New Delhi: Sanguine Technical Publisher, 2015. — 720p.
This book takes the reader from simple diode circuits through the analysis and design of various transistor and FET amplifier configurations. The analysis and design of various feedback topologies and oscillators have also been covered. Intuitive and heuristic understanding of the concepts and physical meaning of mathematical results are emphasized throughout the book. Problem solving techniques are given throughout each chapter to assist the reader in analyzing the circuits.
This book takes the reader from simple diode circuits through the analysis and design of various transistor and FET amplifier configurations. The analysis and design of various feedback topologies and oscillators have also been covered. Intuitive and heuristic understanding of the concepts and physical meaning of mathematical results are emphasized throughout the book. Problem solving techniques are given throughout each chapter to assist the reader in analyzing the circuits.
Diode Circuits.
Volt-ampere Characteristics of Semiconductor Diode.
Temperature Effects.
Comparative Study of Ge, Si and GaAs Devices.
Diode Resistance Levels.
Analytical Expression for Dynamic Resistance of Diode.
Equivalent Circuits of Diode.
Transition and Diffusion Capacitance.
Charge Storage and Reverse Recovery Time.
Diode Specification Sheets.
Classification of Junction Diodes.
Load-line Analysis of Diode Circuit.
Analysis of Diode Circuits using the Diode Equivalent Circuit.
Rectifiers.
Half-wave Rectifier.
Full-wave Bridge Rectifier.
Practical Rectifier Circuits.
Full Wave Rectifier using Two Diodes and a Center-trapped Transformer.
Analysis of Rectifier Circuits considering the Effect of Diode Resistance.
Clipping Circuits or Limiting Circuits.
Shunt or Parallel Clipper.
Series Clipper.
Clipping at Two Independent Levels [Double Ended Clipper].
Another Double Ended Clipper.
Clamping Circuits.
Negative Clamper.
Positive Clamper.
Transistor Biasing.
The Operating Point.
DC Load Line.
Reasons for Instability of the Operating Point.
Stability Factors.
Fixed-bias Circuit.
Load Line Analysis of the Fixed-bias Circuit.
Emitter-bias Circuit.
Voltage Divider Bias or Universal Bias Circuit.
Collector Feedback Bias.
Design Rule.
Circuits with pnp Transistors.
Transistor Switching Networks.
Transistor Switching Times.
Bias Stabilisation.
General Expression for Stability Factor S(I
co).
Stability Factors for Fixed-bias Circuit.
Stability Factors for Emitter-bias Circuit.
Stability Factors for Voltage Divider Bias Circuit.
Stability Factors for Collector Feedback Bias Circuit.
Transistor at Low Frequencies.
Notations in Amplifier Analysis.
AC Resistance of Emitter Base Diode.
Two Port Network.
Modeling of Transistor.
The r
e Model of Transistor in Common Base (CB) Configuration.
r
e Model of pnp Transistor in CB Configuration.
The r
e Model of Transistor in Common-emitter (CE) Configuration.
r
e Model of Transistor in CE Configuration including r
o.
The Hybrid Equivalent Model.
Hybrid Model of CB Configuration.
Hybrid Model of CE Configuration.
Hybrid Model of CC Configuration.
Variations of h-parameters.
Advantages of h-parameters.
Approximate Hybrid Equivalent Circuit.
Relation between the Parameters of Hybrid Model and the r
e Model.
Hybrid π Model.
Common-emitter Fixed-bias Configuration.
Common-emitter Configuration with Voltage Divider Bias.
Common-emitter Configuration using Emitter-bias with Unbypassed R
E.
CE Emitter Bias Configuration with Bypassed R
E.
Common-emitter Configuration using Voltage Divider Bias with Unbypassed R
E.
Voltage Divider Bias and Emitter Bias Configurations with Partly Bypassed RE.
Emitter-follower Configuration.
Emitter-follower using Voltage Divider Bias.
Emitter-follower using Collector Resistor.
Common-base Configuration.
Important Characteristics of CB Configuration.
Applications of CB Configuration.
Collector Feedback Configuration.
Collector DC Feedback Configuration.
