FT/GN/68/01/23.01.

16

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COURSE DELIVERY PLAN - THEORY

Page 1 of 7
LP: EC6401

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech : EC

Date:

Regulation:2013

PG Specialisation

: NA

Sub. Code / Sub. Name

: EC6401-Electronic circuits II

Unit

:I

UNIT I
9

Rev. No: 01

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS

General Feedback Structure Properties of negative feedback Basic Feedback Topologies

Feedback amplifiers Series Shunt, Series Series, Shunt Shunt and Shunt Series
Feedback Determining the Loop Gain Stability Problem Nyquist Plot Effect of feedback
on amplifier poles Frequency Compensation.
Objective: To understand the advantages and method of analysis of feedback amplifiers.

Session
No *
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Topics to be covered

Ref

Teaching
Aids

Overview of subject & syllabus.

General Feedback Structure Properties of negative
feedback
Basic Feedback Topologies, Feedback amplifiersSeries Shunt, Series Series, Shunt Shunt and
Shunt Series
Analysis of series- shunt feedback amplifier.
Analysis of series- series feedback amplifier.
Analysis of shunt- shunt feedback amplifier.

1,2
1,2

PPT
PPT

1,2

PPT

1,2
1,2
1,2

PPT
PPT
PPT

Analysis of shunt -series feedback amplifier.

1,2

PPT

Determining the Loop Gain Stability Problem

Nyquist Plot
Effect of feedback on amplifier poles Frequency
Compensation.

1,2

PPT

1,2

PPT

Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):

* Session duration: 50 minutes

FT/GN/68/01/23.01.16

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COURSE DELIVERY PLAN - THEORY

Page 2 of 7

FT/GN/68/01/23.01.16

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COURSE DELIVERY PLAN - THEORY

Page 3 of 7

Sub. Code / Sub. Name: EC6401-Electronic circuits II

Unit : II

UNIT II
9

OSCILLATORS

Classification, Barkhausen Criterion - Mechanism for start of oscillation and stabilization of

amplitude, General form of an Oscillator, Analysis of LC oscillators - Hartley, Colpitts,Clapp,
Franklin, Armstrong, Tuned collector oscillators, RC oscillators - phase shift Wienbridge Twin-T Oscillators, Frequency range of RC and LC Oscillators, Quartz Crystal Construction,
Electrical equivalent circuit of Crystal, Miller and Pierce Crystal oscillators, frequency stability
of oscillators.
Objective:To understand the analysis and design of LC and RC oscillators.
Session
No *

Teaching
Aids

Topics to be covered

Ref

1,2,3

12

Classification, Barkhausen Criterion - Mechanism for

start of oscillation and stabilization of amplitude
General form of an Oscillator,Analysis of LC oscillators Hartley oscillator.
Colpitts, Clapp oscillator.

1,2,3

PPT

13

Franklin, Armstrong, Tuned collector oscillators,

1,2,3

PPT

10
11

1,2,3

CAT I
RC oscillators - phase shift oscillator

1,4

15

Wienbridge - Twin-T Oscillators.

Frequency range of RC and LC Oscillators, Quartz
Crystal Construction.
Electrical equivalent circuit of Crystal, Miller and Pierce
Crystal oscillators.
Frequency stability of oscillators.

1,4

17
18

Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):

* Session duration: 50 mins

PPT

PPT

14

16

PPT

1,4
1,4
1,2,3

PPT

PPT
PPT
PPT

FT/GN/68/01/23.01.16

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COURSE DELIVERY PLAN - THEORY

Page 4 of 7

Sub. Code / Sub. Name: EC6401-Electronic circuits II

Unit : III

UNIT III
9

TUNED AMPLIFIERS

Coil losses, unloaded and loaded Q of tank circuits, small signal tuned amplifiers - Analysis of
capacitor coupled single tuned amplifier double tuned amplifier - effect of cascading single
tuned and double tuned amplifiers on bandwidth Stagger tuned amplifiers large signal tuned
amplifiers Class C tuned amplifier Efficiency and applications of Class C tuned amplifier Stability of tuned amplifiers Neutralization - Hazeltine neutralization method.
Objective: To understand the analysis and design of tuned amplifier.
Session
No *

Topics to be covered

Ref

Teaching
Aids

19

Coil losses, unloaded and loaded Q of tank circuits.

1,3

PPT

20

Small signal tuned amplifiers.

1,3

PPT

21

Analysis of capacitor coupled single tuned amplifier.

