Electronics and control systems I
D L Morgan and C S Berger
5 points * 39 lectures, 15 tutorials, 18 laboratory hours * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: ECS2310 (Circuit theory I), PHS2081 (Physics III) * Corequisites: MAT2920
Electronics. Introduction to semiconductors and carriers. pn junction, junction diode, bipolar junction transistors. Field effect transistors: JFETs, MOSFETs. Static characteristics of diodes and transistors. Large signal circuits: switches, inverters, gates, RTL, DTL, NMOS circuits with active loads. Small signal amplifiers with AC coupling: biasing, small signal models, common emitter amplifier, mid-band calculations. Operational amplifiers: ideal op amps, circuit models, inverting, non-inverting and differential amplifiers, integrator. Control systems. Introduction to dynamic systems: transfer function models, block diagram representation, poles and zeros, stability criteria, root locus design.
Assessment
Examinations: 3 hours * Laboratory work
Recommended texts
Colclaser R A and others Electronic circuit analysis: Basic principles Wiley, 1984
Di Stefano J J and others Feedback and control systems 2nd edn, Schaum, McGraw-Hill, 1990
Kuo B C Automatic control systems 6th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1991
Sedra A S and Smith K C Microelectronic circuits 2nd edn, HRW, 1987