COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad

Department of Electrical Engineering

Course Title Credit Hours Electronics I (EEE 231) 3+1

Course Prerequisites Electric Circuit analysis 1 (EEE 121) Recommended Text Book Electronic Circuits Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, by Donald A Neamen Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra/smith Fifth Edition Recommended Reference Books Fundamentals of Microelectronics, 1st Edition, by Behzad Razavi Course Objectives This course introduces and describes the physical characteristics and operation of the major semiconductor devices and the basic circuits in which they are used, to illustrate how the device characteristics are utilized in switching, digital, and amplification applications. Learning Outcomes Students will be able to: Know the fundamentals of a pn junction diode, current flow under different bias conditions, capacitances and its effect on the device performance, model the pn junction diode. Determine the operation and characteristics of diode rectifier circuits as a first stage of power supply. Apply the characteristics of the Zener diode to a voltage regulator circuits. Apply the nonlinear characteristics of diodes to design wave-shaping circuits. Examine the techniques to analyze circuits containing more than one diode. Understand the operation of photo diodes and light-emitting diodes. Understand the construction and operation of Bipolar Junction Transistors. Understand the dc analysis and design techniques of BJT circuits. Examine three basic applications of BJT. Understand the concept of amplification. Examine three basic amplifier configurations. Understand the concept of AC load line and determine the maximum symmetrical output swing. Be able to perform large signal and small signal analysis of multi-stage BJT amplifiers. Understand the construction and operation of MOS Field Effect Transistors and perform large signal analysis of MOSFET amplifiers. Investigate the current source biasing of MOSFET circuits.

Course Assessment Topics Semiconductor material and properties Diode model, equivalent model and circuit analysis Analysis of diode based circuits (rectifiers, clipper, clampers, etc) Special diodes characteristics and applications Biplor transistors characteristics and modes of operations DC analysis, dc load line, biasing of bipolar transistor circuits Small signal analysis of bipolar transistor circuits Design and analysis of common bipolar transistor amplifiers MOSFET characteristics and modes of operations DC analysis, dc load line, biasing of MOSFET circuits Course Outline Semiconductor material and properties, Intrinsic/Extrinsic semiconductors, Drift and Diffusion currents and their densities, Excess carriers, The pn-Junction, Reverse/Forward biased junctions, Ideal voltage/ current relationship, pn Junction diode, Temperature effect, breakdown voltage, switching transient. Diode circuits: dc analysis and models, Piece-wise linear model, diode circuits, ac equivalent circuits, sinusoidal analysis, Small-signal equivalent circuit, Special diodes (Solar cell, photo-diode, LED, Schottky barrier diode, Zener diode), Diode applications (rectifier circuits, envelop detectors, clippers/clampers), Zener/Photo diode circuits, Multi-diode circuits, Bipolar junction transistor, Forward-active mode, Leakage current and breakdown voltages, Current-voltage characteristics, DC analysis and dc load line, Modes of operation, dc analysis of commonly used bipolar transistors, Three basic operations (Switch, digital switch, and amplifier), Transistor biasing and biasing stability, Integrated circuit biasing, Bipolar linear amplifiers, AC equivalent circuit, Small signal Hybrid-Pi model and analysis, current gain, voltage gain, input/output impedance, Early effect, basic amplifier configurations (voltage, current, transconductance, transresistance amplifiers), design and analysis of Common emitter and Emitter follower amplifiers, MOS Field-effect transistors, Two terminal structure, NMOS/PMOS devices, Current/Voltage ideal characteristics, Short Channel effects, Non-ideal behavior (finite output resistance, body effect, breakdown effects), Common source circuits, Constant current source biasing, Q Point Variations, Stability Factor Analysis and Control. 80100% 7080% 6070% 5060% < 50%

High Level Lecture Breakdown Topics Semiconductor devices and Diodes: semiconductor material and properties, Intrinsic/Extrinsic semiconductors, Drift and Diffusion currents and their densities, Excess carriers, The pn-Junction, Reverse/Forward biased junctions, Ideal voltage/ current relationship, pn Junction diode, Temperature effect, breakdown voltage, switching transient. Diode Circuits: dc analysis and models, Piece-wise linear model, diode circuits, ac equivalent circuits, sinusoidal analysis, Small-signal equivalent circuit, Special diodes (Solar cell, photodiode, LED, Schottky barrier diode, Zener diode), Diode applications (rectifier circuits, envelop detectors, clippers/clampers), Zener/Photo diode circuits, Multi-diode circuits Bipolar Junction Transistors: Transistor structure, npn Transistor and Forward Bias, Leakage current and breakdown voltages, Current-voltage characteristics, DC analysis and dc load line, Modes of operation, dc analysis of commonly used bipolar transistors, Three basic operations (Switch, digital switch, and amplifier), Transistor biasing (positive/negative) and biasing stability, Integrated circuit biasing BJT Amplifiers: linear amplifiers, AC equivalent circuit, Small signal Hybrid-Pi model and analysis, current gain, voltage gain, input/output impedance, Early effect, basic amplifier configurations (voltage, current, transconductance, transresistance amplifiers), design and analysis of Common emitter and Emitter follower amplifiers The Field-effect Transistors: MOS Field-effect transistors, Two terminal structure, NMOS/PMOS devices, Current/Voltage ideal characteristics, Short Channel effects, Non-ideal behavior (finite output resistance, body effect, breakdown effects), Common source circuits. lectures

Labs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 I-V Characteristics of a Diode Logical functions using Diode Logic Half Wave and Full Wave Rectification Full Wave Rectification Using Center-taped Design Diode Clipper Circuits Diode Clamper Circuits Zener Diode Transistor Base Biasing Transistor Emitter Biasing Common Emitter Amplifier Software Tutorial Lab Project