4/17/2024 8:19:27 PM	ELEC 60B Course Outline as of Fall 2017	Inactive Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ELEC 60B	Title:  ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Full Title:  Fundamentals of Electronic Devices
Last Reviewed:2/23/2015

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	6.00	Lecture Scheduled	5.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	87.50
Minimum	6.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		10 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	8.00			Contact Total	140.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  175.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 315.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

Introduction to electronic devices. Concepts of solid-state rectifier and amplifier circuits.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ELEC 60A; OR Course Completion of ELEC 60 and ELEC 60L; OR Course Completion of ELEC 70A and ELEC 70AL and ELEC 70B and ELEC 70BL

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Introduction to electronic devices. Concepts of solid-state rectifier and amplifier circuits.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ELEC 60A; OR Course Completion of ELEC 60 and ELEC 60L; OR Course Completion of ELEC 70A and ELEC 70AL and ELEC 70B and ELEC 70BL
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

 

1. Identify the characteristics of semiconductor materials and PN junctions.

2. Identify common diode/rectifier power supply circuits.

3. Compare the characteristics of basic power supply filters.

4. Identify the characteristics of regulated power supplies.

5. Calculate circuit values from existing circuit designs of solid state amplifiers.

6. Calculate input impedance (Zin), output impedance (Zo) and amplifier gain.

7. Recognize the effects of loading upon an individual amplifier stage.

8. Describe the behavior of both series and parallel resonance on amplifier performance.

Topics and Scope

I. Semiconductor physics of a PN junction for forward and reverse bias conditions

II. Diode circuits

   A. Rectifiers

       1. half wave

       2. full wave

       3. bridge

   B. Limiters

   C. Clampers

III. Power supply filter circuits

   A. percent of ripple

   B. percent of regulation

IV. Bipolar power supplies

V. Voltage muliplier circuits

VI. Solid state device structures and characteristics

   A. bipolar junction transistor (BJT)

   B. junction field effect transistor (JFET)

   C. metal oxide substrate field effect transistor (MOSFET)

   D. load lines

   F.  biasing

   G. amplification

       1. input impedance (Zin)

       2. output impedance (Zo)  

    H. thermal stability

VII. Basic amplifier configurations and characteristics

   A. Common input

       1. common emitter

       2. common source     

    B. Common output

       1. common collector

       2. common drain

   C. Common control

       1. common base

       2. common gate

VIII. Series and parallel resonance, Q factor and bandwidth

IX. Amplifier classes: A, AB, B, C

X. Regulated power supplies

   A. three terminal fixed

   B. three terminal adjustable

 

LABORATORY MATERIAL

I. Diodes & Rectification

II. Limiters & Clampers

III. Power supply filtering

IV. Power supply types - single voltage, bipolar voltage & voltage multipliers

V. Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) biasing - load line

VI. BJT Common Emitter (CE) linear amplifier

VII. BJT Common Collector (CC) and Common Base (CB) linear amplifiers

VIII. Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) Common Source (CS) linear amplifier

IX. JFET Common Drain (CD) & Common Gate (CG) linear amplifiers

X. Metal Oxide Substrate (MOSFET) switch mode operation

Assignments:

  1.  Textbook readings, 20 - 30 pages per week.

 2.  1-2 weekly homework/lab assignments.

 3.  8-14 lab reports

 4.  4-8 quizzes; midterm; final exam.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 30%
Lab reports
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 30 - 40%
Homework problems, lab assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 30 - 40%
Quizzes; midterm and final exam: objective examinations include multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Electronic Devices, 9th edition. Floyd, Thomas L. Prentice Hall publishers: 2012

Semiconductor Circuit Approximations, 4th edition. Malvino, Albert Paul. McGraw-Hill: 1985 (classic)

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