Course description

• 1.Introduction to Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices, and Simple Circuits
• Classification of metals
• Band theory of solids
• Intrinsic semiconductor
• Conductors and semiconductors based on conductivity and energy bands
• Extrinsic semiconductor
• n-type semiconductor
• Optoelectronic junction devices
• p-type semiconductor
• Photodiode
• Light emitting diode
• Solar cell

• Junction transistor
• Basic transistor circuit configurations and transistor characteristics
• Structure and action
• Transistor as a switch and as an amplifier (CE – Configuration)
• Digital Electronics and Logic gates: NOT, OR, AND, NAND, and NOR Gates
• Feedback amplifier and transistor oscillator
• Integrated circuits

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