Lecture Plan (Winter) 2025–2026

Course Details

Electronics NPHC206 DC Credits: 4 (L-T-P: 3-1-0)
Lecture Times:Monday: 10:00 am – 10:50 amTuesday: 11:00 am – 11:50 amThursday: 10:00 am – 10:50 amFriday: 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm
Teacher:Prof. P. M. Sarun, Ph.D.Course Websiteelectronics@iitism.ac.inWhatsApp Chat
Course Objective
  • To introduce students with the basic electronic circuits and devices.
  • To teach the fundamental principles of analog and digital electronics.
Learning Outcomes
  • Able to analyze the analog circuits.
  • Able to design and explain the principles of various analog
  • Able to explain the working of basic digital electronics circuits.

Lecture Schedule

Unit No. Topics Hours Learning Outcome
1Introduction to the subject. Atomic structure, Valance electron, Free electron, voltage and current source1Familiarize with subject and evaluation
2Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws, maximum power transfer theorem, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorem.1Circuit theorem
3Atomic 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
4p-n junction and its properties, biasing of p-n junction, voltage-current characteristics, band bending3 (1)principles of p-n junction
5Diode 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
6light emitting diode, multicolor LEDs, photodiode, characteristics of photodiode, tunnel diode, varactor diode, Shockley diode, BJT, JFET, MOSFET.5 (2)Special purpose semiconductor devices
7Transistors: 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
8Transistor 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:
9Single 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
10Analog 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:

Books

Text Books Reference Books
  • Electronics Devices and Circuits; Cathey, McGraw-Hills Education (India) Ltd., 2008.
  • Principles of Electronics; S. Chand. Publishers, 2008
  • Millman’s Electronics Devices and Circuits; Millman; Tata McGraw Hills, 2007
  • Electronic Device and Circuit Theory – Boylestad & Nashelsky (Pearson, 2013)
  • Electronic Devices and Circuits – Gupta (S.K. Kataria, 2010)
  • Handbook of Electronics – Gupta & Kumar (Pragati Prakashan, 2010)

Evaluation Plan

Evaluation Plan Quiz dates
  • Mid Semester: 30 marks [30 marks exam of 1 hours]
  • End Semester: 50 marks [50 marks exam of 2 hours]
  • Quizzes: 2 each of 10 marks
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Quiz I : 13 February 2026
  • Quiz II : 17 April 2026
  • Actual mark of Quizzes may vary.
  • No make-up exams for quizzes
  • Negative marking of 25 % for incorrect answer.
  • Programmable calculator not allowed
  • No other Electronics Gadgets not allowed

Lectures

Sl No. Topics Date
1Introduction to the Subject. Atomic structure, Valance electron, Free electron01/01/2026
2Voltage and Current source02/01/2026
3Analog and Digital signals, Binary number system, Decimal to Binary conversion, Binary to Decimal conversion, Octal number system, Hexadecimal number system05/01/2026
4Logic 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 simplification06/01/2026
5Arithmetic circuits: binary adder and subtractor.08/01/2026
6Tutorial 1 - Digital Electronics09/01/2026
7Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws, and maximum power transfer theorem09/01/2026
8Thevenin's, Norton's, and Superposition theorems12/01/2026
9Tutorial 2 - Network Theorem12/01/2026
10intrinsic and extrinsic Semiconductors, majority and minority carriers p-n junction and its properties, biasing of p-n junction, band bending.13/01/2026
11Voltage-current characteristics, Diode Resistance19/01/2026
12Effect of temperature on semiconductors, Equivalent circuit of diode, Diode as Clipper20/01/2026
13Diode as Rectifier - Continued, Half Wave and Full Wave Rectifier22/01/2026
14Ripple Factor, Efficiency23/01/2026
15Zener Diode and Filters27/01/2026
16Tutorial 3 - Zener, Diode as Rectifier29/01/2026
17Tutorial 4 - Zener, Ripple Factor30/01/2026
18Light emitting diode (LED) and Photo diode31/01/2026
19BJT and CB Configuration02/02/2026
21CE and CC Configuration03/02/2026
21Fixed Biasing and DC Load line analysis09/02/2026
22Emitter Biasing and Voltage divider Biasing09/02/2026
23Stability Factor, Mid-point biasing10/02/2026
24Design a transistor biasing circuit10/02/2026
25Tutorial 5 - Transistor biasing12/02/2026
26Tutorial 6 - CB and CE Configuration13/02/2026
27Quiz-1 : Answers13/02/2026
27Small Signal Amplifier16/02/2026
28Voltage Gain and Impedances17/02/2026