Semiconductor diode characteristics – applications in rectifiers and power supplies – transistor characteristics.
Biasing circuit – bias stabilization and compensation techniques – small signal low frequency h-parameter model – low frequency transistors.
Amplifiers – FET biasing and low frequency amplifier circuits – RC-coupled amplifiers.
Introduction to operational amplifiers – inverting and non-inverting mode of its operation – digital circuits – Boolean logic – basic gates – truth tables – logic minimization using K maps – combinatorial and sequential circuits.

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