Solid State Devices

Solid State Devices is a free Electrical and Electronics Engineering handbook covering important course topics, notes, diagrams, equations, formulas and study materials. Download this digital book and reference guide for Diploma, BE, BTech, BSc and related engineering degree courses.

Study semiconductor diodes, RC circuits, amplifier frequency response, negative feedback, oscillators, voltage regulators, 555 timers, ADC, DAC and phase-locked loops. Useful for university exams, viva, interviews, assignments, projects and quick revision.

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ALL 71 DISTINCT LISTED TOPICS

FEEDBACK BASICS & SPECIAL DIODES

1. Feedback Topology

2. Properties of Negative Feedback

3. Introduction to Special Diodes

4. Varactor Diodes

5. Schottky Diodes

6. Photodiodes

7. Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

8. Tunnel Diodes

9. Construction of Tunnel Diodes

10. Characteristics of Tunnel Diodes

11. Zener Diodes

12. Zener Breakdown

13. Avalanche Breakdown

RC CIRCUITS & AMPLIFIERS

14. RC Low-Pass Circuit

15. RC High-Pass Circuit

16. Response to Sine-Wave Inputs

17. Response to Square-Wave Inputs

18. RC Circuit as Differentiator

19. RC Circuit as Integrator

20. Compensated Attenuator

21. Low-Frequency Response of Common-Emitter Amplifier

22. High-Frequency Response of Common-Emitter Amplifier

23. Miller's Theorem

24. Low-Frequency Response of Common-Source Amplifier

25. High-Frequency Response of Common-Source Amplifier

26. Multistage Amplifiers

27. Cascade Amplifiers

28. Cascade and Darlington Pair

29. Cascade Connection: Transmission Parameters

30. Types of Coupling

31. Thermal Stability

32. Current Mirrors

33. Linear Operations

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS & STABILITY

34. General Feedback Structure

35. Series-Shunt Feedback Amplifiers

36. Shunt-Series Feedback Amplifiers

37. Series-Series Feedback Amplifiers

38. Shunt-Shunt Feedback Amplifiers

39. Determining Loop Gain

40. Stability Problems

41. Nyquist Plot

OSCILLATORS & WAVEFORM GENERATION

42. Basic Principles of Sinusoidal Oscillators

43. Two-Stage Oscillator with Series RLC Feedback

44. Op-Amp Oscillator with Series RLC Circuit

45. RC Oscillators

46. Wien Bridge Oscillator

47. Operation of Wien Bridge Oscillator

48. Phase-Shift Oscillator

49. Colpitts Oscillator

50. Hartley Oscillator

51. Clapp Oscillator

52. Crystal Oscillator

555 TIMERS, REGULATORS & CONVERTERS

53. IC 555 Timers

54. IC 555 Timer Applications

55. Voltage Regulators

56. Types of Voltage Regulators

57. Series Regulator Concepts

58. Series-Pass Regulator with Feedback

59. Shunt Regulator Concepts

60. Switching Regulator Concepts

61. Sample Circuit

62. Series Circuit

63. Hold Circuit

64. Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC)

65. Digital-to-Analog Converters (DAC)

66. Astable Multivibrators

67. Monostable Multivibrators

68. TTL/CMOS Monostable Multivibrators

69. Schmitt Trigger

70. Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO)

71. Phase-Locked Loop (PLL)

Use this free Solid State Devices ebook to revise electronics circuits, diode characteristics, feedback systems and waveform generation.