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Course Detail

Course Name Electricity and Magnetism
Course Code 25PHY112 IDC
Program B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry
Semester 2
Credits 3
Campus Amritapuri , Coimbatore

Syllabus

Unit 1

Electric forces and fieldsElectric forces, charges, conservation of charge, superposition of electric forces; electric fields, calculation of electric fields of static discrete and continuous charge distributions; Gauss law and determination of electric fields of simple symmetric charge distributions.

Unit 2

Electric potential and CapacitorsElectrical potential energy and electric potential of discrete and continuous distributions of charges; calculating electric field from potential; potential energy of system of point charges; capacitors and dielectrics.

Unit 3

Basic ElectronicsConduction in metals, semiconductors and insulators, intrinsic semiconductors, n and p mate-rials, conduction by drift and diffusion, The p-n junction, Fermi level ofpn junction, diode equation, Hall effect, diode characteristics, capacitance of a p-n junction, rectification, recti-fier configurations for power supplies, circuit applications of a diode-as a switch, clipping, clamping, different types of diodes – Zener diodes, LEDs, diode lasers, photodiodes, etc.Voltage and current – resistors, voltage dividers, voltage and current sources, Thevenins the-orem, sinusoidal signals, signal amplitudes and decibels, other signals, logic levels, signal sources.

Unit 4

TransistorsTransistors – npn and pnp, transistor characteristics – CB, CE and CC configurations, relation between a, b and g, transistor switch, transistor biasing. Feedback circuits. Transistor action, emitter follower, Transistor applications as amplifier. RC coupled amplifier.

Unit 5

Digital ElectronicsDigital electronics: Digital versus analog, logic gates, truth table, discrete circuits for gates, logic identities, minimization and Karnaugh maps. Basics of integrated circuit (IC).

Course Outcomes

CO1: Apply the fundamental laws of electrostatics to calculate the electric field and electric potential.

CO2: Apply the physics of capacitors, resistance and develop skills to solve various electric circuits.

CO3: Analyze the basic concepts regarding semiconductor p-n junction devices

CO4: Evaluate the basic concept and working of Field Effect Transistors and operational amplifiers.

CO5: Assess the digital electronics and logic gates

Text Books / References

TEXTBOOK:

Bernar Grob and Mitchel. E. Schultz, Basic Electronics (9th Edition), Tata Mc.Graw Hill, New Delhi (2003)

REFERENCES:

1. John D.Ryder, Electronic Fundamentals and Applications, Prentice Hall of India Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi (1983).

2. Albert Paul Malvino, Digital Computer Electronics Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd New Delhi (1983)

3. Horowitz and Hill, The art of Electronics (Cambridge University press)

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