Introduction to Electronics: Course Information

Course Prerequisites

Basic undergraduate mathematics: complex numbers, basic differentiation and integration, etc.

Basic undergraduate circuit analysis course: resistors, capacitors, inductors, Ohm’s law, KVL, KCL, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, superposition, Norton and Thevenin equivalents, simple RC circuits.

Basic undergraduate semiconductor physics course: doping, n-type and p-type semiconductors, holes, electrons, diffusion and drift currents, pn-junction.

Course Topics

Diode operation, models, and applications

BJT operation, models, and applications

MOSFET overview and applications

■ Op-amp model and applications

■ Introduction to analog filters

■ Oscillators and multivibrators