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Transistor at High Frequencies:

Hybrid –pi CE Transistor Model, Hybrid –pi Conductance, Hybrid –pi
Capacitances, Validity of Hybrid –pi Model, Variation of Hybrid –pi
Parameters, CE Short-Circuit Current Gain, Current Gain with
Resistive Load, Single-Stage CE Transistor Amplifier Response,
Gain-Bandwidth Product, Emitter Follower at High Frequencies

Oscillators:

Sinusoidal oscillators, Phase-shift oscillator, Resonant circuit
oscillators, A general form of oscillator circuit, Wien bridge oscillator,
Crystal oscillators, Frequency stability

Feedback Amplifiers:

Classification of Amplifiers, Feedback Concept, Transfer Gain with
Feedback, General Characteristics of Negative Feedback Amplifiers,
Input Resistance, Output Resistance, Method of Analysis of a
Feedback Amplifier, Voltage Series Feedback, A Voltage Series
Feedback Pair, Current Series Feedback, Current Shunt Feedback,
Voltage Shunt Feedback

Operational Amplifiers:

The Basic Operational Amplifier, Transistor based Differential
Amplifier, The Emitter –Coupled Differential Amplifier.

Linear Analog Systems:

Basic Operational Amplifier Applications, Differential DC Amplifier,
Stable AC-Coupled Amplifier, Analog Integration and Differentiation.

Non-Linear Analog Systems:

Comparators, Sample-and-Hold Circuits, Precision AC/DC
Converters, Logarithmic Amplifiers, Waveform Generators, Regenerative Comparator (Schmitt Trigger), Emitter-Coupled Logic
(ECL)

Specialized ICs and its Applications:

i) 555 Timer and its applications: Block diagram, Monostable
and Astable multivibrator, Applications as Frequency divider,
Square wave generator
ii) Phase Locked Loops and its Applications: Block diagram and
operation, Applications as Frequency Multiplier, Frequency Shift
Keying
iii)Design of Power Supply: Simple op-amp voltage regulator,
Three terminal voltage regulators, Fixed and adjustable voltage
regulators (78XX, LM317), Heat sink, Dual power supply
(LM320, LM317), Basic switching regulator and its
characteristics

Power Circuits and Systems:

Class A large Signal Amplifiers, Second Harmonic Distortion, Higher
–Order Harmonic Generation, Transformer Coupled Audio Power
Amplifier, Efficiency, Push-Pull Amplifiers, Class B Amplifiers,
Class AB Operation

Active Filters:

Ideal Responses, Approximate Responses, Passive Filters, First-Order

Stages, VCVS Unity –Gain Second-Order Low-Pass Filters, Higher-
Order Filters, VCVS Equal-Component Low-Pass Filters, VCVS

High-Pass Filters, MFB Bandpass Filters, Bandstop Filters, The All-
Pass Filter, Biquadratic and State-Variable Filters.