Diode Resistance, Diode equivalent circuits, Transition and diffusion capacitance, Reverse recovery time, Load line analysis, Rectifiers, Clippers and clampers.
Operating point, Fixed bias circuits, Emitter stabilized biased circuits, Voltage divider biased, DC bias with voltage feedback, Miscellaneous bias configurations, Design operations, Transistor switching networks, PNP transistors, Bias stabilization.
BJT transistor modeling, CE Fixed bias configuration, Voltage divider bias, Emitter follower, CB configuration, Collector feedback configuration, Analysis of circuits re model;analysis of CE configuration using h- parameter model; Relationship between h-parameter model of CE,CC and CE configuration.
General frequency considerations, low frequency response, Miller effect capacitance, High frequency response, multistage frequency effects.
(a) General Amplifiers: Cascade connections, Cascode connections, Darlington connections.3 Hours (b) Feedback Amplifier: Feedback concept, Feedback connections type, Practical feedback circuits. Design procedures for the feedback amplifiers.4 Hours
Definitions and amplifier types, series fed class A amplifier, Transformer coupled Class A amplifiers, Class B amplifier operations, Class B amplifier circuits, Amplifier distortions. Designing of Power amplifiers.
Oscillator operation, Phase shift Oscillator, Wienbridge Oscillator, Tuned Oscillator circuits, Crystal Oscillator. (BJT Version Only) Simple design methods of Oscillators.
FET small signal model, Biasing of FET, Common drain common gate configurations, MOSFETs, FET amplifier networks.