Effects of R
s and R
L.
Fixed Bias Common-emitter Amplifier with R
s and R
L.
Common-emitter Voltage Divider Bias Configuration, with R
s and R
L.
Emitter-follower Configuration with R
s and R
L.
CE Emitter-bias Configuration with R
s and R
L.
Two-port Systems Approach.
Analysis of Amplifiers using Two-port System Approach considering the Effects of R
s and R
L.
Advantages of Two-port System Approach.
Transistor Frequency Response.
General Frequency Considerations.
Low Frequency Analysis.
Low Frequency Response of BJT Amplifier.
Miller Effect Capacitance.
High-frequency Response of BJT Amplifier.
General Amplifiers.
Cascaded Systems.
Cascode Connection.
Darlington Connection.
DC Bias of Darlington Circuit.
Darlington Emitter-follower.
Feedback Pair.
DC Bias of Feedback Pair.
AC Operation of Feedback Pair.
Current Mirror Circuit.
Current Source Circuits.
BJT Constant-current Source.
BJT Constant-current Source using Zener Diode.
Analysis of Transistor Configurations using Approximate Hybrid Model.
Common-emitter Fixed Bias Configuration.
Common-emitter Configuration using Voltage Divider Bias.
CE-emitter Bias Configuration with Unbypassed R
E.
Emitter-follower Configuration.
Common-base Configuration.
Analysis of General Transistor Configuration using the Complete Hybrid Equivalent Model.
Feedback Amplifiers.
Classification of Amplifiers.
Feedback Concept.
Transfer Gain of Single Loop Feedback Amplifier.
Loop Gain.
Assumptions in the Analysis of Feedback Amplifiers.
Feedback Amplifier Topologies.
General Characteristics of Negative Feedback Amplifier.
Effect of Negative Feedback on Input Resistance.
Effect of Negative Feedback on Output Resistance.
Effect of Negative Feedback on Bandwidth.
Advantages of Negative Feedback.
Practical Feedback Circuits.
Power Amplifiers.
Classification of Power Amplifiers.
Class A Power Amplifier.
Harmonic Distortion or Non linear Distortion.
Higher-order Harmonic Distortion.
Conversion Efficiency.
Class В Push-pull Power Amplifier.
Class D Power Amplifier.
Power Transistor Heat Sinking.
Thermal Analogy of a Power Transistor.
Oscillators.
Basic Principle of Oscillators.
Practical Aspects.
Classification of Oscillators based on the Elements used in the Feedback Network.
RC-phase Shift Oscillator.
Transistor RC-phase Shift Oscillator.
Merits and Demerits of RC-phase Shift Oscillator.
Wein Bridge Oscillator.
LC Oscillators (Tuned Oscillators).
Transistor Colpitts Oscillator.
Transistor Hartley Oscillator.
Crystal Oscillator.
Piezo Electric Effect.
Characteristics of Quartz Crystals.
Crystal Reactance.
Transistor Crystal Oscillator.
Merits and Demerits of Crystal Oscillator.
Applications of Crystal Oscillator.
FET Amplifiers.
Basics of Junction Field Effect Transistor.
FET Current Equation.
Transfer Characteristics.
Drain Characteristics.
FET Small-signal Model.
Graphical Determination of g
m.
Mathematical Expression for g
m.
Relation between I
D and g
m.
JFET Common-source Amplifer using Fixed Bias Configuration.
JFET Common-soure Amplifier using Self-bias Configuration.
JFET Common-source Amplifier with Unbypassed R
s.
JFET Common-source Amplifier using Voltage Divider Configuration.
JFET Common-source Amplifier using Voltage Divider Configuration, with Unbypassed R
s.
JFET Source-follower [Common-drain Configuration].
JFET Common-gate Configuration.
Depletion-type MOSFETS [D-MOSFET].
Enhancement-type MOSFETS [E-MOSFET].
Expression for Transconductance g
m.
Small Signal AC Model of E-MOSFET.
E-MOSFET Drain-feedback Configuration.
E-MOSFET Common-source Amplifier using Voltage Divider Configuration.
Design of FET Amplifiers.
Bibliography.
Index.