Crystalline material: mechanical properties, energy band theory, Fermi levels 2L

Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators: electrical properties, band diagrams. Semiconductors: intrinsic and extrinsic, energy band diagram, electrical conduction phenomenon, P-type and N-type semiconductors, drift and diffusion carriers, mass action law and continuity equation (statement only)

Formation of P-N junction, energy band diagram, built-in-potential forward and reverse biased P-N junction, formation of depletion zone, V-I characteristics, Zener breakdown, Avalanche breakdown and its reverse characteristics, junction capacitance and varactor diode.

Simple diode circuits, load line, linear piecewise model; rectifiers: half wave, full wave, its PIV, DC voltage and current, ripple factor, efficiency Clipper and Clamper circuits

Formation of PNP / NPN junctions, energy band diagram; transistor mechanism and principle of transistors, CE, CB, CC configuration, Ebers-Moll model of transistor; transistor characteristics: cut-off active and saturation mode, early effect.

Biasing and Bias stability: calculation of stability factor with variation of Ico Different operating modes; CE, CB, CC and their properties; small signal low frequency operation of transistors; equivalent circuits h parameters as a two port network.

Transistors as amplifier: expression of voltage gain, current gain, input impedance and output impedance, frequency response for CE amplifier with and without source impedance (qualitative)

Construction and characteristics of JFET (N channel only), Transfer characteristics; construction and
characteristics of MOSFET (N channel only), depletion and enhancement type; CS, CG, CD
configuration

Concept (Block diagram), properties, positive and negative feed back, loop gain, open loop gain, feed back factors; topologies of feed back amplifier; effect of feed back on gain, output impedance, input impedance, sensitivities (qualitative), bandwidth stability; effect of positive feed back: instability and oscillation, condition of oscillation, Barkhausion criteria.

Introduction to integrated circuits, operational amplified and its terminal properties, specification of M741

Application of operational amplified: concept of virtual earth, inverting and non-inverting mode of operation, voltage summing, difference, constant gain multiplier, voltage follower, comparator, integrator, differentiator.

Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR): constructional features, physical operation, characteristics, simple application (Saw tooth generator); concept of TRIAC, DIAC and UJT; insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)

Construction features of cathode ray tube, concept of dual beam CRO; application of CRO for different electrical measurements: amplitude frequency and phase of sine wave, Lissajous figure.

Malvino Electronic Principle
Millman & Halkias Integrated Electronics
Mottershed Electronics Devices & Circuits
Millman & Grabal Microelectronics
Schilling & Belove Electronics Circuits
Salivahanan Electronics Devices & Circuits
Manish Mukherjee Foundation Of Electronics Devices &Circuits.
Bhargava Basic Electronics and Linear Circuits
Rakshit & Chattopadhyay Foundation of Electronics
Storey Electronics
S.C.Sarkar Electronics Devices And Circuits. Vol. I&II.EPH
Basavrag Basic Electronics,Vikas
Mann, K. Introductory A.C. Circuits Theory, Universities Press
Ray Dilip Kumar Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Universities Press
Chattopadhyay & Rakshit Electronics :Fundamentals & Application, New Age
Paul P. John Electronics Devices & Circuits,New Age
Poornachandra Electronics Devices & Circuits