COURSE SYLLABUS
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LINEAR ELECTRONICS I
EET 210
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EET 160
Fall 2001
Objectives of the Course
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To provide the student with an understanding of semiconductor theory,
electron current, hole current and recombination.
To understand the concept of doping and the fabrication of a pn junction.
To differentiate between a unipolar and a bipolar semiconductor and its
relationship to temperature.
To understand the operation of a semiconductor diode and different
methods of mathematically modeling the diode.
To introduce the different types of diodes such as the LED,
photodiodes, varactors, schottky and zener diodes.
To analyze the performance of a diode in an electric circuit.
To construct and analyze the parameters of a power supply.
To be able to understand the terminology in diode and power supply
manuals.
To understand the theory and a mathematical model of the junction
transistor.
To be able to bias a small signal transistor amplifier.
To introduce the feedback concept by application to bipolar transistors.
To be able to model a transistor amplifier circuit for ac operation.
To be able to design a transistor amplifier for specified upper and lower
cutoff frequencies.
To be able to calculate the voltage gain of a transistor amplifier.
To be able to design a small signal transistor amplifier.
To be able to calculate the input impedance of a transistor amplifier.
To understand the concepts of direct, RC and transformer coupling of
transistor amplifiers.
To understand and use various transistor configurations such as common
emitter, common collector and common base circuits.
Catalog Description
A study of solid state diodes and transistors. Methods of biasing, temperature
stabilization, determining voltage gain and input resistance for small signal
amplifiers.
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Descriptive Overview of Course
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Outline of Course Content
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Lecture Outline
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Semiconductor Theory
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Atomic structure
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Orbital radius
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Energy levels and bands
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Conduction in crystals
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Hole current
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Doping
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PN junctions
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The unbiased diode
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The energy hill
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Forward bias
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Reverse bias
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Bipolar and unipolar devices
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Diodes
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The rectifier diode
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The diode curve
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The ideal diode
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Mathematical models of the diode
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Diode capacitance
(f)
Other types of diodes
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Diode circuits
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The half-wave rectifier
(b)
The full-wave rectifier
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RC and RL filters
(d)
Voltage multipliers
(e)
Voltage regulation
(f)
The zener regulator
(g)
The clipper and clamper circuits
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The peak to peak detector
(5)
Bipolar transistors
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The three doped regions
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The unbiased transistor
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Forward and reverse bias
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The common emitter connection
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Transistor curves
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Transistor biasing circuits
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Voltage divider bias
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Collector feedback bias
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Emitter and base bias
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Biasing PNP and NPN transistors
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Collector cutoff and saturation current
AC equivalent circuits
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Coupling and bypass capacitors
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The superposition theorem for ac-dc circuits
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Transistor equivalent circuits
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The ideal transistor approximation
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Emitter-diode ac resistance
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AC beta
Small signal amplifiers
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Base drive and emitter drive
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The common emitter amplifier
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Swamping the emitter diode
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Input impedance
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The emitter follower and the darlington pair
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Types of coupling
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The common base amplifier
Teaching Methodology
Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. All experiments will
include a laboratory report and at least two of the reports will be of a
formal structure.
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Text
Malvino, Albert P. Electronic Principles, McGraw- Hill.
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Method of Evaluation
Classroom:
3-4 exams @ 100 pts each
2 - 5 computer projects @ 10 pts each
5 - 15 quizzes @ 10 pts each
Laboratory:
8 – 12 laboratories @ 10 pts each
Final grade is based upon 75% of the classroom percentage and 25% of the
laboratory percentage.
Grade A: 90% - 100%
Grade B: 80% - 89.9%
Grade C: 70% - 79.9%
Grade D: 60% - 69.9%
Grade F: 0% - 59.9%
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