EE208 Basic Electronics

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Course Description

Semiconductors. The P-N junction diode, equivalent models, diode circuits, switching, rectification, DC power supplies, Zener diodes. The bipolar junction transistor, large-signal model. DC transistor circuit analysis, biasing. Common-emitter, common-collector and common-base configurations. JFET operation and biasing.

Prerequisite

EE207

Course Objectives

• To understand the structures and applications of the Diodes, Bipolar Junction Transistors, Field Effect Transistors and operational amplifiers
• To provide an understanding of basic logic gates design using Diode, BJT, FET technologies.

Course Outcomes

• Describes the basic operation of structures of the Diode, BJT, FET and Op-amp (ABET Criterion 3.a, 3.b, 3.e, 3.h)
• Understand the analysis methods for Diode, BJT, FET and OP-AMP circuits (ABET Criterion 3.a, 3.b, 3.c, 3.e, 3.k)
• Design basic logic gates using Diode, BJT and FET technologies. (ABET Criterion 3.a, 3.b, 3.c, 3.e, 3.k)

Meetings

Class meets weekly on Mondays and Thursdays 13:20-14:50

Grading Policy

The tentative point distribution is as follows.

Homeworks	10%
Labs	20%
Midterm Exam (open-book)	20%
Final Exam (open-book)	50%

Policies

• Late assignments will not be accepted unless an agreement is reached with the leturer.
• The class grades will be assigned using the Near East University's grading scale.
• I allow students to attend class at their own discretion. If you miss a class however, you are responsible for the materials covered.
• Cheating will not be tolerated.
• Attacks performed against University/Lecturer resources are expressly prohibited.

Textbooks

Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, 10/E, Prentice Hall

Lecture Notes

1. Semiconductor Diodes [Slides]

2. Diode Applications [Slides]

14. Power Supplies [Slides]

3. BJT Devices [Slides]

4. DC Biasing - BJTs [Slides]

5. BJT Amplifiers

6. FET Devices [Slides]

7. DC Biasing - FETs [Slides]

8. FET Amplifiers [Slides]

9. Operational Amplifiers [Slides]

10. Op-Amp Applications [Slides]