ELCT 120 Electronic Circuit Analysis

• State Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws relating to electromagnetic induction 
• Describe the basic transformer and its application 
• Use complex numbers in both rectangular and polar form 
• Identify the difference between a series and parallel RCL circuit 
• Describe how complex numbers apply to AC circuits containing series-parallel RCL components
• Define resonance and explain the characteristics of series resonance and parallel resonance 
• Identify and explain the differences among passive filter types, including low pass filter, high pass filter, bandpass filter, and band stop filter 
• Explain the fundamental nature of semiconductor materials and its application in modern electronics 
• Describe the characteristics of and differences among the half-wave rectifier, the full-wave center-tapped rectifier, and the full-wave bridge rectifier 
• Calculate ripple voltages and ripple frequencies of all rectifier types 
• Describe the operation and characteristics of an IC regulator 
• Name the three terminals of a bipolar junction transistor 
• Describe the two basic actions of a bipolar transistor: On/off switching action and variable-resistor action 
• Explain transistor voltage and current abbreviations, DC alpha, DC beta, collector characteristic curve, AC beta, input resistance and impedance, output resistance and impedance, calculate a transistor circuit, DC current gain, AC current gain, voltage gain, and power gain 
• Define DC load line, cutoff point, saturation point, and quiescent point 
• Explain the JFET operation, and the following characteristics: VP, VBR, IDSS, VGS(OFF), transconductance, and high input impedance 
• Describe how to test the various types of FET’s 
• Describe the symbol, package types, and internal block diagram of the operational amplifier and its application configurations