UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Physics
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Application Oriented Subject - Applied Electronics

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Operational Amplifier fundamentals:

Characteristics - OpAmp parameters - inverting amplifier-non-inverting amplifier - unity follower - summing amplifier- difference amplifier.

Differentiator, integrator, comparator using OP-Amps.

Unit II

Analog computation and wave form generation:

Solving simultaneous equations and second. order differential equations. Square wave generation (astable operaration) and sine wave generation (Wien's Bridge oscillator).

Unit III

Timer and applications:

Timer 555 - Internal block diagram and working - Applications of timer 555 - Schmitt trigger, Astable and Monostable operations.

Unit IV

D/A and A/D converters

DIA converter - binary weighted resistor and R-2R ladder method - A/D converter - Flash - Counter type - Successive approximation techniques.

Unit V

Semiconductor Memories

Basics-ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM - RAM - Dynamic RAM - basic ROM cell - basic RAM cell (both using gates)- block diagram of 2Kx8 ROM and 2Kx8 RAM and different signals associated with these chips.

Books for Study and References

1. Integrated Electronics by Millman & Halkias

2. Opamp principles and linear integrated circuits by Ramakant A. Gaykward