Review Material

Section A: Preliminary Material - Physics & Chemistry

1. Intro & Goals
2. Atomic Composition and Crystalline Structure
3. Solids and Their Conductive Properties
4. Intrinsic & Extrinisic Semiconductors
5. Current Flow in Semiconductors
6. The pn Junction
7. Summary

Section B: The Semiconductor Diode

1. Intro & Goals
2. The Ideal Diode
3. The Practical Diode
4. Diode Equivalent Circuit Models
5. Diode Circuit Analysis
6. Rectification Using Semiconductor Diodes
7. Filtering
8. Clippers & Clampers
9. Zener Diodes
10. Summary

Section C: The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)

1. Intro & Goals
2. BJT Structure and Operational Modes
3. BJT Equivalent Circuit Models
4. BJT Characteristic Curves
5. Single-Stage BJT Amplifier Configurations
6. Biasing of Single-Stage BJT Amplifiers
7. Power Considerations for BJT Amplifiers
8. Analysis & Design of Voltage Amplifier Bias Circuits
9. Analysis & Design of Current Amplifier Bias Circuits
10. Summary

Section D: BJT Amplifiers

1. Intro & Goals
2. The Common-Emitter (CE) Amplifier
3. The Emitter-Resistor (ER) Amplifier
4. The Common-Collector(CC)/Emitter-Follower (EF) Amplifier
5. The Common-Base (CB) Amplifier
6. BJT Amplifier Applications
7. Amplifier Coupling & Multistage Analysis
8. Bias Stability - Types of Biasing
9. Bias Stability - Effects of Parameter Changes
10. Diode Compensation
11. Final Words on Bias Stability
12. Summary

Section E: Operational Amplifiers

1. Intro & Goals
2. Ideal Op-Amps
3. Op-Amp Amplifiers
4. (Some) Other Op-Amp Applications
5. Summary

Section F: Field-Effect Transistors & Transistor Amplifiers

1. Intro & Goals
2. FET Introductory Comments
3. Types of FETs
   a. Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET)
   b. Metal-Oxide Semiconductor FET (MOSFET)
4. FET Biasing
5. FET Models for Computer Simulations
6. FET Amplifiers & Amplifier Analysis
7. FET Amplifier Design
8. FET Temperature Effects
9. Summary