Course Details for A.Y. 2016/2017

The information on this page refer to the academic year 2016/2017. Therefore, several links are not available and data may be incomplete. To read the current information on the course, if it is still available, go to the university course catalogue . To read information relating other academic years, use the list at the bottom of this page.

A. Year:

2016/2017

Name:

Elettronica I / Electronics I

Type:

Course

Basic information

Code:

I0658

Sector:

ING-INF/01

Credits:

: Laurea in Ingegneria dell'Informazione 9 CFU (b)

Term:

2^nd semester

Degree(s):

Laurea in Ingegneria dell'Informazione 2^nd anno curriculum Automatica Elective

Language:

English

Teacher(s):

Giorgio Leuzzi

Course Objectives

The goal of this course is to provide the foundations for the analysis and design of basic electronic circuits and systems. Both digital and analog electronics are addressed, with special emphasis on performances and applications. On successful completion of this module, the student should understand the fundamental concepts of electronic circuits and systems, in connection with applications to information technology and electrical power management. The student should also be able to analyse and design basic electronic circuits and subsystems, and to practically realise and test them with basic laboratory instrumentation.

Course Content

Two-port networks and basic system concepts: Matrix representations and linear equivalent circuits. Voltage and current gain, input and output impedance. Bandwidth, noise, power, dynamic range.
Feedback networks: Positive and negative feedback. Different feedback schemes. Stability, gain and bandwidth, impedances. Oscillation condition and oscillators.
Operational amplifier : Ideal and real OP AMP: main characteristics. Basic linear circuits with negative feedback. Basic nonlinear circuits with positive feedback.
Electronic devices: Diodes, Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET). Structure, characteristic curves, linear and nonlinear models. Basic performances.
Basic analog circuits: Rectifiers, single-transistor amplifiers, differential amplifier. Bias, small-signal analysis, nonlinearities, transient.
Basic digital circuits: Logic gates, canonical synthesis, basic combinatorial circuits. Sequential circuits, examples of sequential circuits. Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion.
Laboratory practice: Examples of the described circuits are fabricated and measured with standard instrumentation.

Learning Outcomes (Dublin Descriptors)

On successful completion of this course, the student should

have profound knowledge of basic principles of operation of electronic circuits, have knowledge and understanding of the behaviour and of the main applications of basic electronic circuits
understand the fundamental concepts of electronic circuits and systems and their application to information and power management systems, demonstrate skill in circuit analysis and design and ability to fabricate and test them, demonstrate capacity for understanding problems of information and power management and for addressing their solution by means of electronic circuits and systems
understand and explain the performances and characteristics of simple electronic circuits and systems

Prerequisites and Learning Activities

The student must know the basic notions of general circuit theory, contained in the exams Fisica II and Elettrotecnica.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Practical (laboratory) and oral exam

Textbooks

A.Sedra, K.Smith, Microelectronic circuits, 6th ed. , Oxford University Press. 2012. Italian translation: Circuiti per la Microelettronica, 4a ed., EdiSES Ed., 2012

Course page updates

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Course information last updated on: 21 febbraio 2014, 14:28