Unit 1 Semiconductors

• Silicon Crystal
• Intrinsic Semiconductors
• Two Types of Flow
• Doping a Semiconductor
• Two Types of Extrinsic Semiconductors
• The Unbiased Diode
• Forward Bias
• Reverse Bias
• Energy Levels
• The energy Hill
• The Barrier Potential and Temperature
• Reverse-Biased Diode 02 3.84

Unit 2 Diode Theory

• Basic Ideas
• The Ideal Diode
• The Second Approximation
• The Third Approximation
• Reading a Data Sheet
• How to Calculate Bulk Resistance
• DC Resistance of a Diode
• Load Lines 03 5.76

Unit 3 Diode Circuits

• The Half Wave Rectifier
• The Transformer
• The full Wave Rectifier
• The Bridge Rectifier
• The Choke –Input Filter
• The Capacitor –Input Filter
• Inverse Voltage and Surge Current
• Clipper and Limiters
• Voltage Multipliers 05 9.6

Unit 4 Special Purpose Diode

• The Zener Diode
• The Loaded Zener Regulator
• Second Approximation of a Zener Diode
• Zener Drop Out Point
• Reading a Data Sheet
• Load Lines
• Optoelectronics Devices
• The Schottky Diode
• The Varactor
• Other Diodes 04 7.68

Unit 5 Bipolar Junction Transistor

• The Unbiased Transistor
• The Biased Transistor
• Transistor Currents
• The CE Connection
• The base Curve
• Collector Curves
• Transistor Approximations
• Reading Data Sheets 04 7.68

Unit 6 Transistor Fundamentals

68 lecture hours

• Variation in Current gain
• The Load Line