EGT31204 FUNDAMENTALS OF

ELECTRONICS
LECTURE 1

Uditha Wijewardhana
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Sri Jayewardenepura 1
 • Continuous Assessment (CA)
• Practical work

FUNDAMENTALS
OF
ELECTRONICS • OA mark = 0.4(CA mark) + 0.6(ESE mark)

OA: Overall Assessment, ESE: End-Semester Examination

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 • Analog Electronics
• Diodes
• Transistors
EGT31204 • Operational amplifiers

FUNDAMENTALS • Power supplies

OF • Digital Electronics
ELECTRONICS • Logic gates
• Multiplexers, encoders
• Microcontrollers
• Embedded systems
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 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK

• Electronic devices: conventional current version by Thomas

L. Floyd

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 ELECTRONICS EVERYWHERE

• Why we should learn about electronics?

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 ELECTRONICS EVERYWHERE

• Why we should learn about electronics?

• Electronic gadgets are everywhere.

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 ELECTRONICS EVERYWHERE

• Why electronic is every where?

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 ELECTRONICS EVERYWHERE

• Why electronic is every where?

To extract information from signals

For signal processing

• Amplication
• Rectification
• etc

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 ELECTRONICS EVERYWHERE

• Why electronic is every where?

To extract information from signals

For signal processing

• Amplication
• Rectification
• etc

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 • 3D printed houses
• Bionic eye
• SMART homes
ELECTRONICS • Smart vehicles
EVERYWHERE • Humanoids
•…

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RECOMMEND
WRITING

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ELECTRONIC
CIRCUITS

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ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

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ELECTRONIC
CIRCUITS
Consists of
• Analog devices
• Diodes
• Transistors
• Op-Amps
• ICs

• Digital devices
• Logic gates
• MUX/DeMUX
• Encoders
• Microcontrollers
• Microprocessors

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 DIODE
• Two terminal device
• Basic semiconductor device
• Has a non-linear i-v characteristic
• Consists of a p-n junction

• Circuit symbol
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 DIODE CHARACTERISTIC

• Diode act as a valve in electronic circuits

• Conducts only one direction

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DIODE CHARACTERISTIC

• Diode act as a valve in electronic

circuits
• Conducts only one direction
• Forward biased
• Short circuit

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DIODE CHARACTERISTIC

• Diode act as a valve in electronic

circuits
• Conducts only one direction
• Forward biased
• Short circuit
• Reverse biased
• Open circuit
• No current flow

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DIODE CHARACTERISTIC

• Diode act as a valve in electronic circuits

• Conducts only one direction
• Forward biased
• Short circuit
• Reverse biased
• Open circuit
• No current flow

• Has a non-linear i-v characteristic I-v characteristic of an Ideal diode

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 IDEAL DIODE

• Examples

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 IDEAL DIODE

• Examples

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 IDEAL DIODE

• Examples

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 IDEAL DIODE
• Examples
• Not obvious which diodes are forward
biased and which are reverse biased
• Do an assumption on the biasing of the
diodes
• Proceed with the analysis
• Check for the consistency of the
solution
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 IDEAL DIODE

• Examples

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 IDEAL DIODE

• Examples

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 PRACTICAL DIODE
• Consists a pn junction
• i-v characteristic
• The forward-bias region, v > 0
• The reverse-bias region, v < 0
• The breakdown region, v < –VZK

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