Fundamentals of Electronics (Theory)

Resistors. Concept of resistance, ohm’s law, types of resisters, colour code. Inductors. Concept of inductance, inductive reactance, types of inductors, Concept of capacitance, capacitive reactance, types of capacitors

Definition of Open and short circuits, Kirchoff’s laws, Superposition theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, Maximum power transformer theorem (statements only)

Conductors, insulator Semiconductors, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, n and p type semiconductor, p-n junction diode, working, depletion layer, VI characteristics of diode, forward and reverse resistances of diode, breakdown voltage. Zener diode, Tunnel diode, Varactor diode or Varicap diode, Light emitting diode, schottky diode (Only symbol except working)

PNP and NPN transistors, current components in BJT, CB , CC , CE configurations of transistor and bias conditions ( cut off, active, and saturation regions) , input/output characteristics, transistor as an amplifier. symbol of FET, JFET, MOSFET, Thyristor -SCR

Advantages and Disadvantages of integrated circuits, Inside an IC package, IC classifications, Monolithic IC Fabrication of components on monolithic IC, IC packaging, IC symbols, Scale of integration, some circuits using ICs

Analog and Digital signals, Advantages and Limitation of digital systems,, Digital logic levels,  Number Systems (Binary, Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal), Binary arithmetic, Number system conversion, Rules of Boolean Algebra, Simplification of Boolean algebra, DE Morgan’s Theorem, Logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, Ex OR, Ex NOR), Combinational Logic Design. Standards representation for logical expression, Minimization of logical functions in terms of Maxterm and Minterm, Simplifications of Boolean equations using K-maps, don’t care conditions.