Analogue Devices and Circuits

Course aim

To develop knowledge and application of fundamental electronic circuits and physical electronics of some key semiconductor devices, including design, construction and testing of experimental electronic circuits.

Course content

Electronic devices: construction and operation of discrete devices; p-n junction diodes; current-voltage (I-V) diode characteristics; special diodes. Diode circuit applications.

Power Supplies: rectification; filtering, regulation; IC regulators.

Bipolar junction transistors: dc models; modes of operation; amplifier configurations.

Field-effect transistors: MOSFETs; JFETs; amplifiers.

Amplifier circuits: Bias and stabilisation, graphical analysis, small-signal ac models, multi-stage amplifiers, direct-coupled amplifiers.

Transistor applications in digital logic; inverter principle; CMOS inverter transfer characteristic; Emitter coupled logic design.

Textbook(s)

Boylestad R and Nashelsky L 2012, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, 11th, Pearson

Sedra, A. and Smith K. 2016, Microelectronic Circuits, International 7th edition, Oxford Press, New York

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Students must have completed one of the following courses:
EEET 1003	Electrical Circuit Analysis
EEET 1028	UO Electrical Circuit Analysis

Assumed knowledge of first-year math and physics.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1.5 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
Practical	2.5 hours x 6 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks
Workshop	N/A x 2 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Report, Skills demonstration, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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