GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering

Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01R00111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering

w. e. f. Academic Year: 2025-26

Semester: Ist Year
Category of the Course: ESC

Prerequisite: High School Physics and Mathematics

Rationale: Electronics is playing a key role in all engineering applications. All engineers
should have the basic knowledge of electronics. Purpose of this course is to make
students familiar with basic electronic devices, circuits and their applications.
Students will be able to operate electronic test and measurement equipment like
digital multi-meter, CRO, DC power supply and function generator.

Course Outcome:
After Completion of the Course, Student will able to:
No Course Outcomes RBT Level
01 Analyze the general and special purpose diode circuits N
02 Design biasing circuits for BJT and FET C
03 Analyze BJT circuits in small-signal domain N
04 Analyze FET circuits for DC voltages and currents N
05 Understand usage of Special Purpose Diodes U
*Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT)

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching / Learning Scheme

Total Assessment Pattern and Marks
(in Hours per semester)
Credits Total
Theory Tutorial / Practical
= Marks
L T P TW/SL TH ESE PA PA/ TW/ ESE
TH/30
(E) (M) (I) SL (I) (V)
45 0 30 45 120 04 70 30 20 30 50 200
Where L = Lecture, T= Tutorial, P= Practical, TW/SL = Term-Work / Self-Learning, TH = Total Hours, PA = Progressive
Assessment, ESE = End-Semester Examination

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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01R00111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering
Course Content:
Unit No. of % of
Content
No. Hours Weightage
Semiconductor Diodes: p-n junction diode, Characteristics and
parameters, Diode approximations, DC load line analysis, Temperature
1. 6 15
effects, Diode AC models, Diode specifications, Diode testing, Zener
diodes.
Diode Applications: Half-wave and Full-wave rectifiers, Power
supply, RC and LC power supply filters, Zener diode voltage
2. 6 15
regulators, Series and shunt clipping circuits, Clamping circuits, DC
voltage multipliers.
Bipolar Junction Transistors : BJT operation, BJT voltages and
3. currents, BJT amplification, BJT switching, CB, CE and CC 6 15
characteristics, Transistor testing.
BJT biasing : DC load line and bias point, Base bias, Collector-to-
4. base bias, Voltage- divider bias ,Comparison of basic bias circuits, 6 15
Bias circuit design.
AC analysis of BJT circuits : Coupling and bypass capacitors, AC
load lines, transistor models and parameters, CE circuit analysis, CE
5. 6 15
circuit with unbypassed emitter resistor, CC circuit analysis, CB circuit
analysis, Comparison of CE, CB and CC circuits
Field Effect Transistors: Junction Field Effect Transistors, JFET
6. characteristics, JFET data sheets and parameters, FET amplification 5 10
and switching, MOSFETs
FET biasing : DC load line and bias point, Gate bias, Self bias,
7. 4 5
Voltage divider bias, Comparison of basic JFET bias circuits
Special Purpose Diodes: Light Emitting Diode(LED), Photo diode,
8. Solar cell, PIN diode, Varactor diode, Schottky diode, Tunnel diode, 6 10
Seven segment display
Total 45 100
Suggested Specification Table with Marks (Theory):
Distribution of Theory Marks (in %)
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
15 20 25 30 0 10
Where R: Remember; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C: Create (as
per Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01R00111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering

References/Suggested Learning Resources:

(a) Books:
1. David A. Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Oxford University Press, Fifth Edition
2. Jacob Millman, Christos Halkias, Chetan D. Parikh, “Integrated Electronics”, Tata McGraw
Hill, Second Edition
Open source software and website:
1. [Link] ( Basic Electronics and lab by Prof. [Link] )

Suggested Course Practical List:

1. VI characteristics of p-n junction diode, LED and photo diode
2. Half wave and full wave rectifier circuits
3. Clipper and clamper circuits
4. Zener diode regulator circuit
5. CE amplifier characteristics
6. CB amplifier characteristics
7. CC amplifier characteristics
8. Transistor as a switch
9. Voltage gain and current gain of a CE amplifier
10. FET characteristics
11. Varactor diode and tunnel diode characteristics
12. Seven segment LED operation

List of Laboratory/Learning Resources Required: CRO, Function Generators, DC power supply,

bread board and discrete electronic components

Suggested Project List: Project based on design of a small circuit with input and output signal
observations on CRO.

 Activities suggested under Self-learning/Team Work:

Sl. Name of the activity No. of hours Evaluation Criteria
No.
1. Industry/Research laboratory visit Visit = 5h, Report Based on report submitted.
preparation = 5h Report should contain
Total = 10h observations and calculations
based on industry/ lab data.
2. Technical Video based learning Duration of video = Report /presentation based on
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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01R00111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering
related to the subject 5h the video learning outcomes.
Report preparation =
5h
Total = 10h
3. Assignment writing. Numericals 5 assignments of 2h Based on the assignment
based assignment is preferable. each. Total = 10h submitted.
4. Problem solving/Coding using C, 5 small coding based Based on the coding solution
C++, Python, SCILAB, MATLAB, assignment of 2h submitted.
MS-EXCEL or any other relevant each. Total = 10h
software
5. Self learning on-line course Minimum duration of Examination based assessment at
the course should be the end of course. Based on the
10h. certificate produced.
6. Complex problem solving Maximum 2 problem. Based on the depth of the
Study of the problem solution submitted.
and solution finding,
Total = 10h
7 Videos on Industrial safety aspects Duration of video = Based on quiz/report submitted
based on subject 5h
Report preparation =
5h
Total = 10h
8 Discussion on research paper based 5 research paper = 20 Summarize research paper and
on relevant subject h evaluation critical parameters
9. Poster/chart/power point Duration = 6 h Based on poster/chart
preparation on technical topics preparation and presentation
skills
10 Working/non-working model on Working = 12 h Based on inter
technical topics Non- working = 8 h department/external evaluation
11 Industrial exposure for 2-3 days to Duration = 15 h for Based on evaluation of critical
observe and provide tentative industrial exposure problems and solutions
solutions on
society/environment/health/any Problem identification
other issue and tentative solution
= 10 h
Total = 20 h
12 Group Discussion on Duration = 1 h each Based on performance in group
emerging/trending technical topics discussion, technical depth,
based on subject knowledge etc.
13. Real world case studies-based Duration of data Based on in-depth study,
learning collection/study = 5h technical depth, data collected,
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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: ALL
Course / Subject Code : BE01R00111
Course / Subject Name : Basic Electronics Engineering
Report preparation = fact finding, etc.
5h
Total = 10h
14. Application/Software development Duration = 10 h Depending on the complexity of
the Application/Software

Note:
1. All the suggested activity should be related to the subject.
2. The number of hours are suggestive. Faculty can sub-divide the number of hours based on the activity. However, total
number of hours is fixed.
3. Rubrics for the evaluation can be prepared by the faculty.

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