EC6201 ELECTRONIC DEVICES

EC6201 ELECTRONIC DEVICES

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OBJECTIVES:
The student should be made to:

·   Be exposed to basic electronic devices

·   Be familiar with the theory, construction, and operation of Basic electronic devices.

UNIT I             SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE                                                                                            9

PN junction diode, Current equations, Diffusion and drift current densities, forward and reverse bias characteristics, Switching Characteristics.

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UNIT II           BIPOLAR JUNCTION                                                                                                      9

NPN -PNP -Junctions-Early effect-Current equations – Input and Output characteristics of CE, CB CC-Hybrid -π model - h-parameter model, Ebers Moll Model- Gummel Poon-model, Multi Emitter Transistor.

UNIT III          FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS                                                                                    9

JFETs – Drain and Transfer characteristics,-Current equations-Pinch off voltage and its significance-MOSFET- Characteristics- Threshold voltage -Channel length modulation, D-MOSFET, E-MOSFET-,Current equation - Equivalent circuit model and its parameters, FINFET,DUAL GATE MOSFET.

UNIT IV        SPECIAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES                                                                        9

Metal-Semiconductor Junction- MESFET, Schottky barrier diode-Zener diode-Varactor diode –Tunnel diode- Gallium Arsenide device, LASER diode, LDR.

UNIT V        POWER DEVICES AND DISPLAY DEVICES                                                                  9

UJT, SCR, Diac, Triac, Power BJT- Power MOSFET- DMOS-VMOS. LED, LCD, Photo transistor, Opto Coupler, Solar cell, CCD.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

·   Explain the theory, construction, and operation of basic electronic devices.

·   Use the basic electronic devices

TEXT BOOKS

1.     Donald A Neaman, “Semiconductor Physics and Devices”, Third Edition, Tata Mc GrawHill Inc.

2007.

REFERENCES:

1.  Yang, “Fundamentals of Semiconductor devices”, McGraw Hill International Edition,

1978.

2.     Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, “Electron Devices and Circuit Theory” Pearson Prentice

Hall, 10^th edition,July 2008.