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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2024/2025

section, Energy transferred due to collision, Processes induced by
electron collisions, Ion-neutral collision, Collision involving metastable
ion/atom, Processes due to electrode effect
Characteristics of Plasma. Plasma potential, Debye shielding, Plasma
sheath, Plasma frequency, Electrical conductivity, Effect of magnetic
field, Diffusion. Electrical Discharges in Gases.
I-V characteristics of gaseous discharge, Townsend theory of gaseous
discharge, Breakdown criterion, Paschen law, Breakdown potential,
Glowing gaseous discharge, Arc discharge, Corona discharge, Pulsed
discharge, The structure of glowing discharge, Cathode fall theory of
normal glow discharge, Negative glow, Positive column and its theory,
Hot cathode discharge. Plasma diagnostic technique. Electric probe.
Thermodynamics of ionized gas. Real gas effect, Equation of state,
The Law of Mass Action, Departure coefficient, Thermodynamic
functions expressed in term of z, Saha equation, Enthalpy equation.
Survey of plasma applications.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%
SIF2020 ELECTRONICS II (3 CREDITS)

The synopsis of Field Effect Transistors (FET) and various FET (JFET
& MOSFET). Small-signal A.C. equivalent circuits for BJT & FET. gm
A.C. small signal model. Input and output impedances calculation.
Voltage and current gains calculation. The frequency response of
circuits. The capacitive effects. The definition of dB unit.
The -3dB frequencies. The Bode plot. The operational amplifier topics
covering the basic building block circuits of operational amplifiers
including the inverting and non-inverting amplifiers. Current to voltage
and voltage to current converters. Subtracting and summing circuits.
Integrators and differentiators. Analysis and applications to
comparators. Oscillators. Active filters. Analogue computers. The
power amplifiers including the classification of A, B, AB, C and D. The
A.C. load line. The push and pull concept. Cross-over distortion.
Efficiency calculations and comparison. Introduction to digital
electronics. Basic gates. Multivibrator circuits.
Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%
SIF2021 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (3 CREDITS)

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