Diode Circuits:
Diode clipping and clamping circuits.
Transistor Biasing and Stabilization:
Operating point, analysis and design of fixed bias circuit, self- bias circuit, Emitter stabilized bias circuit, voltage divider bias circuit, stability factor of different biasing circuits. Problems. Transistor switching circuits.
Transistor at Low Frequencies:
BJT transistor modelling, CE fixed bias configuration, voltage divider bias, emitter follower, CB configuration, collector feedback configuration, analysis using h – parameter model, relation between h – parameters model of CE, CC and CB modes, Millers theorem and its dual.
Multistage Amplifiers:
Cascade and cascade connections, Darlington circuits, analysis and design.
Feedback Amplifiers:
Feedback concept, different types, practical feedback circuits, analysis and design of feedback circuits.
Power Amplifiers:
Amplifier types, analysis and design of different power amplifiers,
Oscillators:
Principle of operation, analysis and derivation of frequency of oscillation of phase shift oscillator, Wien bridge oscillator, RF and crystal oscillator and frequency stability.
FETs:
Construction, working and characteristics of JFET and MOSFET. Biasing of JFET and MOSFET. Analysis and design of JFET (only common source configuration with fixed bias) and MOSFET amplifiers
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
• Obtain the output characteristics of clipper and clamper circuits.
• Design and compare biasing circuits for transistor amplifiers & explain the transistor switching.
• Explain the concept of feedback, its types and design of feedback circuits
• Design and analyze the power amplifier circuits and oscillators for different frequencies.
• Design and analysis of FET and MOSFET amplifiers.
Question paper pattern:
• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full question is for 20 marks.
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of three sub questions in one full question) from each module.
• Each full question with sub questions will cover the contents under a module.
• Students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books
1 Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory Robert L Boylestad Louis Nashelsky Pearson 11th Edition, 2015
2 Electronic Devices and Circuits Millman and Halkias Mc Graw Hill 4th Edition, 2015
3 Electronic Devices and Circuits David A Bell Oxford University Press 5th Edition, 2008
Reference Books
1 Microelectronics Circuits Analysis and Design Muhammad Rashid Cengage Learning 2 nd Edition, 2014
2 A Text Book of Electrical Technology, Electronic Devices and Circuits B.L. Theraja, A.K. Theraja, S. Chand Reprint, 2013
3 Electronic Devices and Circuits Anil K. Maini VashaAgarval Wiley 1st Edition, 2009
4 Electronic Devices and Circuits S.Salivahanan N.Suresh Mc Graw Hill 3rd Edition, 2013
5 Fundamentals of Analog Circuits Thomas L Floyd Pearson 2nd Edition, 2012