs).
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 80% * Practical work/Laboratory work: 20%
Prescribed texts
Savant C and others Electronic design Benjamin-Cummings, 1991
Recommended texts
Millman J and Grabel A Microelectronics McGraw-Hill, 1987