Fundamentals of Electronics
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The official GTU curriculum for Fundamentals of Electronics (subject code DI01000051) as prescribed for Marine · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 18 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 (DI01000051)Unit 1 Electronic Components
- 1.1. Introduction to electronics, Brief History of electronic components, activeand passive components
- 1.2. Resistors: Concept of resistors, specification of resistor, classification of resistors, fixed type and variable type resistors with applications, color coding ofresistors, Light dependent resistor (LDR) -symbol and working.
- 1.3. Capacitors: Concept of capacitor, Classification of capacitors, capacitors specifications, fixed capacitor, specification and application of ceramic disk capacitor, polyester capacitor , mica capacitor ,aluminum electrolytic capacitor, Inductors: Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction self- inductance, mutual inductance, inductorspecifications, introduction to air core, iron core and ferrite core inductor, DC & AC Power supply analysis.
Unit 2 Applications ofDiodes and Rectifiers
- 2.1. Different types of Clipper Clamper circuits,
- 2.2. Rectifier: Need of rectifier, definition,types of rectifiers
- 2.3. half wave rectifier, full wave center tap and bridge rectifier, output voltage, current, ripple voltage, ripple factor, ripple frequency, PIV of a diode, transformer utilization factor, efficiencyof half wave and full wave rectifiers
- 2.4. Filters: Need and applications of rectifier filters, types of filters: shuntcapacitor & Pie filter GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma in Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Information & Communication Technology/ Electronics & Communication Engineering Course / Subject Code : DI01000051 Course / Subject Name: F u n d a m e n t a l s of Electronics______________ w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ P a g e 4 of 10
Unit 3 Special PurposeDiodes
- 3.1. Zener diode: -Symbol, construction,characteristics and working and application as a voltage regulator
- 3.2. symbol, construction, characteristics and working of Varactor diode, Photodiode, Light Emitting Diode(LED) and Multi color LED
- 3.3. Application of Varactor diode, Photodiode, Light Emitting Diode(LED)and Multi color LED
Unit 4 Introduction toTransistors
- 4.1. Transistor NPN and PNP symbol, construction, working, characteristics andimportant specifications of transistor with sketch.
- 4.2. Transistor Configuration and input output characteristics of NPN transistorsin Common base (CB), Common emitter(CE) and Common collector (CC) configuration
- 4.3. Transistor voltage gain and current gain.
- 4.4. Transistor as switch
- 4.5. Transistor as single stage Commonemitter amplifier
Unit 5 Timer circuits and application
- 5.1. IC 555: block diagram, working , Pindiagram
- 5.2. Astable Multivibrator using 555 timerIC. 5.3Mono stable Multivibrator using 555timer IC.
- 5.4. Bistable Multivibrator using 555 timerIC. . GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma in Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Information & Communication Technology/ Electronics & Communication Engineering Course / Subject Code : DI01000051 Course / Subject Name: F u n d a m e n t a l s of Electronics______________ w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ P a g e 5 of 10