ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS:

Credits	Periods			Exam Hrs.	Sessional Marks	Exam Marks	Total Marks
	Theory	Tutorial	Lab
4	3	1	-	3	30	70	100

 1.  Energy Band Theory of Solids 

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors Doping, Doping Materials, Carrier Mobility, 

Conductivity, Diffusion and continuity equation, Hall – Effect and its Application. 

2. Semiconductor Diodes 

Band structure of PN Junction, Quantitative Theory of PN Diode, Volt – Amp. 

Characteristics, Temperature Dependence,  Transition and Diffusion Capacitance of 

PN Junction, Zener and Avalanche Breakdowns, Tunnel Diode, LED, Schottky 

Barrier Diode, Varactor Diode, Photo Diode, PIN Diode, Point Contact Diode. 

3. Diode Rectifiers 

Half-wave, Full-wave and Bridge Rectifiers with and without Filters, Ripple Factor 

and Regulation Characteristics. 

4. Bipolar Junction Transister 

NPN and PNP junction Transistor, Characteristics of Current Flow across the Base 

Regions, Minority and Majority Carrier Profiles, CB, CE and CC Configurations and 

their Input and Output Characteristics. Comparison of CE, CB and CC 

Configurations. Junction Biasing for  Saturation, Cutoff and Active Region, α and β

Parameters and the relation between them. 

5. JFET 

JFET and its characteristics, Pinch off Voltage, Drain Saturation Current, MOSFET – 

Enhancement and Depletion Modes, Small signal models of FET. 

6. Transistor Biasing Circuits 

Various Biasing Circuits and Stabilization, Thermal Runaway, Thermal Stability, 

Biasing of FETs. 

7. Small Signal – Low Frequency Transistor Biasing Circuits 

Transistor as an Amplifier, h – parameter model, Analysis of Transistor Amplifier 

Circuits using h – parameters. CB, CE  and CC Amplifier configurations and 

performance factors. Analysis of Single Stage Amplifier, RC Coupled Amplifiers. 

Effects of Bypass and Coupling Capacitors. Frequency Response of CE Amplifier, 

Emitter – Follower, Cascaded Amplifier, High Frequency model of Transistor. 

Text Books :

1. Electronic Devices and Circuits, G.S.N. Raju, I.K. International Publications, 

New Delhi, 2006. 

2. Integrated Electronics Analog Digital Circuits, Jacob Millman and D. Halkias, 

McGraw Hill. 

3. Electronic Devices and Circuits Theory, Boylsted, Pre