Analog Electronics (GATE IN) — Study Resources & PYQs
Types of diode and their applications; BJT and MOSFET circuits, biasing, power dissipation, DC analysis, small signal analysis, frequency response of transistor circuits, feedback, amplifier design. Characteristics of ideal and practical operational amplifiers; applications of opamps: adder, subtractor, integrator, differentiator, difference amplifier, instrumentation amplifier, precision rectifier, active filters, comparators, Schmitt trigger, multivibrators, oscillators, signal generators, voltage-controlled oscillators and phase-locked loop. Sources and effects of noise and interference in electronic circuits; conductively, capacitively, inductively coupled interference; noise generated by electronic components, thermal noise, shot noise, flicker noise; shielding and grounding. Basic principles of component selection based on specifications, circuit board realization and testing.