– Introductory concepts of electrical circuits, Kirchhoff law, Thevenin equivalent.
– Introduction to semiconductors, p-n junction.
– Diodes: characteristics and performance, circuits with diodes, voltage rectification, stabilization with zener diodes, applications.
– Bipolar transistors (BJTs): characteristics and performance, circuits with transistors in switching mode.
– Voltage amplifier circuits with one transistor: common emitter and common collector amplifier, series connection of amplifier stages.
– Field Effect Transistors (FETs): characteristics and performance of the various types (JFET, MOSFET), Basic voltage amplifier circuits with FETs.
– Operational amplifier: operating characteristics, structures and functional analysis of basic circuits with operational amplifiers.