Lecture:
Passive electronics elements: resistors, capacitors, inductors; parameters.
RC and LR circuits (filters)
Low-pass filter; High-pass filter; Band- pass filters;
Frequency response of simple RC circuits.
Amplification of step voltages and pulses.
Semiconductor materials.
Introduction to p-n junction theory: electrostatics; ideal p-n diode equation.
The Zener, Capacitance, LED, Photodiode diodes.
Metal-semiconductor junctions: Schottky diodes, non-rectifying contacts, tunneling.
Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT); principles of operation; derivation of voltage-current and current gain expressions.
BJT amplifiers configurations – OE, OB and emitter follower. (OC) Parameters for different configurations.
Theory of Two-terminal MOS structure.
OpAmp as a Black Box. Negative voltage feedback Analysis of linear applications with OpAmps – inverting and non-inverting, adder and subtracter.
Behavioral description of open loop OpAmp’s gain. Gain-bandwidth exchange in OpAmp circuits. Other OpAmp non-idealities and their impact on application performance.
OpAmp RC Active filters. Types of filters. Parameters.
Comparators, principle, parameters. Real comparators, with hysteresis loop, without hysteresis loop; Circuits with positive feedback; The RC oscillator
Power supplies
Basic rectifying circuits, - full wave rectifying circuits.
Smoothing circuits: π- sections filters
Electronic regulation of power supplies.
Lab :
1. Training with a using tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters and signal generators.
2. RC and LR circuits (filters). Frequency and gain response of simple RC circuits ( Low-pass and High-pass filters). Gain of step voltages and square-wave pulses.
3. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) amplifiers configurations – OE and OC (Emitter Follower). Configurations of amplifiers - characteristics and parameters.
4. Analysis of linear applications with OpAmps – inverting and non-inverting, voltage follower, adder and subtracter. OpAmp RC Active filters. Comparators with hysteresis loop, without hysteresis loop; Circuits with positive feedback - the RC oscillator
5. Power supplies: Basic rectifying circuits - full wave rectifying circuits. Smoothing circuits: π- sections filters. Electronic regulation of power supplies.
DC voltage-current characteristics of diodes: universal / rectifying, the Zener, LED and the Schottky.
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