THIKA SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Department of HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATICS

UNIT PARTICULARS
UNIT Code: CIT 1202

UNIT Title:BASIC ELECTRONICS

UNIT Duration: 26 HOURS
Status: Compulsory

UNIT TRAINER:
Lecturer: Mr. Omambia.
Dept. HRIT
Phone: 0704214085
Email: omambiafred2030@gmail.com

GENETAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of this unit of study, the student should be able to:

(i.) Explain the importance of electronics in Information technology.

(ii.) Describe the characteristics of various electronic components used in information
technology.
(iii.) Analysis and design electronic components.

GRADING SYSTEM FOR THE UNIT

This UNIT will be graded as follows:
Continuous Assessment Test 20%
Class Assignment 10%
Class Presentation 10%
End Term Examination 60%
TOTOTAL 100%

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Attendance: It is expected that every student will be in class for lectures and also participate inall
practical exercises. Attendance records will be kept and used to determine each person’s
qualification to sit for the final examination.
Academic Integrity: Violations of academic integrity, including dishonesty in
assignments,examinations, or other academic performances are prohibited. You are not allowed
to make copies of another person’s work and submit it as your own; that is plagiarism. All cases
of academic dishonesty will be reported to the University Management for appropriate sanctions
in accordance with the guidelines for handling students’ misconduct as spelt out in the Students’
Handbook.
Assignments and Group Work: Students are expected to submit assignments as
scheduled.Failure to submit an assignment as at when due will earn you zero for that assignment.
Only under extenuating circumstances, for which a student has notified any of the instructors in
advance, will late submission of assignments be permitted.
Code of Conduct in Lecture Rooms and Laboratories: Students should turn off their cell
phonesduring lectures. Students are prohibited from engaging in other activities (such as texting,
watching videos, etc.) during lectures. Food and drinks are not permitted in the laboratories.

READING LIST

1. Floyd, T.L. (2008). Digital Fundamentals (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
2. Kleitz, W. (2007). Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Prentice Hall.
3. IEEE Computer Society. http://www.computer.org/

ASSIGNMENT
 COUNIT OUTLINE
1-3 Week Electronic devices: Resistors, Ohms law. Networked Circuits: (Kirchoffs, Thevenin,
Nortons laws).
assignment 1

4-5 Week Capacitors (electrolytic, foil) use, charging and discharging.

CA

6-7 Week Semiconductor Diodes: P-N junction Diode, Resistance levels, Diode Equivalent
circuits, Zener diodes, Load line Analysis, Series diode configurations with D.C Inputs,
Half-Wave rectification, Full-Wave rectification, Clippers and Clampers.

Diodes (P-N junction, LED, Zener, Photodiodes) characteristics and applications

Optical Devices: Light Emitting Diodes, Liquid Crystal Display, Photo Diodes, Photo
Conductive Cells, Solar Cells, Principles of Cathode Ray Tube

8-10 Week Bipolar Junction Transistors. Transistors (BJT, MOSFET) biasing and applications.
Analysis of transistor amplifier using h- parameters. Unipolar Devices: Construction
and characteristics of JFETs. Depletion type MOSFETs, Enhancement type MOSFETs,
Fixed bias configuration, Self-bias configuration, FET small signal model. Source
Follower Circuit, Common Gate circuit, Uni junction

Assignment 2/CA 2
11-13 Thyristors and triacs(SCR) block diagram and basic operations of Operational
Week Amplifier. Thermistors: positive and negative coefficient.

This course will have five modules that correspond to the material in the textbooks and course