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Course Detail

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

Syllabus

Unit 1: Electric Forces and Fields

Electric 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 Capacitors

Electrical 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 Electronics

Conduction in metals, semiconductors and insulators, intrinsic semiconductors, n and p materials,
conduction by drift and diffusion, the p-n junction, Fermi level of p-n junction, diode equation, Hall
effect, diode characteristics, capacitance of a p-n junction, rectification, rectifier 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, Thevenin’s theorem,
sinusoidal signals, signal amplitudes and decibels, other signals, logic levels, signal sources.

Unit 4: Transistors

Transistors – npn and pnp, transistor characteristics – CB, CE and CC configurations, relation
between α, β and γ, transistor switch, transistor biasing. Feedback circuits. Transistor action, emitter
follower, transistor applications as amplifier. RC coupled amplifier.

Unit 5: Digital Electronics

Digital 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

  • John D.Ryder, Electronic Fundamentals and Applications, Prentice Hall of India Pvt.Ltd. New
    Delhi (1983).
  • Albert Paul Malvino, Digital Computer Electronics Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd New Delhi
    (1983)
  • Horowitz and Hill, The art of Electronics (Cambridge University press)

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