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Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and SimpleCircuits.
Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators (qualitative
ideas only).Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. (ii) Semiconductor
diode: I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a
rectifier; Special types of junction diodes: LED, photodiode, solar cell
and Zener diode and its characteristics, zener diode as a voltage
regulator. (iii)Junction transistor, npn and pnp transistor, transistor
action, characteristics of a transistor and transistor as an amplifier
elementary ideas on solar cell, photodiode and light emitting diode
(LED) as semi conducting diodes. Importance of LED’s as they save
energy without causing atmospheric pollution and global warming.
Zener diode, V-I characteristics, circuit diagram and working of zener
diode as a voltage regulator. (c) Junction transistor; simple qualitative