Electronic Devices and Circuits syllabus ,class 10

Electronic Devices and Circuits
Grade: X Time: 4 hours/week
Total Time: 32 weeks Theory: 51 hours (40%)
Practical: 77 hours (60%)
Course description:
This course provides knowledge on the basic theory of the fundamentals of electronic devices and circuits and helps
the students to develop the skills on different laboratories works related to the subject.
Course objectives:
After the completion of this course students will be able to:

THEORY
Unit-1 Introduction (5 Hours)
1.1 Matter, molecule, and atom
1.2 Electric charges and its quantity, electric current
1.3 Potential difference, difference between electromotive force and potential difference
1.4 Direct current and alternating current
1.5 Basic parameter of alternating current: definition of amplitude, frequency, wavelength, peak to peak
value, root mean square value, average value
1.6 Review on Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws
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Unit-2 Passive Component (8 Hours)
2.1 Resistors, construction, types, characteristics, color code
2.2 Capacitors, construction, types, characteristics, color code
2.3 Inductor, construction, types, characteristics, color code
Unit-3 Semiconductor (14 Hours)
3.1. Energy levels, energy bands and conduction of electrons and holes
3.2. Semiconductor materials, characteristics of Germanium and Silicon materials, doping, P type N type
materials, minority and majority carrier
3.3. PN junction, depletion layer, energy barrier potential, Forward and reverse bias, junction
characteristics, effect of temperature, junction capacitance
3.4. Reverse breakdown effects, Avalanche, Zener and Thermal breakdown
3.5. Semiconductor diodes: zener diodes, Light emitting didoes, power diodes, varactor diodes, photo
diodes, characteristics and application
3.6. Solar cells, LDR, Thermistors
Unit-4 Power supplies (5 Hours)
4.1 Basic rectifier circuits, types, working principle, characteristics and applications
4.2 Zener voltage regulator, principle, circuit design and calculation
Unit-5 Bipolar junction transistors (10 Hours)
5.1 Types of transistors, working principles, circuit characteristics and applications
5.2 Biasing methods in transistor and stabilization of operating point, DC load line
5.3 Transistor operation circuits: CB, CE and CC configuration
5.4 Operation of transistor in Saturation and Cutoff region
Unit-6 Special purpose Transistors (4 Hours)
6.1 Unijunction transistor, characteristics and application
6.2 Programmable unijunction transistor
6.3 Photo transistor, characteristics and application
Unit-7 Field Effect Transistor (5 Hours)
7.1 Field effect transistors, types, working principles and characteristics and applications
7.2 MOSFET, types, working principles and characteristics and applications
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PRACTICAL
Unit-2 Passive component (12 Hours)
2.1. Measure R, L, C, circuits
Unit-3 Semiconductor (25 Hours)
3.1. Assess Diode characteristics
3.2. Assess Half wave and Full wave rectifier circuits
3.3. Assess Zener voltage regulator
3.4. Use semiconductor manuals (Data sheet)
Unit-5 Bipolar junction transistors (20 Hours)
5.1. Identify transistor characteristics
Unit-7 Field Effect Transistors (20 Hours)
7.1. Assess FET characteristics

Reference Books:
1. M. Tepper Basic Radio Vol. 2 to 5
2. H. Meleaf Basic Electronics Vol. 1 to 7
3. F. Malvino Principles of Electronics
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