Syllabus[edit | edit source]

EC21103
Course name	Introduction To Electronics
Offered by	Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering
Credits	4
L-T-P	3-1-0
Professor(s)	Sudip Nag; Mrinal Kanti Mandal; Basudev Lahiri
Previous Year Grade Distribution
	67
	58
	74
	43
	60
	33
	3
Semester	Autumn

Syllabus mentioned in ERP[edit | edit source]

Pre-requisites: None Introduction to Electronic devices: passive devices, diode, bipolar junction transistor (BJT), metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET); Diode: basic structure and operating principle, current-voltage characteristic, large and small-signal models, iterative and graphical analysis; Diode Applications : rectifier circuits (half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, rectifiers with capacitor filter), voltage regulator (using Zener diode), clipper (limiter) circuits, clamper circuits; Bipolar Junction Transistors and their Applications: structure and modes of operation; n-p-n and p-n-p transistor in active mode, DC analysis of both transistor circuits; BJT as an amplifier, small-signal equivalent circuits, single-stage BJT amplifier (common-emitter mode); BJT as a switch; Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors and their Applications: structure and physical operation of n-type and p-type MOSFET; DC analysis of MOSFET circuits; MOSFET as an amplifier, small-signal equivalent circuits, single-stage MOSFET amplifier (common-source mode); MOSFET as a switch; Operational Amplifier (Op Amp) : ideal op amp; inverting amplifier, amplifier with a T-network, effect of finite gain, summing amplifier; non-inverting configuration, voltage follower; op amp applications like current-to-voltage converter, voltage-to-current converter, difference amplifier, instrumentation amplifier, integrator and differentiator; Feedback: basic concepts of negative feedback; four ideal feedback topologies; Oscillators: basic principles of sinusoidal oscillation; Example circuits; Digital Electronics: Boolean algebra and rules of simplification; combinational circuits like adder, decoder, encoder, multiplexer and demultiplexer; sequential circuits like flip-flops, counters and shift registers.

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Student Opinion[edit | edit source]

A very important course for all the students as it builds up the founding blocks for the world of Electronics. Courses such as Analog and Digital circuits heavily depend on your knowledge in this course.