Maricopa Community Colleges  ELE122   19886-20035 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/17/03
ELE122 19886-20035 LEC
LAB 		3 Credit(s)
0 Credit(s) 		2 Period(s)
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Solid-State Devices and Circuits II
Theory of operation of the field-effect transistor including biasing, loadline analysis, and small-signal amplifiers. Characteristics of multistage amplifiers; power and large signal amplifiers. Prerequisites: ELE121.
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ELE122   19886-20035 Solid-State Devices and Circuits II
1. Generate proper biasing circuitry for a junction FET (JFET), and depletion and enhancement type metal oxide semiconductor FET (MOSFET). (I, II)
2. Explain the concept of transconductance and its effect on amplifier gain. (III)
3. Describe the operation of common-source, common-drain, and common-gate amplifiers and draw schematic diagrams for each. (III)
4. Analyze small-signal BJT amplifiers and small-signal FET amplifiers with hybrid and admittance parameters, respectively. (IV)
5. Determine the frequency response characteristics of BJT and FET amplifers. (V)
6. Determine the voltage gains and frequency-response characteristics of RC-coupled, transformer-coupled, and direct-coupled multistage amplifiers. (V)
7. Discuss the operation, biasing, advantages, and limitations of class A,B and C power amplifiers. (VI, VII)
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ELE122   19886-20035 Solid-State Devices and Circuits II
    I. JFETs
        A. Basic concepts
        B. Gate bias
        C. Self-bias
        D. Voltage-divider and source bias
      II. MOSFETs
          A. The depletion-type MOSFET
          B. Biasing depletion-type MOSFETs
          C. The enhance-type MOSFET
          D. Biasing enhancement-type MOSFETs
        III. Field-Effect Transistor Amplifiers
            A. Transconductors
            B. The CS amplifier
            C. The CD amplifier
            D. The CG amplifier
            E. Other application
          IV. Hybrid Parameters
              A. Four-paramer systems
              B. Meaning of the h parameters
              C. Analysis formulas
              D. CE, CC, and CB analysis
              E. Admittance parameters and applications
            V. Frequency Effects
                A. Lead and lag networks
                B. Miller's Theorem
                C. High-frequency Fet analysis
                D. High-frequency BJT analysis
                E. Decibel power gain
                F. Bode plots
                G. Amplifier frequency response
              VI. Class A and B Power Amplifiers
                  A. The ac load line
                  B. Class A operation
                  C. Class B operation
                  D. Power relationships for class A and class B
                VII. Class C Amplifiers
                    A. Class C operation
                    B. Power relations for class C
                    C. Frequency multipliers
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