Version: 3/20/2019 2
Additional Course Information
Topical Outline: Each offering of this course must include the following topics (be sure to include information regarding lab,
practicum, and clinical or other non-lecture instruction).
The following performance will be expected of any student completing this course with a passing grade. There is no
absolute time limit on the performance of these objectives, unless noted, but the grade received by the student will
depend, in part, on the relative speed and precision of the student's performance in these tasks. Where subjective
evaluations are indicated, the instructor will make these judgments based on his or her knowledge of the skills required
to place a graduate with the expectation of successful on-job performance.
The student will be expected to show understanding of the following in written examination or laboratory
demonstration:
AC Models
• Coupling versus Bypass Capacitors
• AC/DC Analysis
• Small Signal Operation and AC Resistance
Voltage Amplifiers
• Common Emitter Amplifiers and Voltage Gain Predicted Gain and Simplified Analysis
• Swamped and Cascaded Amplifiers
Power Amplifiers
• AC Load Line and Signal Limits
• Class A Operation
• Power Rating, AC Saturation and Cutoff
• Thermal Resistance
Emitter Followers
• Common Collector Amplifiers
• Maximum Output and Cascading
• Class B Operation
• Output Impedance and Voltage Regulation
Communications Circuits
• Class C Operation
• Frequency Multipliers
• Harmonics
• Noise
• AM and FM circuits
• Frequency Effects
• Collector Bypass Circuits
• Miller's Theorem
• High Frequency Analysis
• Voltage Gain Outside the Midband
• Field Effect Transistors
• The Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)
• Transconductance Curves and JFET Approximations
• MOSFETs
• Data Sheets
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• FET Circuits
• FET Curves and Transconductance
