2025-2026 Current Catalog
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ELEC-142 Semiconductor ApplicationsCredits 3 / 4 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD-080. Pre- or Co-requisite: ELEC 141 . Note: Course fee includes electronics kit and supplies.
This course is a continuation of ELEC 141 Introduction to Semiconductors and explores advanced integrated semiconductor circuits and their applications. A wide range of circuits will be constructed and analyzed including power control circuits, amplifiers, and signal conditioning circuits. Laboratory work will allow the students to develop skill at design, construction, measurement, and troubleshooting of actual circuits. Standard electronic bench test equipment will be available for each student to use in the lab.
BILLABLE CONTACT HOURS: 4
Course Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Select and apply problem solving methods
2. Communicate effectively
3. Demonstrate critical thinking
Course Learning Objectives:
Power Control Circuits
1. Demonstrate an understanding of thyristor circuits
2. Draw common control power circuits using thyristors
3. Construct power control circuits from a schematic
4. Analyze the operation of power control circuits using test equipment
5. Troubleshoot power control circuits
Basic Operational Amplifier Theory and Application
1. Demonstrate an understanding of Op Amp Parameters
2. Draw Op-Amp circuits
3. Measure OP-Amp circuit characteristics using test equipment
4. Construct basic Op Amp circuits from a schematic
5. Validate and troubleshoot circuit operations using test equipment
6. Design data acquisition circuits using Op Amps
7. Construct data acquisition circuits from a schematic
8. Validate data acquisition circuits using test equipment
Power Amplifiers
1. Demonstrate an accurate understanding of power amplifying circuits
2. Design power amp circuits to a given specification
3. Construct power amp circuits from a schematic
4. Validate and troubleshoot circuit operations using test equipment
Classification of Sensors
1. Active sensors
2. Passive sensors
3. Analog and digital sensors
4. Real time application of sensors
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