FOUNDATION COURSES


BASIC ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

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UNIT–I       SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES                                         

Diode applications: Half-wave rectifier, Full-wave rectifier (with and without filter), Clipper and Clamper, Voltage multiplier and SMPS. Special purpose diodes and their applications: Working principle and application of Zener diode, Varactor diode, LED, PIN diode and Laser diode. Digital display devices: 7 segment display and LCD.

 

UNIT–II     TRANSISTOR AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Transistor and applications: Working principle of BJT, FET and MOSFET& CMOS application of BJT and MOSFET as amplifier and switch.

 

UNIT–III    SPECIAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND TRANSDUCERS                             

                                                                                  

Basic principle and working of SCR, SCS, UJT, PUT, IGBT, LASCR, optical couplers and fiber optics – Introduction to Transducers and sensors.


UNIT–IV    INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS              

Logic gates, Flip Flops, Encoder, Decoder, Multiplexer, De multiplexer, A/D, D/A converters, Microprocessors and microcontroller, IC.

 

UNIT–V      BASICS OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS                         

Block diagram of communication system, frequency spectrum, need for modulation, Modulation techniques: Amplitude modulation and frequency modulation, TDMA, FDMA AND CDMA. Electomagnetic interference: EMI & EMC, Basic concepts of EMF and EMF reduction methods. Electromagnetic compatibility;Emission and immunity issue, SAR.


Online resources

1.    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicDevicesCircuits

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and computer-science/6-012-microelectronic-devices-and-circuits-fall-2005/