1,3

PPT

22
23

1,3
Analysis of double tuned amplifier.
Effect of cascading single tuned and double tuned
amplifiers on bandwidth.

24

Stagger tuned amplifiers.

25

Large signal tuned amplifiers Class C tuned amplifier

Efficiency and applications of Class C tuned amplifier Stability of tuned amplifiers.
Neutralization - Hazeltine neutralization method.

26
27

Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):

* Session duration: 50 mins

1,3

PPT
PPT

1,3

PPT,
ICT

1,3

PPT

1,3
1,3

PPT
PPT

FT/GN/68/01/23.01.16

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COURSE DELIVERY PLAN - THEORY

Page 5 of 7

Sub. Code / Sub. Name: EC6401-Electronic circuits II

Unit : IV

UNIT IV WAVE SHAPING AND MULTIVIBRATOR CIRCUITS

RC & RL Integrator and Differentiator circuits Storage, Delay and Calculation of Transistor
Switching Times Speed-up Capaitor - Diode clippers, Diode comparator - Clampers. Collector
coupled and Emitter coupled Astable multivibrator Monostable multivibrator - Bistable
multivibrators - Triggering methods for Bistable multivibrators - Schmitt trigger circuit.
Objective: To understand the analysis and design of multivibrators.
Session
No *
28
29

Topics to be covered

Ref

Teaching
Aids

RC & RL Integrator and Differentiator circuits

Storage, Delay and Calculation of Transistor Switching

1,2,3,4

BB,PPT

1,2,3

Times

30

Speed-up Capaitor - Diode clippers.

1,2,3

31

Diode comparator - Clampers.

1,2,3

32

Collector

coupled

CAT II
and Emitter

PPT
PPT

PPT

coupled

Astable

1,2,5,6

PPT

33

multivibrator
Monostable multivibrator.

1,2,5,6

PPT

34

Bistable multivibrators.

1,2,5,6

PPT

35

Triggering methods for Bistable multivibrators.

1,2,5,6

PPT

36

Schmitt trigger circuit.

1,2,3

PPT

Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):

* Session duration: 50 mins

Sub. Code / Sub. Name:EC6401-Electronic circuits II

Unit : V

FT/GN/68/01/23.01.16

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COURSE DELIVERY PLAN - THEORY

Page 6 of 7

UNITVBLOCKINGOSCILLATORSANDTIMEBASEGENERATORS9
UJT saw tooth waveform generator, Pulse transformers equivalent circuit response applications, Blocking Oscillator Free running blocking oscillator - Astable Blocking
Oscillators with base timing Push-pull Astable blocking oscillator with emitter timing,
Frequency control using core saturation, Triggered blocking oscillator Monostable blocking
oscillator with base timing Monostable blocking oscillator with emitter timing, Time base
circuits - Voltage-Time base circuit, Current-Time base circuit- Linearization through
adjustment of driving waveform.
Objective:To understand the analysis and design of blocking oscillators and time base generator

Topics to be covered

Ref

Teachi
ng
Aids

1,2,3

PPT

39

UJT saw tooth waveform generator.

Pulse transformers equivalent circuit response applications.
Blocking Oscillator Free running blocking oscillator

40

Astable Blocking Oscillators with base timing Push-pull

41

Astable blocking oscillator with emitter timing.

Frequency control using core saturation, Triggered
blocking oscillator.
Monostable blocking oscillator with base timing
Monostable blocking oscillator with emitter timing.
Time base circuits - Voltage-Time base circuit.

Session
No *
37
38

42
43
44
45

Current-Time base circuit Linearization

adjustment of driving waveform.
CAT III

Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):

* Session duration: 50 mins

1,2,3
1,2,3

PPT

1,2,3

PPT

1,2,3

PPT

1,2,3
1,2,3
1,2,3
through

PPT

1,2,3

PPT
PPT
PPT
PPT

FT/GN/68/01/23.01.16

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COURSE DELIVERY PLAN - THEORY

Page 7 of 7

Sub Code / Sub Name: EC6401-Electronic circuits II

REFERENCES:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Sedra and Smith, Micro Electronic Circuits; Sixth Edition, Oxford University Press,
2011.
Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nasheresky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory,
10th Edition, Pearson Education / PHI, 2008
David A. Bell, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press,
2008.
Millman J. and Taub H., Pulse Digital and Switching Waveforms, TMH, 2000.
Millman and Halkias. C., Integrated Electronics, TMH, 2007.
www.nptel.ac.in