ELE 222E - Introduction to Electronics

Course Objectives

1. Understanding the behavior of semi-conductor electronic devices and their terminal characteristics,
2. Learning how to bias these devices,
3. Introduction to analog and digital circuits employing these devices.

Course Description

Semi-conductor basics: concepts and semi-conductor components. Semiconductor diode; physical structure, terminal characteristics, analysis of diode circuits. Bipolar junction transistor (BJT); physical structure and operating modes, BJT as a switch; DC biasing, BJT as an amplifier, small-signal model, basic amplifier circuits. MOSFET; structure and operating modes, MOSFET as a switch, MOSFET amplifiers. Operational amplifiers; concepts and application examples.