Electricity and electronics: State and apply principles and components used in electronics

Subject outcome

Subject outcome 4.2: State and apply principles and components used in electronics

Learning outcomes

  • Define capacitance and inductance and the application thereof.
  • Describe semiconductors.
  • Identify intrinsic properties and doping – properties by design.
  • Describe principles of the p-n junction.
  • Identify basic principles of digital electronics – logical gates.
  • Identify symbols and use of active circuit elements and identify components from circuit diagram.
    • Range: Active circuit elements are LED, diode, transistor, and operational amplifier.

Unit 1 outcomes

By the end of this unit you will be able to:

  • Define capacitance.
  • Define inductance.
  • Describe the applications of capacitance and inductance.

Unit 2 outcomes

By the end of this unit you will be able to:

  • Describe semiconductors.
  • Identify intrinsic properties and doping – properties by design.
  • Describe principles of the p–n junction.

Unit 3 outcomes

By the end of this unit you will be able to:

  • Identify basic principles of digital electronics – logical gates.
  • Identify symbols and use of active circuit elements and identify components from circuit diagrams, namely:
    • LEDs
    • diodes
    • transistors
    • operational amplifiers.

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National Curriculum (Vocational) Physical Science Level 4 by Department of Higher Education and Training is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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