INTRODUCTION:

• Distinguish electricity & electronics; power distribution & power control.
• List electronic power modules in various commercial & industrial electronic systems. (Motor controls, power supply in P.C. and cellular ratio batteries).
• Analyze the need for today's smaller and lighter power supplies
  

FREQUENCY RESPONSE:

• Analyze the steady-state dc circuit model for a circuit containing capacitance and/or inductance.
• Analyze the flat-band ac circuit model for a circuit containing capacitance and/or inductance.
• Define the concepts of amplitude response, phase response, and frequency response.
  
  

MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIERS:

• Determine voltage gain, input resistance, and output resistance for any of the basic configurations.
• Develop models for and analyze multistage amplifier configurations.
  
  

POWER AMPLIFIERS:

• Define class A, B and C amps. and discuss their relative efficiencies.
• Analyze a class B push-pull amp. for input power, output power, internal power dissipation, and efficiency.
• State and apply the equation relating temperature difference, power dissipation, and thermal resistance of a transistor.
  

POWER SUPPLIES:

• Linear and switch-mode.
  
  

• Draw the schematic diagram for and analyze the operation of a full-wave rectifier with a center-tapped transformer.
• Explain the operation of an IC linear regulator circuit and IC switch-mode regulator circuit.
• Explain the principle of current-limiting, over-voltage protection (OVP), under-voltage & power-loss sensing, battery back-up, and remote sensing.
• Explain the principle of the uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
• Evaluate commercially available stand-alone power supplies.
  
  

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS:

• Explain the general operation of a discrete-component differential amplifier.
• Explain the operation of and analyze a current mirror.