ECA01 _semiconductor devices syllabus, case study, Assignment questions, capstone project, Lab syllabu
ECA01 _semiconductor devices syllabus, case study, Assignment questions, capstone project, Lab syllabu
Syllabus
Prerequisite NIL
Course On successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
SEMICONDUCTOR THEORY
Ø Introduction to physical properties of elements
Ø Classification of semiconductor
Ø Conduction in semiconductor
· Energy band
· E-K diagrams
· Continuity Equation
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
Ø PN Junction diode
· Construction
· Operation
· Band structure
· Breakdown in PN diode
· Effect of Temperature
· Model of diode
Ø Applications of diode
· Diode as switch
· Rectifier
· Clipper
· Clamper
· Voltage Multiplier
Ø Zener Diode
· Construction
· Operation
· Voltage regulator
Ø Schottky diode
Ø Photodiodes
Ø Phototransistors
Ø Solar cell
BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS
Ø Transistor
· H-parameters
· Transistor as amplifier
· Photolithography
· Sputtering
Text Books /
1. Jacob Millman and Christos C.Halkias, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Tata
McGraw Hill, 1991.
2. S. Salivahanan & N. Suresh Kumar, “Electron Devices & Circuits”, second Edition,
Tata Mcgraw Hill, New Delhi, 2011
3. G. Streetman, and S. K. Banerjee, “Solid State Electronic Devices,” 7th edition,
Pearson,2014.
References
1. D. Neamen , D. Biswas "Semiconductor Physics and Devices," McGraw-Hill
Education
2. S. M. Sze and K. N. Kwok, “Physics of Semiconductor Devices,” 3rd edition, John
Wiley &Sons, 2006.
3. C.T. Sah, “Fundamentals of solid state electronics,” World Scientific Publishing Co.
Inc, 1991.
4. Y. Tsividis and M. Colin, “Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor,” Oxford
Univ.Press, 2011.
S.N Assignment Questions Batch
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SEMICONDUCTOR THEORY
EG = 1.43 eV at T = 300°K.
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
a. A diode whose internal resistance is 20 W is to supply
1 Batch
power to a 1 kW load from a 110 V (rms) source of
1
supply. Calculate (a) the peak load current, (b) the dc
load current, (c) the ac load current, (d) the dc diode
voltage, (e) the total input power to the circuit, ( f ) the
peak inverse voltage, and (g) the percentage regulation
from no load to the given load.
b. Determine Vo, I1, ID1, and ID2 for the parallel diode
configuration of for the following figure
3 Determine the output waveforms for the network of Batch
Figure 3
a)
b)
4 Consider the two-level clipper circuit of in the following Batch
Figure and assume that VS1 = 3 V, VS2 = 2 V, D1 is a 4
silicon diode with Vg 1 = 0.65 V, D2 is a germanium diode
with Vg 2 = 0.3 V, and R = 3 kW. Draw the output
waveform of the circuit as a function of a = wt
corresponding to an input signal vi = 5 sin (a) (volts) over
one period when the polarities of the dc source VS2 are
reversed. Neglect the effect of the forward resistances of
diode.
1 A BJT has IC = 1 mA and IB = 10 µA. What are IE, βF, and αF? Batch
-1
2 The LED in Figure requires 30 mA to emit a sufficient
level of light. Therefore, the collector current should be
approximately 30 mA. For the following circuit values,
determine the amplitude of the square wave input
voltage necessary to make sure that the transistor
saturates. Use double the minimum value of base current
as a safety margin to ensure saturation. VCC = 9 V, VCE(sat) =
0.3 V, RC = 270 Ω, RB = 3.3 kΩ, and βDC = 50.
3 Determine the dc current gain βDC and the emitter current Batch
IE for a transistor where IB = 50 µA and IC = 3.65 mA.. -2
4 Determine the currents IE and IB and the voltages VCE and
VCB for the common-base configuration given in fig ,
suppose RE = 1.2K, RC = 2.4K, VEE = 4V, VCC = 10V and β =
60.
5 Determine IB, IC, IE, VBE, VCE, and VCB in the circuit. Assume Batch
βDC = 150. -3
6 Determine whether the transistor in Figure is in
saturation. Assume VCE(sat) = 0.2 V.
7 (a) For the transistor circuit in Figure, what is VCE when VIN = 0 V? Batch
(b) What minimum value of IB is required to saturate this transistor if βDC is -4
200? Neglect VCE(sat).
15 (a) Find the collector current for a transistor when both Batch
emitter and collector junctions are reverse-biased. -8
Assume ICO = 5 mA, IEO = 3.57 mA, and aN = 0.98.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1 Analysis of Knee voltage, static and dynamic forward resistance and reverse
resistance in PN diode.
2 Half wave rectifier using PN Junction diode
14 DIAC Characteristics