Item No.: CO4204-5A

Course Electronics 1: Semiconductor components

Includes:

  • 1 Experiment card with diode circuits (Si, Ge and Zener diodes)
  • 1 Experiment card with photocell light barrier and stabilising circuit using Zener diode
  • 1 Experiment card with transistor circuitry for building various circuits (emitter and collector followers, with/without feedback)
  • Storage case
  • Labsoft browser and course software

Course contents:

  • Become familiar with how semiconductors work
  • Name semiconductor materials and their properties
  • Be able to elaborate on the term “doping"
  • Be able to explain the term "P-N junction"
  • Know standard designs and designation codes of semiconductor components
  • Identifying the main properties and key applications of diodes
  • Investigating valve and rectifier effects of the diode
  • Recording static and dynamic characteristics of various diodes
  • Experimental determination of various parameters for Ge, Si and Zener diodes
  • Investigating limiter circuits with Zener diodes (with and without load)
  • Investigating stabilising circuits using Zener diodes in response to input voltage and load
  • Become familiar with the properties of special diodes: Shottky, PIN, Tunnel capacitance and backward diodes
  • Determining characteristics and characteristic curve of a light emitting diode
  • Investigating switching characteristics and characteristic curve of a phototransistor
  • Investigating a fork-type light barrier
  • Introduction to basic transistor circuits
  • Transistor operation as switch and amplifier
  • Experiment on adjusting operating of a transistor circuit
  • Measurement of gain and input/output resistance of common emitter circuit, without feedback
  • Investigating the effect of resistive and capacitive feedback in a common emitter circuit
  • Measurement of gain and input/output resistance of common collector circuit
  • Fault simulation (Faults activated via relay)
  • Course duration 8 h approx.