Unity University
Course Number PHYS2042
Course Title Basic Electricity and Electronics
Degree Program BSc. In Computer Science
Credits/Contacts 3/4
Prerequisite No
Semester 2nd Semester / Year II
Status of Course Supportive
Course Description This course is intended to acquaint students with
the basic concepts of Electricity and Electronics.
In part one the course deals with direct current
(DC) and alternating current (AC) circuit analysis
including RLC circuits. In part two the course
covers applications of semi-conductors (diodes,
rectifiers, and Bipolar-transistors). The lecture
will be supported by Lab which uses software
program “Electronic Workbench” that will help to
design circuits, measure electrical quantities and
analyze their main characteristics.
Course Objectives After completing this course, the student will be
and Competences to able to:
be acquired
Describe electrical terms including I, V, R,
P;
Explain about Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws;
Analyze DC and AC circuits (series,
parallel, combination of both series and
parallel);
Analyze series and parallel RLC circuits;
Describe applications of different types of
diodes;
Compare input and output characteristics
of Bipolar transistors;
explain charge carrier generation in
intrinsic and extrinsic semi-conductors;
explain formation and application of a P-N
junction;
design and analyze diode circuits (e.g.
power supply circuits);
explain how a Bipolar Junction
Transistor(BJT) works;
design and analyze basic BJT circuits in
various configurations (CE, CC, CB);
explain how a Junction Field Effect
Transistor(JFET) works(some theory);
design and analyze JFET circuits in both
configurations (CD, CS);
explain how a MOSFET works (theory);
design and analyze MOSFET circuits;
explain the construction of the operational
amplifier;
design, analyze and synthesize operational
amplifier circuits;
Course Contents Part I: Analyzing DC circuits with R, L, C,
and RLC
1. Basic concepts of Electricity
1.1 Structure of atom and nature of electric
charge
1.2 Coulomb’s law
1.3 Properties of electric charges
1.4 Electric field due to point charge
1.5 Electric field due to point charge
2. Ohm’s law
2.1 Direct Current Circuits
2.2 Electric current and current density
2.3 Resistance and Ohm’s law
2.4 Resistivity of conductors
2.5 Electrical energy, work and power
2.6 Resistors (types, color codes)
2.7 Electric safety rules
2.8 Fuse and circuit breakers
3. Direct current circuits with resistances
3.1 Series circuits
3.1.1 Current and resistance in series
circuits
3.1.2 Effects of” opens” and “shorts” in
series circuits
3.1.3 Voltage-divider equation
3.1.4 Application of series circuits
3.1.5 Total power in series circuits
3.2 Parallel circuit
3.2.1 Voltage and resistance in parallel
circuits
3.2.2 Effects of an open –branch in
parallel circuit
3.2.3 Effects of a short circuit across
parallel branches
3.2.4 Current-divider equation
3.2.5 Applications of parallel circuits
3.2.6 Conductance in parallel circuit
3.3 Series-parallel circuits
3.3.1 Finding the total resistance for
series-parallel circuits
3.3.2 Opens and shorts in series-parallel
circuits
4. Network theories and Equivalent circuits
4.1 Kirchhoff’s rules
4.2 Mesh analysis
4.3 Norton’s theorem
4.4 Thevenin’s Equivalent circuits
4.5 Conversion of Thevenin’s to Norton’s
Equivalent circuits
4.6 Delta and Y Networks
5. Alternating current (AC) and voltage
5.1 Quantifying alternating current
(Amplitude, f, T, Phase)
5.2 Alternating current circuits with
resistances
5.3 AC sources and phasors
5.4 Resistors in an AC circuits
5.5 Inductors in an AC circuits
5.6 Capacitors in an AC circuits
5.7 The RLC series circuits
5.8 Power in an AC circuits
6 Capacitance
6.1 Electric charge stored in dielectric of a
capacitor
6.2 Types of capacitors
6.3 Charging and discharging process of a
capacitor
6.4 Capacitor in AC circuits(including
capacitive reactance)
6.4.1 Capacitors in series
6.4.2 Capacitors in parallel
6.4.3 Applications of capacitors
7 Inductance
7.1 Characteristics of inductance
7.2 Types of inductors
7.3 Inductors in DC circuits
7.4 Inductors in AC circuits (including
inductive reactance)
7.4.1 Inductors in parallel
7.4.2 Inductors in series
8 R, L, and C circuits
8.1 Series RLC circuits; Parallel RLC circuits
8.2 Series and parallel resonant circuits
Part II: Applications of Diodes and Bipolar
transistors
9 Semi-conductors (6 hrs)
9.1 Energy bands of semi conductors
9.2 Valence bands and conduction of
semi conductors
9.3 Intrinsic and Extrinsic semi
conductors
9.4 Accepters and Donors
9.5 P-type and n-type semi conductors
9.6 pn-junction
9.7 Zener diodes as voltage regulators
9.8 Diodes as rectifiers (Full wave
rectifier, Regulated power supply,)
9.9 Filters (Passive and Active-low pass
Filters)
10 Bipolar Junction Transistors (4 hrs)
10.1 Pnp and npn transistors
10.2 Physics of operation of transistors in
active mode
10.3 Static characteristics: cut off,
saturation and active regions
10.4 Analysis of Transistor circuits at DC
10.5 Transistors as an amplifier
10.6 Biasing the BJT for discrete circuit
design
10.7 Biasing single stage BJT amplifier
configurations (Common emitter, base and
collector configuration)
11. Field Effect Transistors (4 hrs)
11.1 junction field-effect transistor (JFET),
JFET Common Source Amplifier,
11.2 JFET Common Drain amplifier
11.3 Insulated-Gate Field Effect Transistor.
Power
11.4 Multiple Transistor Circuit
12. Operational Amplifiers and
Oscillations (4 hrs)
Open loop Amplifiers,
12.1 Ideal Amplifiers, Approximation
Analysis, Ope-loop Gain.
12.1 The Ideal Op-Amp
12.2 Analysis of Circuit Containing Ideal
Op-Amps- Inverting Configuration
12.3 Applications of the Inverting
Configurations
12.4 The Noninverting Configuration
Examples of Op-Amp Circuits, Transister
amplifier, biasing points
13. Digital Circuits (4 hrs)
13.1 Number systems, Boolean Algebra,
Logic Gates,
13.2 Combinational Logic,
13.3 Multiplexes and decoders, Schmitt
Trigger, Two-State storage elements,
13.4 Latches and un-clocked flip-flops;
13.5 Dynamically clocked flipiflops,
13.6 One-shot registers
13.7 Digital information in series, parallel or
timed signals
Teaching and Lecture
learning Methods Laboratory, Practical work and
Demonstration
Assessment/ Theoretical Tests (30%)
Evaluation and Assignment (10%)
Grading System
Lab work (10%)
Final Exam (50%)
Text Books 1. Bernard Grob; “Basic Electronics”; McGraw-
Hill Inc. USA, 11th Edition, 2011.
Reference Materials 1. Hughes, Edward, Hughes; “Electrical and
Electronic Technology”, Pearson Education
Limited, USA, 2008
2. Tayal D.C. Basic Electronics. 2 nd ed.
Himalaya Publishing House Mumbai,(1998).
3. 4. Theraja B.L., R.S. Sedha. Principles of
Electronic Devices and Circuits, [Link] and
Company Ltd, New Delhi, (2004).
4. G. Randy Slone - Tab Electronics Guide to
Understanding Electricity and Electronics-
McGraw-Hill (2000)