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On the successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Explain the operation of analogue electronic devices and circuits and appreciate the technologies underpinning such devices and circuits.
- Identify, formulate and solve the correct relationships and hence analyse basic analogue electronic circuits and building blocks.
- Design analogue electronic circuits using amplifiers, op-amps and oscillators to meet given specifications
- Simulate and build relevant circuits, design and carry out experiments to measure their performance, and analyse and interpret the resulting measured experimental data;
- Effectively communicate the results of their work through written laboratory reports.
The module content is arranged in 8 sections which cover the following topics:
- Review of single transistor circuits for MOSFETs and BJTs and their small signal models.
- Multi-transistor electronic circuits and their small signal models including differential amplifiers, cascode amplifiers, output stages (Class A, B, and AB)
- Operational amplifiers and their non-ideal effects. Applications of Op amps including Schmitt Trigger, Oscillator and Precision rectifier;
- Feedback, stability, and related issues in electronic amplifiers;
- Oscillator circuits including RC oscillators, LC oscillators and Crystal oscillators;
- Phase Locked Loops
- Analogue to digital and digital-to-analogue converters; (Flash, SAR, Subranging and Pipeline ADCs)
- Power electronic circuits; Buck and Boost converters
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 30 |
Tutorial | 6 |
Laboratories | 15 |
Specified Learning Activities | 16 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 56 |
Total | 123 |
Familiarity with Circuit Theory and Electronic Circuits to the level of modules EEEN20020 and EEEN20040.
Familiarity with electronic devices and integrated circuits.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: A series of online quizzes with analogue electronic design and analysis questions. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 10 |
Examination: End-of trimester examination | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Examination: Midterm class test. | Week 8 | Yes | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 |
Lab Report: Series of short reports on laboratory work | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
For laboratory reports, feedback will be provided by returning annotated lab reports online and with feedback from rubric indicating the scoring achieved against defined criteria. Further more detailed feedback can be always be provided on request from the module coordinator or teaching assistant. For the continuous assessment component the feedback is automatically provided online in response to the answers provided for the online tests. For the exam components feedback is usually just in terms of the grade, but more detailed individual feedback can be provided on request from the module coordinator.
Name | Role |
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Andreas Bouterakos | Tutor |
Haoyang Jia | Tutor |
Maryam Pourmahdi-torghabe | Tutor |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 24, 30, 32 | Fri 11:00 - 12:50 |
Laboratory | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Fri 15:00 - 17:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 10:00 - 10:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 10:00 - 10:50 |