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Code ry Introduction

EC1U20D ANALOG CIRCUITS PCC 3 1 0 4 2020

i) PREREQUISITE: ES0U10D Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

ii) COURSE OVERVIEW: To develop the skill of analysis and design of various
analog circuits using discrete electronic components and devices.

iii) COURSE OUTCOMES

After the completion of the course the student will be able to:
Description Level
Course
Outcomes

CO 1 Design various RC circuits, Clipping and Clamping Circuits and Apply

biasing circuits.

CO 2 Analyse CE amplifier in low, mid and high frequency ranges Analyze

Analyze
CO 3 Analyse biasing techniques of MOSFET and CS amplifier and
Multistage amplifiers.
Analyze
CO 4 Analyse various Feedback amplifiers and an Oscillator

CO 5 Explain the Principles of operation of Oscillators , Power Understand

amplifiers and transistor-based linear regulated power supplies

iv) SYLLABUS
Wave Shaping circuits- Differentiator, Integrator, First Order High pass and low pass RC
circuits, Diode clipping and clamping circuits. Transistor biasing circuits.

Analysis of BJT Amplifier circuits- Small signal analysis of CE configuration, high

frequency analysis of BJT CE amplifier.

Amplifiers - MOSFET amplifiers- Small signal analysis of CS configuration, Multistage

Amplifiers – Cascade and Cascode, Feedback amplifiers, Power amplifiers.

Oscillators – Low frequency and High frequency, Regulated power supplies- Shunt, Series,
Short circuit protection, fold back protection and current boosting.

v) (a) TEXT BOOKS

1) Sedra A. S. and K. C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 6/e, Oxford University
Press, 2013
2) Millman J. and C. Halkias, Integrated Electronics, 2/e, McGraw-Hill, 2010
3) Robert Boylestad and L Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory,
11/e Pearson, 2015
 (b) OTHER REFERENCES
1) Neamen D., Electronic Circuits – Analysis and Design, 3/e, TMH, 2007
2) Razavi B., Fundamentals of Microelectronics, Wiley, 2015
3) Rashid M. H., Microelectronic Circuits – Analysis and Design, Cengage Learning, 2/e,
2011
4) David A Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Oxford University Press, 2008.

vi) COURSE PLAN

Module Contents No. of

hours

I Wave shaping circuits: First order RC differentiating and integrating 12

circuits, First order RC low pass and high pass filters.
Diode Clipping circuits – Positive, negative and biased clipper.
Diode Clamping circuits – Positive, negative and biased clamper.
Transistor biasing: Need, operating point, concept of DC load line,
fixed bias, self-bias, voltage divider bias, bias stabilization.

II BJT Amplifiers: Classification of amplifiers, RC coupled amplifier 12

(CE configuration) – need of various components and design, Concept
of AC load lines.
Small signal analysis of CE configuration using small signal hybrid-
pi model for mid frequency. (gain, input and output impedance).
High frequency equivalent circuits of BJT, Miller effect, Analysis of
high frequency response of CE amplifier, voltage gain and
frequency response

III MOSFET amplifiers: MOSFET circuits at DC, MOSFET as an

amplifier, Biasing of discrete MOSFET amplifier, Small signal
11
equivalent circuit. Small signal voltage and current gain, input and
output impedances of CS configuration. CS stage with current source
load, CS stage with diode-connected load.
Multistage amplifiers – effect of cascading on gain and bandwidth.
Cascode amplifier.

IV Feedback amplifiers: Properties of positive and negative feedback on

gain, frequency response and distortion. Analysis of the four basic
13
feedback topologies, Analysis of discrete circuits in each feedback
topologies –voltage gain, input and output impedance.
Oscillators: Classification, criterion for oscillation, Wien bridge
oscillator, Hartley and Crystal oscillator. (working
 principle and design equations of the circuits; analysis of Wien
bridge oscillator only required)

V Power amplifiers: Classification, Transformer coupled class A power

amplifier, push pull class B and class AB power amplifiers,
12
complementary-symmetry class B and Class AB power amplifiers,
efficiency and distortion (no analysis required)
Linear Regulated power supplies: Principle of Linear Regulated
power supplies, Shunt voltage regulator, series voltage regulator, Short
circuit protection and fold back protection, Output current boosting.
60
Total hours

vii) Assessment Pattern

Mark distribution

Continuous End Semester

End Semester
Total Marks Internal Evaluation Examination
Evaluation Marks
Marks Duration
150 50 100 3 Hours

Continuous Internal Evaluation Pattern:

Attendance 10 Marks

Continuous Assessment Tests (2 numbers) 25 Marks

Assignment/Quiz/Course project 15 Marks

Atleast one assignment should be simulation of one
type transistor amplifier on any circuit simulation
software.

End Semester Examination Pattern:

There will be two parts; Part A and Part B. Part A contain10 questions with 2
questions from each module, having 3 marks for each question. Students should
answer all questions. Part B contains 2 questions from each module of which
student should answer any one. Each question can have maximum 2 sub-divisions
and carry 14 marks.