MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, JAMSHORO

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Title of Subject : Basic Electronics
Disciplines : Electronic Engineering
Term : (2
nd
Term)
Effective : 10ES-Batch and onwards
Pre-requisites : - Co-requisite: -
Assessment : Sessional Work: 20% Written Examination: 80%
Marks : Theory: 100 Practical: 50
Credit Hours : 4 2
Minimum Contact Hours : 52 26

Aims : Diodes and transistors are the building blocks of every electronic and communication
system. The aim of this subject is to provide the knowledge about the construction and
working of basic electronic devices. Good knowledge about this subject will enable
them to built large systems successfully.

Objectives : The course is intended to provide the knowledge about:
Commonly used semiconductors.
Formation of PN-Junctions.
Working of semiconductor diode.
Construction and working of Bipolar Junction transistors.
Construction and working of field effect transistors.
Contents:

Introduction to electronics: diodes: pn junction diode, forward and reverse characteristics of a diode, ideal diode,
practical diode, equivalent circuit of a diode, current equation of a diode, diode as a switch.

Types of diodes: Schottky diode, zener diode, tunnel diode, varactor diode, LED, laser diode.

Applications of diode: Half-and full-wave rectifiers, clipper and clamper circuits, voltage multipliers.

Bipolar junction transistor: Operation, npn and pnp transistors, unbiased transistors, DC biasing of a transistor,
static characteristics, DC circuit analysis, load line, operating point and bias stabilization, Transistor as an
amplifier.

Transistor biasing configurations: Common emitter, common base, common collector. Field-effect transistor.

FET biasing techniques: Common drain, common source and common gate, fixed bias and self bias
configurations, voltage divider biasing.

Universal JFET bias curve. Darlington pair.

Lab Outline:
The emphasis is first on understanding the characteristics of basic circuits that use resistors, capacitors, diode,
bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors. The students then use this understanding to design and
construct more complex circuits such as rectifiers, amplifiers and power supplies.

Recommended Books:

1. Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, Prentice Hall, Latest
Edition, ISBN: 0131189050.
2. Robert Paynter, Introductory Electronic Devices and Circuits: Electron Flow Version, Latest Edition,
Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0131716395.

Approval: Board of Studies Res. No. 27.2 (a) Dated: 22-08-2009
Board of FEEC Engineering Res. No. 5.5 (a) Dated: 18-12-2009
Academic Council Res. No. 73.14 Dated: 09-01-2010