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ELT 126 - Solid State Devices


Description: Characteristics and operation of solid state devices including diodes, thyristors, bipolar and field effect transistors. Includes power supplies, diode circuits, transistor biasing and operation, triacs, and silicon-controlled rectifiers.

Prerequisites: ELT 111  and ELT 112  

Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 2

Course Content:
  1. Semiconductor theory and operation
  2. Diode power supplies and circuits
  3. Bipolar transistor biasing, operation, amplifiers and circuits
  4. Field effect transistor biasing, operation, amplifiers and circuits.
  5. Thyristor biasing, operation and circuits

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Describe semiconductor doping, diode construction, biasing and operation. (1)
  2. Troubleshoot diode power supplies and specialty diode circuits. (2)
  3. Troubleshoot bipolar transistor circuits. (3)
  4. Troubleshoot field effect transistor circuits. (4)
  5. Troubleshoot thyristor circuits. (5)