1.Fundamentals of semiconductor physics (energy levels and bands, intrinsic and nonintrinsic semiconductors, temperature dependence of charge carrier concentration, transport of charge carriers in a semiconductor, injection, generation and recombination of charge carriers, phenomena in a strong electric field) 2. Semiconductor diode (PN junction, PN junction polarization, V-A characteristic and Shockley equation, barrier and diffusion capacitance, characteristic and limit values, diode as a switch, thermal resistance and cooling, influence of temperature on semiconductor diode properties) 3.Other types of diodes (stabilizing diodes, tunnel diode, metal-semiconductor junction, varicap) 4.Bipolar transistor - principle of function, properties (principle of operation of bipolar transistor, basic connection of transistor, V-A characteristics of transistor, models for small signal, influence of circuit quantities and temperature on transistor properties, cutoff frequency of transistor) 5.Bipolar transistor - use as amplifier and switch (working area of transistor, Darlington connection, circuits for setting working point, basic amplifier stages, transistor as switch) 6. Electric field controlled transistors - principles (JFET, MESFET, MISFET, TFT, CMOS) 7.Electric field controlled transistors - use (replacement models for small signal, use of JFET and MISFET transistors, temperature dependence, frequency dependence) 8.Transistor production technology (bipolar and unipolar, technology, use for high frequencies, use for high powers), FAMOS, CCD 9. Problems of using transistors in switching circuits 10.Other switching components (diac, thyristor, special types of thyristors, triac, transil and trisil, IGBT). 11.Components controlled by non-electric quantities (optoelectronic components, thermistors, magnetic field controlled components) 12.Operational amplifier (schematic mark, basic concepts, ideal and real operational amplifier, feedback, golden rules, basic linear circuits with OZ, nonlinear circuits with OZ) 13.Passive components (resistor, capacitor, inductor - design, possibilities of value change, marking, characteristic properties; transformer)
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