Syllabus

Physical Electronics (Module: 3 hours / week)

 Atomic Structure of Elements
 Electrons and Shells, Ions and Ionization & Free Electrons.
 Materials used in Electronics
 Semiconductors, Band Gap, Silicon, Germanium & Gallium Arsenide.
 Current in Semiconductors
 N-type and P-type Semiconductors
 Diode
 PN Junction, Depletion Region & Barrier Potential.
 Diode Operation
 Forward Biasing, Reverse Biasing, Reverse Current, Reverse Breakdown,
Voltage-Current (V-I) Characteristics, Diode Equation & DC Resistance
Levels.
 Diode Models
 Ideal Model, Simplified Model & Complete Model.
 Special-Purpose Diodes
 Schottky Barrier Diode
 Optical Diode (Light-Emitting Diode & Photodiode)
 Zener Diode & its Equivalent Circuits
 Zener Regulation.
 Zener Diode Applications
 Diode Applications
 Rectifiers
o Half-Wave Rectifier
o Full-Wave Rectifiers
Bridge Full-Wave Rectifier
Center-Tapped Full-Wave Rectifier
 Filters
 Clippers
 Clampers
 Voltage Multipliers
 Diode Small Signal Model
 AC Resistance Levels.
 Transition and Diffusion Capacitance.
Digital Design Using VHDL (Module: 2 hours / week)
 Basics of VHDL
 VHDL Modeling of Combinational & Sequential Circuit
Building Blocks.
 Employing Encoders, Decoders, multiplexers, Flip-Flops, Registers,
Counters, and a Simple Processor. Modeling a sequential machine,
Variables, Signals, constants and Arrays.
 VHDL Modeling of Programmable Logic Devices.
 Programmable logic arrays (PLAs), Programmable array logic (PALs),
other sequential programmable logic devices (PLDs).
 VHDL Modeling of Networks for Arithmetic Operations.
 VHDL Modeling for Memories and Buses.
 VHDL Modeling for Finite State Machines.
 RTL Design Methodology, Transition from Pseudocode &
Interface to a Corresponding Block Diagram.
 Central Processing Unit Design using VHDL

Semiconductor Devices (Module: 2 hours / week)

 Introduction: Solid-State Device Physics, Generation and
Recombination Processes.
 Device Modeling Tools - CAD and SPICE
 Resistor Modeling
 Capacitor Modeling
 Diode Modeling
 BJT Transistor Modeling
 FET Transistor Modeling
 MOS Transistor Modeling
 Advanced CMOS Technology
 Memory Devices
 Sensors Devices
Integrated Electronics (Module: 2 hours / week)
 Introduction to Integrated Electronic Systems
 Integration Solutions and Specific Issues for Integration.
 Basic Analogue Building Blocks (Amplifiers, Current Sources,
and Voltage References) of an Integrated Circuit (IC).
 Non-Linear applications
 Log–Anti Log Amplifiers, Precision Rectifiers, Peak Detectors, Simple
and Hold Circuits, Zero crossing detector, Bistable Multivibrator, Astable
Multivibrator, Mono Stable Multivibrator, Schmitt Trigger, Generation of
Triangular Waveforms, Phase locked loops (PLL) & Multipliers.
 Design, Simulate and Analyze basic CMOS Analogue
Integrated Circuits (Large and Small signal, Low and High
Frequency) and Use Professional CAD Tools.
 Frequency response
 Noise