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COURSE MASTER SYLLABUS
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Academic Division: Technology and Workforce Development
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Department: Technology
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Course Number and Title: ELE 245 - Electronics
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Course Coordinator: Lenny Eaken / Department Chair: Randy Storms
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Credit Hours: 5
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Prerequisites: ELE 152
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Syllabus Effective Date:
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Textbook(s) Title: Foundations of Electronics Circuits & Devices Electron Flow Version
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Lecture: 4
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Author: Meade
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Textbook(s) Title: Laboratory Projects to Accompany Foundations of Electronics
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Course Description:
This course explores the use of diode applications, bipolar and unipolar transistors, Field
Effect Transistors, oscillators, feedback, thyristors and the 555 timer. Topics will include
power supplies, multi-stage amplifiers, inverting and non-inverting op-amps, filters,
SCRs and Triacs.
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Core Learning Outcomes
Core Learning Outcome
Communication – Written
Communication – Speech
Culture and Community
Critical Thinking
Computer Literacy
Computation
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Course Outcomes and Assessment Methods:
Outcomes
Explain the conditions that exist at the
PN junction of an unbiased, reverse
biased, or forward biased diode.
Draw diagrams of half-wave, fullwave, and bridge rectifier circuits and
explain how each works.
Measure RMS, Peak, and average
voltages of various rectifier circuits.
Describe how a zener diode is used
and calculate the various values
related to zener circuits.
Given a NPN or a PNP transistor,
student will be able to determine the
proper bias polarity and current flow.
Given specific values, student will be
able to interrelate alpha, beta, IC, IE,
IB, ICEO, ICBO.
Given a common base transistor
circuit with component values, student
will be able to determine the Q point
and plot the load line.
Analyze the voltage gain, and
input/output impedances of multistage amplifiers.
Determine the power gains and
efficiencies of Class A and Class B
amplifiers.
Given a Junction Field Effect
transistors values, the student will be
able to interrelate IDSS, VGS(off), gm,
Assessment
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gmo, and ID.
Given the operating parameters, the
student will be able to design both a
JFET current source and a JFET
analog switch.
Describe the characteristics and
operation of both depletion-mode and
enhancement mode MOSFETs.
Describe how E-MOSFETs are used
in digital switching.
Calculate voltage gains of commonsource JFET amplifiers.
Calculate cut-off frequencies and the
bandwidths of various op-amp
circuits.
Given an amplifier the student will be
able to calculate the values of all
coupling and bypass capacitors.
The student will be able to calculate,
for a differential or operational
amplifier, the:
a. output voltage.
b. voltage gain.
c. common-mode rejection ratio
(CMRR).
Using operational amplifiers, the
student will be able to design:
a.
an inverting amplifier.
b.
a non-inverting amplifier.
c.
a voltage follower.
d.
a summing amplifier.
Describe the operation of both RC and
LC sinusoidal oscillators.
Use the 555 timer in both its
monostable and astable modes.
Given a circuit, the student will be
able to identify the type of negative
feedback being used.
Describe the operation of various
thyristors and how they are turned on
and off.
Describe the operation of series and
shunt voltage regulators.
Describe
the
operation
and
characteristics
of
IC
voltage
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regulators.
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Course Topical Outline:
1) Semiconductors
a) Silicon crystals
b) doping
c) diode biasing
d) breakdown
e) energy levels and hills
f) barrier potential and temperature
2) Diode operation
a) Basic biasing and use
b) data sheets
c) LEDs
3) Diode applications
a) rectifiers
b) Peak inverse voltage
c) surge current
d) ripple
e) clamper and clippers
f) voltage multipliers
4) Zener diodes
a) operations
b) applications
c) circuit calculations
5) Bipolar transistors
a) biasing
b) common emitter
c) analysis
d) transistors as switches
e) beta DC
f) load lines
g) VDB and dual-supply analysis
h) small-signal analysis
i) AC resistance
j) transistor modeling
k) DC amplifier analysis
6) Voltage amplifiers
a) Voltage gain
b) Input impedances
c) Multistage amplifiers
d) swamping
e) feedback
7) Power amplifiers
a) Class A
b) Class B
c) Transistor power ratings
8) JFETS
a) basic operation
b) Biasing
c) transconductance
d) JFET amplifiers
e) Analog switching
f) other applications
9) MOSFETs
a) Depletion-mode
b) Enhancement-mode
c) Ohmic region operation
d) Digital switching
e) CMOS
f) power applications
10) Operation amplifiers
a) characteristics
b) inverting and non-inverting amplifiers
c) types of negative feedback
d) voltage gain
e) noise rejection
f) input impedance
g) output impedance
h) op-amp applications
11) Oscillators
a) Sinusoidal oscillation
b) Wien-Bridge oscillator
c) RC oscillators
d) LC oscillators
e) 555 timer
12) Electronic regulation of power supplies
a) Shunt regulators
b) Series regulators
c) IC regulators
d) switching power supplies
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Course Assignment:
None planned.
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Recommended Grading Scale:
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