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Electronic structure of atoms.

● Bohr theory of hydrogen atom

● Electronic structure of elements

● Quantum Numbers

● Pauli exclusion principle

● Hund's Rule

● Energy levels, energy bands.

● Mobility and Conductivity

Ch2:

● Semiconductors and diodes

● Intrinsic Semiconductors

● Generation and recombination of electron-hole.

● Extrinsic Semiconductors

● N-type semiconductors

● P-type semiconductors

● Majority and minority carriers

● Doping

Ch3:

● p-n Junction Diode (Forward, Reverse Bias)

● I-V Characters

● Zener Diodes

● Shockley equation

● Si vs Ge diodes

● The effect of temperature on diode's characteristics

● Diode Resistances

● Voltage Regulator Circuits

● Light- Emitting Diode

Ch4:

● Analysis of Diode Circuit

● Load Line Method

● The Approximation method

● Rectification Circuits (half-wave rectifiers, full-wave rectifiers)

● Smoothing Circuits

● Voltage Doubler (Full-Wave Voltage Doubler, Half-Wave Voltage Doubler)

● Voltage Tripler

Ch5:

● Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)

● Common-base configuration

● Common-Emitter configuration

● common-collector configuration

● transistor parameters (α, β, ɣ)

ch6:

● Field – Effect Transistor (FET)

● Junction Field Effect Transistors (N-Channel JFET & P-Channel JFET)

● JFET characteristics cures

● transfer function

● Shockley equation

● JFET parameters (Drain resistance, Transconductance, μ)

● JFET vs BJT