Diode Circuits: Diode clipping and clamping circuits.
Transistor Biasing and Stabilization: The operating point, load line analysis, DC analysis and design of fixed bias circuit, emitter stabilized bias circuit, collector to base bias circuit, voltage divider bias circuit, modified DC bias with voltage feedback. Bias stabilization and stability factors for fixed bias circuit, collector to base bias circuit and voltage divider bias circuit, bias compensation, Transistor switching circuits

Transistor at Low Frequencies: Hybrid model, h-parameters for CE, CC and CB modes, mid-band analysis of single stage amplifier, simplified hybrid model, analysis for CE, CB and CC(emitter voltage follower circuit) modes, Millers Theorem and its dual, analysis for collector to base bias circuit and CE with un bypassed emitter resistance.

Transistor frequency response: General frequency considerations, effect of various capacitors on frequency response, Miller effect capacitance, high frequency response, hybrid – pi model, CE short circuit current gain using hybrid pi model, multistage frequency effects.

Multistage amplifiers: Cascade connection , analysis for CE-CC mode, CE-CE mode, CASCODE stage-unbypassed and bypassed emitter resistance modes, Darlington connection using h-parameter model.

Feedback Amplifiers: Classification of feedback amplifiers, concept of feedback, general characteristics of negative feedback amplifiers, Input and output resistance with feedback of various feedback amplifiers, analysis of different practical feedback amplifier circuits.

Power Amplifiers: Classification of power amplifiers, Analysis of class A, Class B, class C and Class AB amplifiers, Distortion in power amplifiers, second harmonic distortion, harmonic distortion in Class B amplifiers, cross over distortion and elimination of cross over distortion.

Oscillators: Concept of positive feedback, frequency of oscillation for RC phase oscillator, Wien Bridge oscillator, Tuned oscillator circuits, Hartley oscillator, Colpitt’s oscillator, crystal oscillator and its types.

FETS: Construction, working and characteristics of JFET and MOSFET( enhance and Depletion type) Biasing of JFET and MOSFET. Fixed bias configuration, self bias configuration, voltage divider biasing. Analysis and design of JFET (only common source configuration with fixed bias) and MOSFET amplifiers.