Physics of current conduction in vacuum and in the solid phase, band diagram, semiconductors
Passive and active electronic components (resistors, capacitors, inductors - marking, parameters, Zener diodes, tunnel and Schottky diodes, light-emitting diode, bipolar and unipolar transistors, photodiodes, phototransistors, operational amplifiers - properties and characteristics)
Power sources, voltage doublers and multipliers. Voltage regulators / stabilizers and their connection / circuits
Bipolar transistor: basic structure, principle of power amplification, requirements, basic connections, substitute circuits, operating points
Unipolar transistors JFET, MOSFET. Principles of operation, basic connections, working points
Multilayer switches: diac, thyristor, triac. Their characteristics, applications
Rectifiers (single-phase and three-phase, controlled and uncontrolled)
Elementary circuits used for analogue signal processing (amplifiers, oscillators - properties, types), methodology of amplifier design, classes of amplifiers
Feedback and its use in electronics
Basic logic elements (logical operators and their modifications, notation of logical functions, TTL and CMOS gates - properties, characteristics)
Combinational digital circuits (combinational logic circuit design and implementation, minimisation of logical functions, decoder, multiplexer, adder