Electronics

1 Introduction2 Passive Components - Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors Basic Circuit Laws (Ohm, Kirchhoff) Voltage and Current Concepts Waveforms Resistive Elements, Thermistors Thevenin and Norton Theorems Capacitors, Practical Types, Combination of Capacitors, Energy Storage Inductors Practical Types, Energy Storage, Combination of Inductors, Mutual Inductance between Two Coils Transformers Exercises3 Response of Circuits Containing Passive Components Step Response of CR Circuits, Differentiating and Integrating Circuits, Square Wave Response Step and Square Wave Response of LR Circuits Sine Waves Response of Capacitor Inductor and Resistor Combinations to Sine Wave Signals Phasor Diagrams, J Notation, J Operator and Its Applicability to LCR Circuits Kirchhoff, Thevenin and Norton Theorems Applied to D.C. and A.C. Circuits The Decibel Scale Frequency and Phase Response of Passive Circuits, Bode Diagrams Passive Filters4 Semiconductor Devices Conductors, Insulators, Semiconductors, p- and n-Type Silicon The pn Junction Rectifier, Diode Applications, Zener Diodes, Simple Power Supplies The Bipolar Transistor, Transistor Operation The Field-Effect Transistor and Its Applications The Unijunction Transistor, Tunnel Diodes Microelectronics, Fabrication of Integrated Circuits, IC Types Exercises5 Analogue Circuits and Harmonic Oscillators Classification of Amplifier Types Voltage Amplifiers, Single-Stage Amplifiers, Biasing, Input and Output Impedances Frequency Response, Transient Response Temperature Effects and Bias Stabilization Transistor Parameters and Equivalent Circuits Multistage Amplifiers, FET Amplifiers Negative Feedback, Effect on Gain Stability, Frequency Response, Distortion, Input and Output Impedances ICs, Frequency Compensation, Operational Amplifiers Miscellaneous Circuits Power Amplifiers Harmonic Oscillators, LC Types, Hartley, Colpitts and Crystal Types, RC Types, Phase-Shift and Wien Bridge Exercises6 Power Supplies Batteries, Solar Cells Power from the Mains, Rectifying Circuits, Filters Voltage Stabilization Using Zener Diodes Switched-Mode Power Supplies The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (Thyristor), Firing Circuits The Triac, Power Control Circuits Radio-Frequency Interference, Burst-Fire Methods Exercises7 Digital Circuits and Relaxation Oscillators Introduction to Boolean Algebra Transistor Switches, Logic Terminology, Boolean Gating Functions (And, Or, Not, Nand, Nor and Exclusive-Or), De Morgan's Theorem TTL and CMOS Gates Simple Logic Controllers Minimization, Venn Diagrams, Karnaugh Mapping Counting and Counting Codes, Bistable Circuits, Schmitt Trigger, SR and JK Flip-Flops Counters and Code Converters Digital-to-Analogue and Analogue-to-Digital Converters Numeral Display Devices, Shift Registers Relaxation Oscillators, Astable Multivibrator Miller Integrator, Blocking Oscillator ExercisesAppendix 1 Range of Preferred Values of ResistorsAppendix 2 Logic Functions Available in the 7400TTL and in the 4000 CMOS Series of ICSAppendix 3 Matrix Algebra and Transistor ParametersIndex