ECE3602

Electronics 2

Not offered until 2000

4 points · 26 lectures · 26 hours of laboratory and problem classes · First semester · Clayton · Prerequisite: ECE2601 · Corequisite: ECE3102

Objectives At the completion of this subject, students will be able to find piecewise-linear equivalents of nonlinear electronic circuits, understand nonlinear circuits which do not incorporate energy storage, and understand simple nonlinear circuits which do incorporate energy storage (including regenerative circuits). Students will also be familiar with linear and nonlinear operational-amplifier circuits, including their main imperfections. Students will use computers to simulate electronic circuits, and appreciate the need for good practices in electronic design.

Synopsis Piecewise-linear analysis. Nonlinear circuits without energy storage: clipper, comparator, logic-gate families. Clamp, rectifiers and filters. Wave-shaping circuits: LRC differentiation and integration, pulse generation. Regenerative wave shaping: triggers, multivibrators, timers. Linear analysis: review of amplifier basics. Op-amp internals: stage configurations, compensation. Op-amp imperfections: offset and drift, bandwidth and slew rate. Op-amp linear linear applications: differential, transconductance, instrumentation amplifiers, second-order active filters. Op-amp nonlinear applications: precision rectifier and clamp, logarithmic and exponential circuits, comparator, Schmitt trigger.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 70% · Continual assessment: 30%

Recommended texts

Sedra A and Smith K Microelectronic circuits 4th edn, Saunders, 1998

References

Hambley A R Electronics: A top-down approach to computer-aided circuit design Macmillan, 1994
Millman J and Grabel A Microelectronics McGraw-Hill, 1987
Horenstein M N Microelectronics circuits and devices 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1996

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