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A motto to live by!
I wouldn't be too surprised to see a MOSFET on the morning session, but a regular FET seems a bit esoteric for the (morning) exam. I think the 6 minutes solutions had some MOSFET questions.
I'm terrible at electronics, but I actually seem to understand MOSFETs. It helps that the gate current is zero.
There is a possibility that FETs are on the exam especially if you decide to take Electronics, Controls and Communications in the afternoon. In the morning section, they could ask you to find the DC drain current (Id) which should be within the six minute time frame. The key is once you have the BJTs down then the analysis and design of FETs should be easier (espically with the DC case). Hope that this helps. Good luck!In the NCEES sample questions book all they show is BJT transistors in the morning exam. Do we need to also be prepared for FET's?
If you are taking Power Module don't worry about it. Just be sure you have a decent electronics book. I can e-mail you some material I have that worked for me like a charm. PM me your e-mail and I will forward the notes to you.
Based on my experience and what I have heard from others, that stuff can be placed well out of scope for the breadth portion of the exam. I wouldn't spend any time worrying about them.So, I take it that studying the AC equivalent h-parameter models (for low frequencies) and hybrid-pi models (for high frequencies) can likely be placed out of the scope for the morning?
Maybe a month ago I e-mailed these notes to somebody here, maybe to more than one person. Don't have the notes with me since I am out of town. If you read this post and you are one of the persons I did e-mail the notes please PM Ilan.Does anyone have these notes. Electronics is one of those topics I am worried about. Please PM me if you have these notes.
Thanks,
Ilan.
Chicago, I agree with BringIt. Unless you are planning to take the Electronics, Controls, and Communications then I wouldn't worry much (in my opinion) about studying in depth transistors for the PE exam. Honestly, the h-parameter models are useless anyway unless you know the models and relationships inside out. The h-parameter models will basically give you the same information as if you did the "normal analysis" of the information as well (actually would be much quicker).So, I take it that studying the AC equivalent h-parameter models (for low frequencies) and hybrid-pi models (for high frequencies) can likely be placed out of the scope for the morning?
I sure hope they only ask the DC values.
Even looking at the AC 1st order low freq model for transistors gives me the heeby jeebies, let alone a panic attack!
Chicago,adc_PhDPE,
Thanks for the advice. I went over the DC analysis like you mentioned and I think I have it down pat. I just don't see them asking a whole lot about load lines in the current exam format, except for if it's graphical and they ask you about a region of operation. But, I think Q-points are fair game.
What I'm dreading are the pulse circuits like waveform shaping and logic. I can follow the variations of the diode configurations up to a certain extent like the 2 questions on the NCEES morning sample exam. Anything beyond that, I will opt for an educated guess!
Yes, I went to UIC and IIT universities in Chicago.
IIT was on my short-list of schools; I really liked it and wanted to go there, but in the end my money situation just didn't allow it.P.S> Really? I went to IIT. I went there in the early to mid 90s and I finished my PhD from RPI. To give you some consulation I know of three of our alums (including myself) that have their PEs (Civil, Materials, and Electrical) so I know that you can do it.
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