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EC 238 - Electronics (1)

CREDIT HOURS
3 Hours
CONTACT HOURS (Hours/week)
Lecture: 2; Tutorial: 2; Lab: 2
COURSE COORDINATOR
Prof. Khaled Shahata
TEXT BOOK:
Boylestad, Nashelsky,”Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory”,1991.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Semiconductors - p-n junction - diode current components - junction capacitance -
junction diode as a circuit element - special p-n junctions - bipolar junction transistor and
field effect transistor: structure, operation – I-V characteristics - large and small analysis.

PREREQUISITE:
EE 231

RELATION OF COURSE TO PROGRAM:


Required

COURSE INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES:


The student gains knowledge on different electronic devices used in constructing modern
electronic circuits: diodes – bipolar junction transistor and field effect transistor, and their
performance with special emphasis on some practical applications.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Types of solids: conductor, insulator, semiconductor.


• Conduction and valence bands, energy gap, covalent bond – Semiconductor types
– Doping of semiconductors.
• Mobility and conductivity in semiconductors (intrinsic and extrinsic) – Hole and
electron concentration - Drift current.
• Diffusion and drift currents – Built-in voltage in a p-n junction – Depletion layer
in a p-n junction.
• p-n junction diode - Forward and reverse bias - Diode as a circuit element.
• Half wave and full wave rectifier - Smoothing circuits - Clipping circuits -
Clamping circuits.
• Special diodes: Zener diodes - Light emitting diodes (LEDs) – Photodiodes -
Varactor diodes - Solar cells.
• Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT): construction – types – symbol - energy band
diagram– operation - dc equivalent circuit.
• BJT: dc solution and biasing circuits - bias stability.
• BJT: I-V Characteristics of BJT - Load line - Operating point – h-parameters.
• BJT: Small signal analysis – ac equivalent circuit – Transistor amplifier - Voltage
and current gains.
• Field Effect Transistor (FET): (1) Junction FET (JFET): construction – symbol –
operation – I-V characteristics - JFET biasing circuits.
• Metal oxide semiconductor FET: MOSFET: construction – symbol – operation.
• I-V Characteristics of MOSFET, Enhancement and depletion modes, E-MOSFET:
construction, operation and I-V characteristics - ac solution of all FET types.
• Complementary MOSFET (CMOS): symbol - operation - Logic gates using
CMOS.

CONTRIBUTION OF COURSE TO MEET THE REQUIREMSNTS OF CRITERION


5:

Professional Component Content


Math and Basic Engineering General Engineering
Sciences Topics Education Design

RELATIONSHIP OF COURSE TO STUDENT OUTCOMES:

Course
Student Outcomes
Outcomes
a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. 
b. An ability to design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data.
An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs
c. within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, 
ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
d. An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.
e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. 
g. An ability to communicate effectively.
The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering
h.
solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
i. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. 
A knowledge of contemporary issues within and outside the electrical
j.
engineering profession.
An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary
k.
for electrical engineering practice.

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