Course Electronics 1: Semiconductor components

Includes:

• 1 Experiment card with diode circuits (Si, Ge and Zener diodes)
• 1 Experiment card with photocell light barrier and stabilising circuit using Zener diode
• 1 Experiment card with transistor circuitry for building various circuits (emitter and collector followers, with/without feedback)
• Storage case
• Labsoft browser and course software

Course contents:

• Become familiar with how semiconductors work
• Name semiconductor materials and their properties
• Be able to elaborate on the term “doping"
• Be able to explain the term "P-N junction"
• Know standard designs and designation codes of semiconductor components
• Identifying the main properties and key applications of diodes
• Investigating valve and rectifier effects of the diode
• Recording static and dynamic characteristics of various diodes
• Experimental determination of various parameters for Ge, Si and Zener diodes
• Investigating limiter circuits with Zener diodes (with and without load)
• Investigating stabilising circuits using Zener diodes in response to input voltage and load
• Become familiar with the properties of special diodes: Shottky, PIN, Tunnel capacitance and backward diodes
• Determining characteristics and characteristic curve of a light emitting diode
• Investigating switching characteristics and characteristic curve of a phototransistor
• Investigating a fork-type light barrier
• Introduction to basic transistor circuits
• Transistor operation as switch and amplifier
• Experiment on adjusting operating of a transistor circuit
• Measurement of gain and input/output resistance of common emitter circuit, without feedback
• Investigating the effect of resistive and capacitive feedback in a common emitter circuit
• Measurement of gain and input/output resistance of common collector circuit
• Fault simulation (Faults activated via relay)
• Course duration 8 h approx.