This course continues cadet education in electrical engineering through the study of basic electronic devices and circuits. It begins with an introduction to semiconductor physics. It then covers the operation of the pn-junction diode and the metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) in DC, large-signal, and small-signal regimes. The course emphasizes single-stage amplifier design. The course concludes with an introduction to bipolar junction
transistors (BJT) and the design, analysis, simulation, building, and testing of a two-stage audio amplifier. Six laboratory exercises and computer-aided design and analysis using modern circuit simulation software supplement the lectures with practical circuit analysis, design, construction and testing.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
7 @ 120 min
Special requirements
All cadets design, build and test a multistage audio amplifier (0.5 design credits).
