Basic Electronic Circuits
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Basic Electronic Circuits Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Basic Electronic Circuits (subject code 3322401) as prescribed for AI & DS · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 22 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3322401)Unit 1 Semiconductor Material, Junction Diode and Applications
- 1.1. Semiconductor material: Germanium, silicon, atomic structure and characteristics of semiconductor material
- 1.2. Forward and reverse biased characteristics
- 1.3. Diode approximation: First, second and third approximation
- 1.4. Rectifiers: half wave and full wave rectifier - centre tapped and bridge rectifier
- 1.5. Parameters: PIV, peak current, DC output current, DC output voltage, RMS current and voltage, ripple factor and efficiencies of rectifier circuits
- 1.6. Diode clipper: Biased and unbiased clipper, positive and negative and combination clippers
- 1.7. Diode clamper: Positive and negative clamper, voltage doublers and multiplier
Unit 2 Special Purpose Devices
- 2.1. Zener diode, tunnel diode, varactor diode and schottky diode
- 2.2. Photo diode, LDR, photovoltaic cell and photo transistor, light emitting diode, opto-coupler, 7- segment display
Unit 3 Bipolar Junction Transistor 3a.Explain construction and working of bipolar transistor.
- 3.1. NPN, PNP; working as an amplifier 3b.Compare various transistors configurations.
- 3.2. CB, CE and CC: Current gain: β and α, relation between β and α, voltage gain and power gain
- 3.3. h-parameters and its equivalent circuit
Unit 4 Transistor Biasing Circuits, Transistor Amplifiers and Thermal Stability 4a.Explain different types of biasing circuits.
- 4.1. Importance of biasing, fixed bias, collector to base bias, emitter bias and voltage divider bias 4b.Explain working principle of transistor amplifiers.
- 4.2. CB, CE, CC Amplifiers
- 4.3. Comparisons of CB, CE and CC amplifier, basic concepts of CB and CC amplifier, Darlington pair
- 4.4. Load line consideration, operating point for CE amplifier, DC load line, Q point, operating parameters: Av, Ai, Ap, Ro, Ri. Basic Electronic Circuits Course Code: 3322401 GTU/ NITTTR Bhopal/12-13 Gujarat State Unit Major Learning Outcomes Topics and Sub-topics 4e.Distinguish between thermal instability, thermal runaway, stability factor and thermal resistance.
- 4.5. Thermal instability, thermal runaway and stability factor, thermal resistance
- 4.6. Types of heat sinks
Unit 5 Filter and Regulated Power Supply
- 5.1. Filters: Types of filters- series L filter, shunt C filter, chock input filter, π filter
- 5.2. Zener as voltage regulator
- 5.3. Series voltage regulator, shunt regulator using transistor
- 5.4. Three terminal IC voltage regulator ICs i.e. 7805, 7812, 7905, 7912
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