| 1 | Introduction to the subject. Atomic structure, Valance electron, Free electron, voltage and current source | 1 | Familiarize with subject and evaluation |
| 2 | Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws, maximum power transfer theorem, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorem. | 1 | Circuit theorem |
| 3 | Atomic energy levels, energy bands, classification of solids and energy bands, semiconductor, intrinsic and extrinsic Semiconductors, commonly used semiconductors, effect of temperature on semiconductors, majority and minority carriers. | 3 (1) | Semiconductor Physics |
| 4 | p-n junction and its properties, biasing of p-n junction, voltage-current characteristics, band bending | 3 (1) | principles of p-n junction |
| 5 | Diode resistance, Equivalent
circuit of diode, Diode as rectifier, Half wave and Full
wave rectifier and its efficiency, Ripple factor, Filter
circuits, Types of filter circuits, Voltage stabilization,
Zener diode, Equivalent circuit of Zener diode, Zener
diode as voltage stabilizer. | 6 (2) | Semiconductor diode |
| 6 | light emitting
diode, multicolor LEDs, photodiode, characteristics of
photodiode, tunnel diode, varactor diode, Shockley
diode, BJT, JFET, MOSFET. | 5 (2) | Special purpose semiconductor devices |
| 7 | Transistors: CB and CE configuration and their
characteristics, transistor as amplifier in CE configuration, load line analysis, operating point, cut off
and saturation points. | 4 (1) | Transistor principle |
| 8 | Transistor parameters, stabilization,
methods of transistor biasing, base resistor method,
emitter bias and its circuit analysis, voltage divider bias
method, stability factor for voltage divider bias, design a
transistor biasing circuits, mid-point biasing. | 5 (2) | Transistor biasing: |
| 9 | Single stage transistor amplifier,
practical circuit of transistor amplifier, phase reversal,
DC and AC equivalent circuits, voltage gain of CE
amplifier, principle of negative voltage feedback in
amplifiers, differential amplifiers, Op-amp as adder,
subtractor, differentiators, integrators, logarithmic
amplifier, applications of Op-amp, solution of
differential equations, multivibrators, 555 timer based
circuits. | 7 (2) | Modern semiconductor devices |
| 10 | Analog and digital signals, binary
number system, decimal to binary conversion, binary to
decimal conversion, octal number system, hexadecimal
number system, logic gates, OR, AND, NOT gates,
combination of basic logic gates, Boolean algebra,
Boolean theorems, Boolean expression, De Morgan’s
theorems, operator precedence, combinational logic
circuits, truth table from logic circuit, sum of the products
form and its simplification, binary adder and subtractor. | 7 (2) | Introduction to Digital electronics: |