ECE3603

Electronics 3

Not offered until 2000

4 points · 26 lectures · 26 hours of laboratory and problem classes · Second semester · Clayton · Prerequisites: ECE3602, ECE3102, ECE3301

Objectives At the completion of this subject, students will be able to draw the small-signal equivalent of any linear electronic circuit and apply linear circuit-analysis techniques to it. Students will be able to design linear amplifier circuits (including DC and feedback amplifiers), and quasi-linear circuits such as large signal amplifiers and sinusoidal oscillators. Students will use computers to simulate electronic circuits, and appreciate the need for good practices in electronic design.

Synopsis Amplifier fundamentals: small-signal concept, transfer functions, time and frequency responses. Biasing: temperature and tolerance. Small-signal equivalent circuits: isolated diode BJT FET, CE CB CC LTP stages, mid-band gain, poles and zeros. Multi-stage amplifiers. DC amplifiers: origins of offset and drift. Large-signal amplifiers: class A and B operation, distortion. Feedback amplifiers: transfer functions, sensitivity, poles and zeros. Sinusoidal oscillators: poles on jw axis, amplitude stabilisation and distortion.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 70% · Laboratory work and assignments: 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
Gray P R and Myer R G Analog integrated circuits 3rd edn, Wiley, 1993

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