ELE2261

Electronics 1

S K Palit

3 points
* 26 lecture hours and 13 laboratory hours
* First semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisites: ENC1202
* Corequisites: MAC2901

Objectives Knowledge of solid state devices, characteristics and circuit applications.

Synopsis 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, dc biasing and characteristics of bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and field effect transistors (FETs).

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 70%
* Laboratory work: 20%
* Assignment: 10%

Prescribed texts

Palit S K Introductory electronic devices Mi-tec Publishing, 1997

Recommended texts

Boylestad R and Nashelsky L Electronic devices and circuit theory 5th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1992
Sedra A S and Smith K C Microelectric circuits Saunders, 1991