Description
This lecture/laboratory course introduces students to a variety of semiconductor devices, circuits, and applications. Topics include semiconductor theory, diode types, rectifier circuits, power supply design, optical diodes, BJT characteristics, transistor circuit biasing and configurations, transistor switching and amplification circuits, FETs, MOSFETs, SCRs, and Triacs.The laboratory component of this course reinforces the topics by providing hands-on applications through a series of related projects. Students are required to analyze, build, test, measure, and troubleshoot circuits using semiconductor devices. Electronic test and measurement equipment such as the multi-trace digital storage oscilloscope, function generator, digital multi-meter (DMM), variable DC power supply, and proto-board are used throughout the course.. Prereq: ETC 113 Co-requisite: ETC114.