ES 230 Electronics I
Test 1
Date: 2.6.14
Topical Outline:
General comment: you are responsible for all of the materials covered during the lectures.
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Electric Circuits and Systems: KCL, KVL, Thevenin equivalent circuit, Norton equivalent circuit, voltage gain, voltage
division, current division. (1 question)
Semiconductor materials and their properties: intrinsic semiconductor, extrinsic semiconductor, majority carriers,
minority carriers, n-type semiconductor, p-type semiconductor, drift current, diffusion current (2 short questions)
pn Junction: Fig. 2.18, fig. 2.19, fig. 2.20, fig. 2.23, fig. 2.27, fig. 2.31, fig. 2.33, fig. 3.3, fig. 3.5, fig. 3.8, fig. 3.13 (2 short
questions)
exponential diode model, ideal diode model, constant voltage diode model (1 question)
Construction of logic gates using diodes (1 question)
Assignments:
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Homework #1, homework #2
Notes:
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You will not need a calculator for this test.
No cheat sheet.
No make-up test.
Equations
 Know Ohm’s law, voltage divider formula, current divider formula, definition of voltage gain, KCL, and KVL.
 You will not have to memorize the equations for drift current and diffusion current.
 Please memorize the exponential model equation for the diode.