Manipal University Jaipur

Course Plan
Title of the Subject: Basic Electronics (EC 1101)
Aim/Objective: To provide basic knowledge of Electronics to the first year
students of engineering.
Course Prerequisites: Basics of Physics and Mathematics.
Course Schedule: Lecture: 3 hrs/week
Tutorial: 1 hr/week
Grading Policy: 20%: assignment or tutorial, 40%: midterm, 40%: final.
About the Course: The growth of semiconductor devices, mobile telephony,
broadband and wireless internet has revolutionized the world and created a
huge number of career opportunities in the field of Electronics and
Communication industries. This course is a basic overview of electronic
components and their common uses in our day to day life. It covers the
aspects of analog, digital and basic components of communication systems.
The course is ideal for the students to gain basics knowledge of electronics
that will help them to understand well the consumer electronics.
Scheduled Exams: First Sessional: September 14th September 16th, 2015
Second Sessional: November 5th November 7th, 2015
End Semester: December 5th December 16th, 2015
Name of the Teachers: Prof. S. N. Sharan
Prof. B. P. Singh
Dr. Amit Rathi
Dr. Tarun Dubey
Mr. Dinesh Yadav
Mr. Prabhat Ranjan

Lecture Plan
S.
No.

Topic to be covered

No. of
Lectu
res

Chapters/Sections

Book
No.

1/1.1.1-1.1.5.
1.4, 1.7.1, 1.8, 1.8.1,
1.8.2.
2/2.1-2.3

01

3/3.1-3.3
3/3.4
3/3.2

01
01
01
01

1.
2.

Overview of Semiconductors
Introduction to Extrinsic Semiconductors

2
1

3.

Introduction to PN junction diode, Formation of

depletion region
Forward and reverse bias, I-V Characteristics
Equivalent circuits of ideal and practical diode
Diode equation
Tutorial
Application to Diodes: Series and Parallel
combination of diode circuits

1
1
1
1
1
1

9.
10.
11.

Half and Full wave rectifiers

Capacitor Filter
Clipper circuits

1
1
2

3/3.8 and solved

problems, page
number 173-184.
4/4.1,4.2,4.3
3/3.7
3/3.7, 2/2.8

12.

Clamper circuits

3/3.8, 2/2.9

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

Zener diode and its I-V characteristics

Zener regulators, LEDs
Tutorial
Introduction to BJT
Operation of BJT
Transistor configuration: symbolic
representation and CB Characteristics.
Transistor configuration: symbolic
representation and CE Characteristics,
CC configuration w.r.t. CE, Relation between
and
Transistor Biasing, Q-point, Load line
Fixed biasing
Self-biasing, Bias stabilization
Transistor as an amplifier, Frequency response
Tutorial
Introduction to Operational Amplifier, Op. Amp
Characteristics.
Inverting amplifier

1
1
1
1
1
1

2/2.10, 2.10.1
2/2.10:2.10.4; 3/3.6

01
01
01,
03
01,
03
01
01

5/5.1, 5.2
5/5.3, 5.4
5/5.6, 5.6.1,5.6.2

01
01
01

5/5.6.3, 5.6.4,

01

5/5.7.2,5.7.3

01

1
1
1
1
1
1

5/5.8, 7/7.1
7/7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2
7/7.4
5/5.7.7

01
01
01
01

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.

15/15.1,15.2,
15.3,15.4
15/15.5

01

01
01

28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.

NON-Inverting amplifier, Linear applications of

Op. Amp as voltage follower
Summing amplifier, Subtractor
Integrator, Differentiator

15/15.5.1, 15.6.3

01

1
1

15/15.6, 15.6.1
15/15.7, 15.7.1,
15.7.3, 15.7.4

01
01

Tutorial
Digital Electronics: Number system
Number conversion, Binary addition
Binary subtraction with complements (1s and
2s complement)
Boolean algebra, DeMorgans theorem
Logic gates, Truth table.
Implementation of Boolean expression with
logic gates
SOP, POS forms
K-Map for minimization of Boolean expressions
Combinational Circuits: Half and Full adders
Half and Full Subtractors
S-R Flip Flop
Tutorial
Introduction to communication system
Analog and Digital communication
Modulation techniques, Need for modulation
Types of Modulations.
Tutorial

1
1
1
1

1/1.1, 1.2
1/1.3,1.4, 1.7
1/1.5

04
04
04

1
1
1

2/2.2, 2.3, 2.4

2/2.8
2/2.5

04
04
04

1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2/2.6, 2.7
3/3.1, 3.2, 3.3
4/4.5
4/4.5
5/5.2, 5.3

04
04

1/1.1, 1.2
1/1.3
1/1.3, 1.3.2
1/1.3

04
04
04
05
05
05
05

Text Book:
1. B. P. Singh and Rekha Singh, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Second Edition, Pearson
Education, 2013.
Reference Books:
2. J. Millman & C. C. Halkias, Integrated Electronics, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. (1994).
3. R. L. Boylestad, L. Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, 10th edition, PHI, 2009.
4. M. Morris Mano, Digital Design, 3rd edition, Pearson, 2009.
5. G. Kennedy, B. Davis, Electronic Communication systems, TMH, 3rd Edition, 1985.