Electronics Principles SWEN 2301

Course description:

This course is particularly designed to enhance students with the required Fundamentals of electronic devices, Semiconductor materials, Fundamental of semiconductor components, Diodes and their applications, Special diodes (Zener diode, Varactor, LED), Transistors principles, Transistor as switch and amplifier, BJT biasing circuits, Voltage divider circuits, FET characteristics, types and FET biasing circuits.

Course Aims:

his course aims to:
• Help student to understand semiconductor materials, diodes, diode equivalent circuits and Zener diodes.
• Student Be familiar with special types of diodes like Varactor and LED.
• Help student to understand diode applications like half/full wave rectification, clipper and clamper circuits.
• Help student to understand construction, operation and configurations of bipolar junction transistors (BJTs).
• Help student to understand DC biasing for BJTs and DC operating point.
•Help student to understand BJT AC analysis through BJT transistor modeling. 
(re  transistor model - hybrid equivalent model - hybrid ? model).
• Help student to understand construction and characteristics of junction field effect transistors (JFETs), Metal  Oxide  Semiconductor  FET (MOSFET). 
1. Help student to understand biasing configurations of FETs and MOSFETs.  

Course outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Knowledge and understanding 
  • Understand basic principles of electronic circuits.
  • Design electronic circuits with high efficiency.
  • Building different applications of diodes circuits.
  • Implement electronic circuits using software programs such that Multisim and check circuits operation. 
• Cognitive skills (thinking and analysis)
  • Conduct and use diode equivalent circuit in calculating voltages and currents in circuits.
  • Applying transistor principles in circuits analysis and reach to quasi point.
  • Distinguish between different types of transistor biasing methods. 

• Practical skills 
  • Connect different circuits in lab with high efficiency.
  • Understand general policies of safety in lab.
  • Obtain logical results in lab which match the theoretical results.
  • Educate and work effectively in team. 

• Transitional skills
  • Improve oral and engineering capabilities that related to  drawing electrical and electronic circuits.
  • Introduce different lab projects with high performance.