Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to electronic devices and circuits, exploring the fundamental principles, components, and applications of electronic systems. You'll gain both theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to analyze and design electronic circuits.
Through a combination of theoretical foundations and hands-on exercises, you'll learn to work with semiconductors, transistors, amplifiers, and digital circuits, preparing you for real-world engineering challenges.
Topics Covered
- Semiconductor Physics: Energy bands, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, carrier transport
- Diodes and Applications: PN junction diodes, Zener diodes, rectifiers, clippers, clampers
- Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs): Operation, configurations, biasing, and amplifiers
- Field Effect Transistors (FETs): JFETs, MOSFETs, characteristics, and applications
- Operational Amplifiers: Characteristics, configurations, and applications
- Feedback Amplifiers: Concepts, types, and stability analysis
- Oscillators: RC, LC, crystal, and relaxation oscillators
- Power Electronics: Power diodes, transistors, thyristors, and applications
- Digital Electronics: Logic gates, combinational and sequential circuits
- Integrated Circuits: Fabrication techniques and applications
Course Objectives
- Understand the physical principles underlying electronic devices
- Analyze and design basic electronic circuits using discrete components
- Develop skills to characterize electronic devices and measure circuit parameters
- Learn to use electronic design automation (EDA) tools for circuit simulation
- Understand the operation and applications of operational amplifiers
- Gain knowledge about digital logic circuits and their implementation
- Develop troubleshooting skills for electronic circuits
- Prepare for advanced courses in electronics and related fields
Recommended Textbooks
"Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory" by Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky
This comprehensive textbook covers all fundamental aspects of electronic devices and circuits with numerous examples and exercises.
"Microelectronic Circuits" by Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith
An authoritative text that provides in-depth coverage of microelectronic circuits with emphasis on design and applications.
"Electronic Principles" by Albert Malvino and David J. Bates
This book offers clear explanations of electronic principles with practical applications and troubleshooting techniques.
"Fundamentals of Microelectronics" by Behzad Razavi
Focuses on modern microelectronics with strong emphasis on analog and digital circuit design concepts.
"Electronic Circuits: Analysis and Design" by Donald A. Neamen
Provides comprehensive coverage of electronic circuit analysis and design with practical examples.
Course Format
- Video lectures with detailed explanations
- Handwritten notes and slides for each topic
- Solved numerical problems with step-by-step solutions
- Interactive quizzes and assignments
- Practical circuit simulation exercises
- Discussion forums for doubt resolution
- Final assessment with certification
- Downloadable resources and cheat sheets
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of electrical circuits and physics concepts is recommended. Familiarity with algebra and calculus will be helpful but not mandatory. The course includes introductory material to bring all students to the required level.