EC 9211 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS SYLLABUS

ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI :: CHENNAI 600 025
REGULATIONS – 2008
CURRICULUM FROM III SEMESTERS FOR
B.E. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
EC 9211 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS

AIM:
To study the characteristics and applications of electronic devices.

OBJECTIVES:
To acquaint the students with construction, theory and characteristics of the following
electronic devices:

P-N junction diode, Bipolar transistor, Field Effect transistor, LED, LCD and other
photo electronic devices, Power control/regulator devices, Feedback amplifiers and
oscillators

UNIT I - PN JUNCTION DEVICES 9+3

PN junction diode –structure, operation and V-I characteristic-current equation of drift
current density and diffusion current density-diffusion and transient capacitance –
display devices- LED, Laser diodes Zener breakdown-zener reverse characteristic –
zener as regulator

UNIT II - IPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS 9+3

– structure , operation and V-I characteristic- MOSFET – structure, operation and V-
I characteristic – types of MOSFET – JFET –structure, operation and V-I
characteristic

UNIT III - AMPLIFIERS 9+3

BJT small signal model – biasing – analysis of CE, CB, CC amplifiers- Gain and
frequency response – MOSFET small signal model – biasing – analysis of CS and
source follower – gain and frequency response.

UNIT IV - MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIERS AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER 9+3

BIMOS cascade amplifier, differential amplifier – common mode and difference mode
analysis – FET input stages – tuned amplifiers- single tuned amplifiers – gain and
frequency response – neutralization methods.

UNIT V - FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS 9+3

Advantages of negative feedback – voltage ./ current, series , shunt feedback –
positive feedback – condition for oscillations, phase shift – Wien bridge, Hartley,
colpitts and crystal oscillators.

Lecture – 45 Tutorial – 15 Total : 60 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS:

1. David A. Bell ,”Electronic devices and circuits”, Prentice Hall of India, 2004.
2. Seda smith, “Microelectronic circuits “ Oxford University Press, 2004.

REFERENCES:

1. Rashid, “Micro electronic circuits” Thomson publications, 1999.
2. Floyd, “Electron devices” Pearson Asia 5th
Edition, 2001.
3. Donald A Neamen, “Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design” Tata McGrawHill,
3rd
Edition, 2003.
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