• Semiconductor materials- intrinsic and extrinsic types
• Ideal Diode • Terminal characteristics of diodes: p-n junction under open circuit condition p-n junction under forward bias and reverse bias conditions p-n junction in breakdown region NPTEL • Diode small signal model http://nptel.ac.in • Zener diode and applications • Rectifier Circuits • Clipping and Clamping circuits 2. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) Electronics & • Physical structure and operation modes • Active region operation of transistor Communication • D.C. analysis of transistor circuits • Transistor as an amplifier • Biasing the BJT: fixed bias, emitter feedback bias, collector feedback bias and Engineering voltage divider bias • Basic BJT amplifier configuration: common emitter, common base and common collector amplifiers • Transistor as a switch: cut-off and saturation modes • High frequency model of BJT amplifier Coordinators:
3. Field Effect Transistor (FET) Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta
Department of Electronics and • Enhancement-type MOSFET: structure and physical operation, current-voltage Communication EngineeringIIT characteristics Guwahati • Depletion-type MOSFET • D.C. operation of MOSFET circuits • MOSFET as an amplifier • Biasing in MOSFET amplifiers • Basic MOSFET amplifier configuration: common source, common gate and common drain types • High frequency model of MOSFET amplifier • Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET) 4. Operation Amplifier (Op-amps) • Ideal Op-amp • Differential amplifier: differential and common mode operation common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) • Practical op-amp circuits: inverting amplifier, non -inverting amplifier, weighted summer, integrator, differentiator • Large signal operation of op-amps • Other applications of op-amps: instrumentation circuits, active filters, controlled sources, logarithmic amplifiers, waveform generators, Schmitt triggers, comparators
5. Power Circuits and Systems
• Class A large signal amplifiers, second-harmonic distortion • Transformer coupled audio power amplifier • Class B amplifier • Class AB operation • Power BJTs • Regulated power supplies • Series voltage regulator • Four layer diodes: p-n-p-n characteristics • Silicon controlled rectifier A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD, Govt of India http://nptel.ac.in