DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

The University of Lahore

1 - KM Defence Road, Lahore

Course Hand Book

Course Title

Electronic Devices and Circuits

1 Course Code CMP06102
2 Credit Hours 3+1
3 Pre Requisite Applied Physics
4 Contact Hours (Theory) 3 hours/ week
5 Contact Hours (Lab) 3 hours/ week
6 Section A
Lecture: Thursday (12:30-02:00), Thursday
7 Lecture time and days Sec A (04:00-05:30)
Lab: Friday (09:30-12:30)
8 Instructor Engr. Ihsan Ullah
9 Office CE - 204
10 Telephone/Email Ihsan.ullah1@dce.uol.edu.pk
11 Website Nil
12 Visiting Hours Wednesday (8:00-11:00), Thursday (10:00-01:00)
13 Course Introduction
The objective of this course is to introduce large signal analysis and design of diode circuits and
transistor based amplifiers.

14 Course Learning Outcome

On successful completion of this subject students will be able to:
CLO 1: Explain the construction, working and characteristics of diodes, transistors and
operational amplifiers and their applications in electronic circuits. [C3] [PLO1]
CLO 2: Analyse electronic circuits containing diodes, transistors and amplifiers and circuit
problems. [C4] [PLO2]
CLO 3: Design amplifier circuits for practical applications. [C6] [PLO3]
CLO 4: Carry out experiments, generate and interpret results using modern engineering tools.
[PLO5] [P3]
15 Course Contents
PN junction diodes, Forward and reverse characteristics of diode, Ideal diode, Practical diode,
Equivalent circuits of diode, current equation of diode, diode as a switch. Schottky diode, Zener
diode, Tunnel diode, Varactor diode. LED, Laser diode and their applications. Bipolar junction
transistor Operation (NPN and PNP), DC circuit analysis, Load line BJT biasing, bias stability.
Design and analysis of common emitter, common base and common collector amplifiers.
FET biasing, design of common source, common drain and common gate amplifiers. Hybrid
parameters, ac gain and frequency analysis of single/multi stage amplifiers. Classes of amplifiers,
power amplifiers, differential amplifiers, operational amplifiers and applications.
16 Lecture Break Up
Week Topics of Lecture
1 Atomic Structure, Semiconductor Material, Semiconductor Current, P-type and N-
type Semiconductor Material, PN Junction (Doping, Depletion Region, Barrier
Potential, Thermal Voltage effect).
2 Diode V-I characteristics, Application of diode circuits, Terminal Characteristics,
Rectifier Introduction, Types of Rectifier, Half wave rectifier, Full wave rectifier and
Bridge Full wave Rectifier.
3 Introduction of Zener Diode, Zener Break down, Breakdown Characteristics, Zener
equivalent Circuits, Temperature Coefficient, Power Dissipation.
4 Zener Diode Application (Zener Regulation with variable input voltage, Regulation
with a variable load , From No Load to Full Load, Zener Limiter), Quiz No 1, LED ,
Semiconductor material in LED, LED Biasing.
5 LED Emitter, Radiation, Application, High Intensity LED, Photodiode,
Characteristics of Tunnel Diode, Parallel Resonant Circuits of Tunnel Diode,
Introduction of Laser Diode, Operation of Laser Diode, Application of Laser Diode.
6 BJT’S Structure, BJT’S Basic Operations, Transistor Characteristics and Parameters
7 Transistor Characteristics and Parameters, BJT’S as an Amplifier, Transistor as
switch.
8 The DC Operating Point, Voltage Divider Bias, Voltage Divider Biasing, Other
Biasing Methods
9 Mid Term, BJT Amplifier, Amplifier Operations, Transistor AC Model, Common
Emitter Amplifier
10 Common Collector Amplifier, Common Base Amplifier, Multistage Amplifiers,
Power Amplifiers
11 JFET, JFET Characteristics and parameters
12 JFET Biasing, The MOSFET Characteristics and Parameters
13 FET Amplifier, Common Source Amplifiers
14 Common Drain Amplifier, Common Gate Amplifier
15 Introduction to Operational Amplifier, OP AMP Input Modes and Parameters, Bias
Current and Off Set Voltage Compensation
16 Basic OP AMP Circuits: Comparators, Summing Amplifier
17 Final term Examination

17 Course Assessment Policy and Grading

The total hours should equal the learning hours for the module and is made up of the teaching
contact hours as well as the students' private study hours.

THEORY (80%)
Type Hours
Teaching Contact Hours 3 hours/ week
Instructors Office Hours 6 hours/ week
Lab Practical Conduct 3 hours/ week

Percentage Break Up

Theory + Lab (Total Weightage = 100 %)

Exam Quantity Weightage
1. Mid Term 1 20
2. Final Exam 1 40
3. Quiz 6 10
4. Assignments 4 10
5. Lab 1 20

18 Text Book/s 1. Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, Electronic Devices

and Circuit Theory, 11th Edition, ISBN 0132622262,
Prentice Hall, 2012.
2. Thomas L. Floyd, Electronic Devices, 10th Edition,
illustrated, 0134414446, 2017, Pearson
19 Reference Books 3. A. S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, "Microelectronic Circuits",
Oxford University Press, 6th Edition.
4. V.K. Mehta, Principles of Electronics, 1st Edition,
8121924502, 2005.

20 Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism involves the unacknowledged use of someone else’s work, usually in coursework, and
passing it off as if it were one’s own. Many students who submit apparently plagiarised work
probably do so inadvertently without realising it because of poorly developed study skills,
including note taking, referencing and citations; this is poor academic practice rather than
malpractice. Study skills education within programmes of study should minimise the number of
students submitting poorly referenced work. However, some students plagiarise deliberately, with
the intent to deceive. This intentional malpractice is a conscious, pre-mediated form of cheating
and is regarded as a particularly serious breach of the core values of academic integrity. The
Computer Engineering Programme has zero tolerance for intentional plagiarism.

21 Attendance Policy
Every student must attend 75% of the lectures/seminars delivered in each course and 75% of the
practical/laboratory work prescribed for the respective courses. The students having short of
required percentage of attendance of lectures/seminars/practical/laboratory work, etc., shall not
be allowed to appear in the terminal examination of this course and shall be treated as having
failed this course.
22 Project / Report / Simulation
N/A
23 Field Trips/Case Studies/Seminars/Workshop
N/A
24 Mapping of Course Learning Outcome to Program Learning Outcome

CLOs/PLOs CLO:1 CLO:2 CLO:3 CLO:4

PLO 1 (Engineering Knowledge) 
PLO 2 (Problem Analysis) 
PLO 3 (Design/ Development of Solutions)

PLO 4 (Investigation)
PLO 5 (Modern Tool Usage) 
 PLO 6 (The Engineer and Society)
PLO 7 (Environment and Sustainability)
PLO 8 (Ethics)
PLO 9 (Individual and Team Work )
PLO 10 (Communication)
PLO 11 (Project Management)
PLO 12 (Lifelong Learning)

25 Mapping of CLOs to Assessment Modules

Assessment Modules CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4

Assignments  
Quizzes  
Midterm Exam  
Final Exam  
Project

26 Recommendations and Suggestions