Rex N. Fisher                             Computer Science and Engineering Department, BYU-Idaho

ECE 350 Course Outline

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Review of Network Analysis
          Loop (Mesh) Analysis
          Nodal Analysis
          Thevenin
          Norton
          Superposition

 

Basic Semiconductor Physics

          Semiconductor Materials & Properties
                    Charge Carriers
                    Doping
                    Transport of Carriers
                    Drift
                    Diffusion

          PN Junction
                    Structure
                    Forward & Reverse Bias
                    I/V Characteristics
                              Transfer Function Graph
                              Exponential Equation        

          Diode Models
                    Ideal Diode Model
                    Constant Voltage Model
                    Piecewise-Linear Model

 

Diode Circuits

          Transformers

          Half Wave Rectifers       

          Full Wave Rectifiers 

Capacitor Filters

 

Multiple-Diode Circuits

Clippers & Clampers

Special Purpose Diodes

          LEDs
          Zener Diodes

Regulated Power Supplies 

          Shunt Regulators 
          Series Regulators

 

Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs)

          Construction 
          Operation 
          Data Sheets 
          BJT Testing

 

Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs)

          DC Biasing
          Load Line & Q-Point
          DC Analysis
          PNP Transistors

 

Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs)

          AC Models
                    BJT as a Voltage-Controlled Current (Transconductance) Amplifier
                    BJT as a Current-Controlled Current (Current) Amplifier
          Common-Base Amplifier
          Early Effect

 

Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs)

          AC Models
                    Common-Emitter Amplifier
                    Common-Collectror Amplifier
                    Loading
                    Emitter Degeneration (Swamping)

          Multi-Stage Amplifiers

 

MOSFET Transistors

          Construction
          Operation
          Data Sheets
          PMOS
          Fabrication

 

MOSFET Transistors

          DC Biasing
          Load Line & Q-Point
          DC Analysis

 

MOSFET Transistors

          CS Amplifier
          CG Amplifer
          CD Amplifier

 

Digital Circuits

          TTL
          CMOS