Unit 1

Introduction to Electrical Engineering, current and voltage sources, Resistance, Inductance and Capacitance; Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, Energy and Power – Series parallel combination of R, L, C components, Voltage Divider and Current Divider Rules – Super position Theorem, Network Analysis – Mesh and Node methods- Faraday’s Laws of Electro-magnetic Induction, Magnetic Circuits, Self and Mutual Inductance, Generation of sinusoidal voltage, Instantaneous, Average and effective values of periodic functions, Phasor representation. Introduction to 3-phase systems, Introduction to electric grids.

Unit 2

PN Junction diodes, Diode Characteristics, Diode approximation- Clippers and Clampers, Rectifiers: Half wave, Full wave, Bridge- Zener Diode- Design of regulator and characteristics, Optoelectronic devices, Introduction to BJT, Characteristics and configurations, Transistor as a Switch

Unit 3

Field Effect Transistors – Characteristics, Thyristors – operation and characteristics, Diac, Triac –Thyristor based power control, IC 555 based Timer-multi-vibrators, Operational Amplifiers – Inverting and Non-inverting amplifier, Oscillators, Instrumentation amplifiers.

Course Objectives

• To impart basic knowledge of electrical quantities and provide working knowledge for the analysis of DC and AC circuits.
• Understand the characteristics and applications of diode and Transistors.
• To facilitate understanding of Thyristors and operational amplifier circuits.

Course Outcomes: On completion of the course the students will be able to

Text Book

• Edward Hughes. “Electrical and Electronic Technology”, 10th Edition, Pearson Education Asia, 2019.
• A. P. Malvino, “Electronic Principles”, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2007.

Reference Book(s)

• S. K. Bhattcharya, “Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering”, Pearson, 2012.
• Vincent Del Toro, “Electrical Engineering Fundamentals”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 2nd Edition, 2003.
• David A. Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, 5th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Michael Tooley B. A., “Electronic circuits: Fundamentals and Applications”, 3rd Edition, Elsevier Limited, 2006.