Fundamentals of Electronics 1 : Electronic Components and Elementary Functions.

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Outline -- Introduction -- 1. Diodes and Applications -- 1.1. Semiconductor physics and current transport in pn diodes -- 1.1.1. Energy and concentration of mobile charge carriers (electrons and holes) -- 1.1.2. Conduction mechanisms -- 1.2. Simplified models of the pn diode -- 1.3. Diode circuitry (reviewed in exercises) -- 1.4. Detailed model of pn diode: variable conditions and effect of temperature -- 1.4.1. Junction at equilibrium (at zero voltage or in open circuit): diffusion potential -- 1.4.2. Biased junction (or out of equilibrium): effect of an external potential difference -- 1.4.3. Effects of temperature -- 1.4.4. Capacitive effects -- 1.5. Different types of diode and their functions -- 1.5.1. Zener diode -- 1.5.2. Schottky diode or metal-semiconductor diode -- 1.5.3. Light emitting diodes and laser diodes -- 1.5.4. Photodiodes and photovoltaic generators -- 1.6. Exercises -- 1.6.1. Analyze the operation of the following circuits for a sinusoidal voltage generator and ideal diodes (a) with no threshold and (b) with a threshold U0 -- 1.6.2. Study of the current variations in a forward biased pn diode under influence of temperature -- 1.6.3. Analog switch -- 1.6.4. Ring modulator -- 1.6.5. Switching diode: study on opening -- 2. Bipolar Junction Transistors and Applications -- 2.1. The transistor effect -- 2.2. Bipolar junction transistor (or BJT) models and types -- 2.2.1. Ebers-Moll model -- 2.2.2. The heterojunction bipolar transistor (or HBT) and transistors based on III-V semiconductors -- 2.3. Bipolar junction transistor in static regimes and applications of the exponential characteristic IC(VBE) -- 2.3.1. Equivalent circuits for the three operating regimes -- 2.3.2. Nonlinear applications: differential pairs and multiplier.

2.3.3. Circuits for transistor bias: current sources and current mirrors -- 2.3.4. Voltage limitations -- 2.4. Small-signal dynamic circuits (linear approximation) -- 2.4.1. Basic circuits -- 2.4.2. Small-signal high-frequency equivalent circuit -- 2.5. Power amplification: classes of amplification -- 2.6. Bipolar transistor switching on resistive loads -- 2.7. Components based on the pnpn structure -- 2.7.1. pnpn diode (or Shockley diode) -- 2.7.2. Controlled rectifier or thyristor -- 2.7.3. Diacs and triacs -- 2.8. Phototransistors and optically controlled components -- 2.9. Exercises -- 2.9.1. Class A amplification -- 2.9.2. 4 Quadrant multiplier -- 2.9.3. Amplifiers with rest current zero or low relative to nominal current -- 2.9.4. Cascode circuit and frequency responses of transistor amplifiers -- 3. Field Effect Transistors and Applications -- 3.1. Operating principle of junction field effect transistors (JFET and MESFET types) -- 3.2. Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors -- 3.3. Types of field effect transistors and equivalent circuits -- 3.3.1. JFETs, MESFETs and MOSFETs -- 3.3.2. Other field effect transistors -- 3.4. Applications of field effect transistors -- 3.4.1. Source of current and JFET biasing -- 3.4.2. Amplifiers and mixers -- 3.4.3. Variable resistance controlled by the gate-source voltage and JFET analog switch -- 3.4.4. Switching circuits and CMOS elementary logic gates (with complementary MOSFET) -- 3.4.5. Combinatorial logic functions -- 3.4.6. Sequential logic functions -- 3.5. Exercises -- 3.5.1. Parabolic approximation of the JFET characteristic ID(VGS) in pinched-off (or saturated) regime -- 3.5.2. JFET analog switch -- input-output insulation in off-state -- 3.5.3. MOSFET circuits -- 4. Amplifiers, Comparators and Other Analog Circuits -- 4.1. Operational amplifiers, operating principle and types.

4.1.1. Standard operational amplifiers -- 4.1.2. Operational amplifiers with specific properties -- 4.2. Operational amplifier models and responses -- 4.2.1. Static model of voltage amplifier -- 4.2.2. Dynamic and switched mode operations -- 4.3. Comparators -- 4.4. Noise in amplifiers -- 4.4.1. Noise nature and evaluation -- 4.4.2. Various types of noise and their origin -- 4.4.3. Equivalent circuit of noise sources in amplifiers and noise figure -- 4.4.4. Low-noise amplifiers -- 4.5. Analog integrated circuits -- 4.6. Exercises -- 4.6.1. Responses of operational amplifier differential stage -- 4.6.2. Generation of triangle and square wave signals: voltage to frequency conversion -- 4.6.3. Noise figure of an operational amplifier circuit -- Appendix: Electrical Circuits -- A.1. Laws of electrokinetics for linear passive elements -- A.2. Definition of passive elements -- A.3. Ideal sources -- A.3.1. Voltage sources -- A.3.2. Current sources -- A.4. Conservation laws -- A.4.1. Voltage law in close and open loops -- A.4.2. Current law at a node -- A.5. Number of state variables and independent equations in an isolated network -- A.6. Useful theorems -- A.7. Circuits in non-steady state -- A.8. Example of sinusoidal regime in an RLC circuit -- A.9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Electronics Engineering -- EULA.

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