510203 Theory Minor Course

Electrical and Electronic Circuit

3.0 Credits 45 class hours 80 Marks First Year · Semester I
Course outline

What you’ll study

AC Fundamentals and Circuit Theory: principles of AC generators, alternating voltages and currents, frequency, time period, amplitude, phase, RMS and average value, AC through resistance, inductance and capacitance, RLC series and parallel resonance, RLC transients, AC network analysis and theorems. Introduction to Semiconductors — intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Semiconductor and special-purpose diodes — pn junction, V-I characteristics, LED, photo diode, tunnel, varactor, Shockley and Zener diodes. Bipolar Junction Transistors — npn/pnp, amplifying and switching action, CB/CE/CC configurations, load-line analysis. BJT biasing; single-stage transistor amplifier; Field Effect Transistors (JFET, MOSFET); power electronics (SCR, TRIAC, DIAC, UJT); feedback techniques and op-amps; regulated power supply; oscillators (Wien-bridge, Colpitt's, Hartley, phase-shift, crystal).

Reference Books
A Textbook of Electrical Technology, Volume I — B. L. Theraja & A. K. Theraja
Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory — Robert L. Boylestad & Louis Nashelsky
Course Code
510203
Credit Hours
3.0 Credits · 80 marks
Class Hours
45 class hours
Course Type
Minor Theory
Semester
First Year · Semester I
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