Basic Electronic Devices and Circuits

The book Basic Electronic Devices and Circuits is primarily for diploma, AMIE, Degree and other engineering examinations. It will also meet the needs of those readers who wish to gain sound knowledge of electronics. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date study of the principles of operation of electronic devices, their construction and basic circuits and applications. The book uses a plain, lucid and everyday language to explain the subject matter. The book prepares very carefully a background of each topic with essential illustration of diagrams is the feature of this book. Table Of Contents Chapter-1 PN Junction Diodes 1.1 Introduction to Semiconductors 1.2. Structure of an atom 1.3. Structure of Silicon and Germanium Atoms 1.4. Classification of materials based on Band Theory 1.5. Introduction to PN Junction Chapter-2: Special purpose diodes 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Zener Diode 2.3. Light Emitting Diode (LED) 2.4. Photodiode 2.5. Switching Diode 2.6. Schottky diodes 2.7. Tunnel diodes 2.8. Snap diode or step recovery diode 2.9. IMPATT diode 2.10. Gunn Diode 2.11. Varactor Diodes (Varicap) 2.12. Laser Diodes 2.13. Constant-current diodes 2.14. Opto-coupler Chapter-3: Diodes Circuits 3.1. Rectifier Circuits using Diodes 3.2. Classification of Rectifier Circuits 3.3.