Maricopa Community Colleges  ELC120   19972-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/26/96
ELC120 19972-99999 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Solid State Fundamentals
Theory of operation of semi-conductor devices, component and system construction, operation, installation, and service. Specific and practical applications in relations to temperature, light, speed and pressure control. Includes amplifiers, power supplies, integrated circuits, fiberoptics, and safety. Prerequisites: None.
Go to Competencies    Go to Outline
 
MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ELC120   19972-99999 Solid State Fundamentals
1. Determine proper methods and safe, work habits regarding potential hazards servicing electronic components. (I)
2. Describe printed circuit board construction and repair. (II)
3. Define specific terminology to include, intrinsic conductor, negative and positive type material, doping, covalent bonding, pentavalent and trivalent atoms. (III)
4. Describe the operation of a forward and reverse-biased diode. (IV)
5. Identify and describe special purpose diodes. (V)
6. Describe operating principles of specific direct current (DC) power supplies. (VI)
7. Calculate series and parallel circuit voltages. (VII)
8. Calculate and determine voltage and current controls. (VIII)
9. Describe solid state transducers. (IX)
10. Describe the function of transistors. (X)
11. Determine silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) operation. (XI)
12. Identify and describe special purpose transistors. (XII)
13. Describe and analyze transistor amplifiers. (XIII)
14. Define and analyze field effect and multistage amplifiers. (XIV)
15. Identify and describe integrated circuits (IC). (XV)
16. Describe basic concepts related to fiberoptics. (XVI)
Go to Description    Go to top of Competencies
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
ELC120   19972-99999 Solid State Fundamentals
    I. Safety
        A. Hand and power tool safety
        B. Clothing and personal safety
        C. Electrical safety
        D. Safety color codes
        E. Fire safety
      II. Printed Circuit Board
          A. Construction
          B. Service
          C. Soldering/desoldering printed circuit boards
        III. Solid State Terminology and Concepts
            A. Semi-conductor theory
            B. Conduction in crystals
            C. Doping
            D. Covalent bonding
            E. Pentavalent and trivalent atoms
          IV. Forward and Reverse-biased Diodes
              A. Unbiased diode
              B. Forward bias
              C. Reverse bias
              D. Diode approximations
            V. Special Purpose Diodes
                A. Small signal diodes
                B. Large signal diodes
                C. Zener diodes
                D. Opto electronic diodes
                E. Schottky diodes
                F. Varactor diodes
              VI. Direct Current Power Supplies
                  A. Half wave rectifier
                  B. Full wave rectifier
                  C. Bride rectifier
                  D. Power supply filters
                VII. Circuit Calculations
                    A. Series circuits
                    B. Parallel circuits
                    C. Series-parallel circuits
                    D. Average, root mean squared (RMS), peak voltages
                  VIII. Voltage, Current Control Calculations
                      A. Voltage, current regulation
                      B. Voltage dividers
                      C. Voltage multipliers
                      D. Filters and peak inverse voltage (PIV)
                    IX. Transducers
                        A. Thermistors
                        B. Negative and positive coefficiency temperature applications (NTC) and (PTC)
                        C. Solid state pressure sensors
                        D. Solid state photoelectric transducers
                        E. Hall effect sensors
                        F. Light emitting diodes (LED)
                        G. Liquid crystal displays (LCD)
                      X. Transistor Functions
                          A. Terminal arrangements
                          B. Biasing
                          C. Transistor characteristic curves
                          D. Power dissipation
                          E. Switching applications
                        XI. Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCR)
                            A. Construction and characteristics
                            B. Phase control
                            C. SCR applications, mounting and cooling
                          XII. Special Purpose Transistors
                              A. Triacs
                              B. Diacs
                              C. Unijunction
                            XIII. AC Amplifier Transistors
                                A. Amplifier gain, bandwidth and decibels
                                B. Types of amplifiers
                                C. Input and output impedance
                                D. Specification sheets
                                E. Service tips
                              XIV. Field Effect and Multistage Amplifiers
                                  A. Field effect transistors (FET)
                                  B. Junction field effect transistors (JFET)
                                  C. Metal oxide substrate field effect transistor (MOSFET)
                                  D. Multistage amplifiers
                                XV. Integrated Circuits (IC's)
                                    A. Integrated circuit packages
                                    B. Pin configuring
                                    C. Integrated circuit fabrication and types
                                    D. Integrated circuit data sheets
                                    E. Dual inline packaging integrated circuit removal and replacement
                                    F. Large scale integration (LSI)
                                    G. Very large scale integration (VLSI)
                                  XVI. Fiberoptics
                                      A. Optical fiber
                                      B. Light sources and attenuation
                                      C. Fiber coupling
                                      D. Light activated diodes
                                      E. Opto couplers
                                      F. Bar codes and scanning
                                      G. High voltage switching
                                  Go to Description    Go to top of Competencies    Go to top of Outline