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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Identify the characteristics of semiconductor materials and p-n 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.
9. Identify operation amplifier (op amp) circuits.
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I. Semiconductor Physics of a p-n 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. Regulated Power Supplies
A. Three terminal fixed
B. Three terminal adjustable
C. Common problems
V. Power Supplies
A. Linear regulators
1. Series regulators
2. Shunt regulators
VI. Power Supply Types
A. Single voltage
B. Bipolar voltage
C. Voltage multipliers
VII. Solid State Device Structures and Characteristics
A. Bipolar junction transistor (BJT)
B. Junction field effect transistor (JFET) and common source (CS) linear amplifier
C. Load lines
D. Biasing
E. Amplification
1. Input impedance (Zin)
2. Output impedance (Zo)
F. Thermal stability
VIII. 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
IX. Series and Parallel Resonance, Q Factor and Bandwidth
X. Amplifier Classes: A, AB, B, C
XI. Operational Amplifier (Op Amp) Fundamentals as Applied to Systems
A. Basic parameters
1. Open and closed loop gain
2. Cut off frequency
3. Slew rate
4. Gain bandwidth product (GBP)
5. Common mode rejection ratio (CMRR)
B. BJT differential amp
XII. Oscillators
A. Resistor capacitor (RC)
B. Inductor capacitor (LC)
C. Mechanical
1. Crystal
2. Surface acoustic wave (SAW)
D. Modular
LABORATORY MATERIAL
I. Diodes & Rectification
II. Power Supply Filtering and Regulation
III. Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) Biasing - Load Line
IV. BJT Common Emitter (CE) Linear Amplifier and Common Collector (CC)
V. Oscillators
A. Inductor capacitor (LC)
B. Resistor capacitor (RC) (Wien-Bridge oscillator)
C. 555 Oscillator
VI. Amplifier Lab (discrete)
A. Single stage (Op amp)
B. Multi stage (Op amp - summing amp)
C. Operational amplifiers (Op amp) lab
D. Summing amps and comparators
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Electronics Fundamentals: A Systems Approach. Floyd, Thomas L. and Buchla, David M.. Pearson Education, Inc. 2014 (classic)