Applied Electronic Systems

Amplification: Circuit Elements used in amplification, Classification of amplifiers, representation of an amplifier circuit as a voltage, current, resistance and transconductance amplifier. Biasing and stabilization of Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) and Field Effect Transistor (FET) circuits. Small-signal representation of active devices. Small-signal analysis of single and multi-stage amplifiers at midband. Low frequency and high frequency response of single and multi-stage amplifiers. Bode plots and frequency response of amplifiers. Analysis of broadband and narrowband amplifiers and other communication circuits. Feedback on gain, input and output impedances. Analysis of feedback amplifiers. Stability and compensation techniques.