Semiconductor materials- intrinsic and extrinsic types
Ideal Diode
Terminal characteristics of diodes: p-n junction under open circuit condition, p-n junction under forward bias and reverse bias conditions, p-n junction in breakdown region
Diode small signal model
Zener diode and applications
Rectifier Circuits
Clipping and Clamping circuits
Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs):
Physical structure and operation modes
Active region operation of transistor
D.C. analysis of transistor circuits
Transistor as an amplifier
Biasing the BJT: fixed bias, emitter feedback bias, collector feedback bias and voltage divider bias
Basic BJT amplifier configuration: common emitter, common base and common collector amplifiers
Transistor as a switch: cut-off and saturation modes
High frequency model of BJT amplifier
Field Effect Transistor (FET):
Enhancement-type MOSFET: structure and physical operation, current-voltage characteristics
Depletion-type MOSFET
D.C. operation of MOSFET circuits
MOSFET as an amplifier
Biasing in MOSFET amplifiers
Basic MOSFET amplifier configuration: common source, common gate and common drain types
High frequency model of MOSFET amplifier
Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET)
Operation Amplifier (Op-amps):
Ideal Op-amp
Differential amplifier: differential and common mode operation common mode rejection ratio (CMRR)
