| Electronics | NPHC206 | DC | Credits: 4 | (L-T-P: 3-1-0) |
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| Lecture Times: | Monday: 10:00 am – 10:50 am | Tuesday: 11:00 am – 11:50 am | Thursday: 10:00 am – 10:50 am | Friday: 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm |
| Teacher: | Prof. P. M. Sarun, Ph.D. | Course Website | electronics@iitism.ac.in | WhatsApp Chat |
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| 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: |
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| 1 | Introduction to the Subject. Atomic structure, Valance electron, Free electron | 01/01/2026 |
| 2 | Voltage and Current source | 02/01/2026 |
| 3 | Analog and Digital signals, Binary number system, Decimal to Binary conversion, Binary to Decimal conversion, Octal number system, Hexadecimal number system | 05/01/2026 |
| 4 | 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, K-map simplification | 06/01/2026 |
| 5 | Arithmetic circuits: binary adder and subtractor. | 08/01/2026 |
| 6 | Tutorial 1 - Digital Electronics | 09/01/2026 |
| 7 | Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws, and maximum power transfer theorem | 09/01/2026 |
| 8 | Thevenin's, Norton's, and Superposition theorems | 12/01/2026 |
| 9 | Tutorial 2 - Network Theorem | 12/01/2026 |
| 10 | intrinsic and extrinsic Semiconductors, majority and minority carriers p-n junction and its properties, biasing of p-n junction, band bending. | 13/01/2026 |
| 11 | Voltage-current characteristics, Diode Resistance | 19/01/2026 |
| 12 | Effect of temperature on semiconductors, Equivalent circuit of diode, Diode as Clipper | 20/01/2026 |
| 13 | Diode as Rectifier - Continued, Half Wave and Full Wave Rectifier | 22/01/2026 |
| 14 | Ripple Factor, Efficiency | 23/01/2026 |
| 15 | Zener Diode and Filters | 27/01/2026 |
| 16 | Tutorial 3 - Zener, Diode as Rectifier | 29/01/2026 |
| 17 | Tutorial 4 - Zener, Ripple Factor | 30/01/2026 |
| 18 | Light emitting diode (LED) and Photo diode | 31/01/2026 |
| 19 | BJT and CB Configuration | 02/02/2026 |
| 21 | CE and CC Configuration | 03/02/2026 |
| 21 | Fixed Biasing and DC Load line analysis | 09/02/2026 |
| 22 | Emitter Biasing and Voltage divider Biasing | 09/02/2026 |
| 23 | Stability Factor, Mid-point biasing | 10/02/2026 |
| 24 | Design a transistor biasing circuit | 10/02/2026 |
| 25 | Tutorial 5 - Transistor biasing | 12/02/2026 |
| 26 | Tutorial 6 - CB and CE Configuration | 13/02/2026 |
| Quiz-1 : Answers | 13/02/2026 | |
| 27 | Small Signal Amplifier | 16/02/2026 |
| 28 | Voltage Gain and Impedances | 17/02/2026 |
| 29 | Cascade Amplifier, Gain, Frequency Response and Bandwidth | 19/02/2026 |
| 30 | Hybrid Equivalent Model | 19/02/2026 |
| 31 | Coupled Transistor Amplifier | 20/02/2026 |
| 32 | Tutorial 7 - Small Signal Amplifier | 20/02/2026 |
| 33 | Feedback Theory | 24/02/2026 |
| Mid Sem - Answer Key | 27/02/2026 | |
| 34 | Feedback Theory | 10/03/2026 |
| 35 | Feedback theory - Oscillator | 13/03/2026 |
| 36 | Differential Amplifier | 14/03/2026 |
| 37 | Differential Amplifiers - Continue | 16/03/2026 |
| 38 | Operational Amplifiers | 17/03/2026 |
| 39 | Applications of Op-Amps | 18/03/2026 |
| 40 | Applications of Op-Amps - Continue | 19/03/2026 |
| 41 | Analog Computing | 20/03/2026 |
| 42 | S-R Flip flops | 23/03/2026 |
| 43 | JK Flip flop, T Flip-flops | 24/03/2026 |
| 44 | Ripple Counter, Shift Registers | 26/03/2026 |
| 45 | Multivibrators | 27/03/2026 |
| 46 | Junction Field effect transistors (JFET) | 30/03/2026 |
| 47 | MOSFET | 06/04/2026 |
| 48 | Tutorial 8 | 07/04/2026 |
| 49 | Tutorial 9 | 09/04/2026 |
| 50 | Tutorial 10 | 10/04/2026 |
| 51 | Tutorial 11 | 13/04/2026 |
| 52 | Tutorial 12 | 16/04/2026 |
| 53 | Tutorial 13 | 17/04/2026 |
| 54 | Tutorial 14 | 20/04/2026 |
| 55 | Revision Class 1. | 21/04/2026 |
| 56 | Revision Class 2. | 23/04/2026 |