PROGRAMME OF MODERN PHYSICS I

UNIT 1.- BASIC CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICITY

· Difference between charge and load

· Isolators and conductors

· Electric current

· Potential difference (voltage)

· Electric resistance

· Ohm´s law

· Electric power

UNIT 2.- CIRCUITS ANALYSIS

· Resistors in series

· Resistors in parallel

· Mixed resistive circuits (combined series and parallel)

· Kirchhoff´s laws

UNIT 3.- CAPACITANCE

· The capacitor

· Capacitors in parallel

· Capacitors in series

· Mixed capacitive circuits (combined parallel and series)

UNIT 4.- SEMICONDUCTORS

· Semiconductors theory

· The diode

o Direct polarization

o Inverse polarization

· Light Emission Diode (LED)

· Zener diode

· The transistor

UNIT 5.- DIODE APPLICATIONS

· The transformer

· Half wave rectifier

· Complete wave rectifier

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PHYSICS

Paul E. Tippens

6th Edition

Mc Graw Hill

PRINCIPIOS DE ELECTRÓNICA

Albert Paul Malvino

5^a Edición

Mc Graw Hill