COURSE OUTLINE
EET
206: Electronic Devices I
Credits and Contact Hrs.
(Lecture/Laboratory): 3 credits, 3 contact hrs. per week.
Course Description: Fundamentals
of semiconductor diodes, transistors (bipolar and field effect), amplifiers, biasing and
small signal analysis.
Prerequisites:
EET120
Corequisite: SET210
Textbook: Boylestad
and Nashelsky, Electron Devices and Circuit Theory, 5th Edition., Prentice
Hall. 1987.
References:
None
Course Coordinator: Douglas
A. Hanneman, Professor.
Goals/Objectives: Basic
understanding of semiconductor theory; diodes, bipolar junction and field effect devices;
single and multiple stage amplifiers power supply rectifiers, filters and regulators.
Logic and switching circuits.
Course topics and
lecture hours devoted to each topic:
Semiconductor theory, electron
physics. (2 hrs.)
Diode construction and
characteristics. (2 hrs.)
Diode equivalent circuits. (1
hr.)
Diode arrays and integrated
circuits. (1 hr.)
Diode application
configurations. (1 hr.)
Power supply rectifiers and
filters. (2 hrs.)
Wave shaping circuits using
diodes. (2 hrs.)
Power supply filters. (3 hrs.)
Voltage multipliers. (1 hr.)
Voltage regulation, zener
diodes. (2 hrs.)
Bipolar junction transistor
theory. (2 hrs.)
Common emitter configuration.
(1 hr.)
Common base configuration. (1
hr.)
Common collector configuration.
(1 hr.)
Bipolar junction transistor
biasing. (2 hrs.)
Analysis of bias stability. (2
hrs.)
Junction field effect
transistor construction.(2 hrs.)
JFET bias circuits. (1 hr.)
MOSFET circuits of all types.
(3 hrs.)
Design and application of DC
bias circuits. (2 hrs.)
Tests (5 hrs.)
Computer usage:
Computer analysis of BJT bias
circuits.
Computer analysis of FET bias
circuits.
Homework assignments involving
problems in wave shaping and biasing of transistors.
Laboratory projects:
None
Oral and written
communication requirements: None
Calculus usage: None
Library usage: None |
