MEng Mechatronic Engineering with Industrial Experience / Course details

This unit will cover the following:

• Operational (voltage) amplifiers; non-inverting and inverting circuits; limitations of real integrated circuits (ICs); adder and differential circuits; circuits with two or three op amps; understanding data sheets. (10 lectures)
• Related ICs: comparator; transimpedance and transconductance amplifiers. (6 lectures)
• Capacitor characteristics; circuits with capacitors; coupling and decoupling; integrator and differentiator (4 lectures).
• Diode characteristics; applications of diodes, detector circuits; d.c. level control. LED, semiconductor laser and photodiode characteristics; non-linear circuit applications.  (4 lectures)
• Field Effect Transistor (FET) characteristics; Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) characteristics; amplifier and switch circuits; biasing. (8 lectures)
• Tutorials (4 lectures).

The course unit aims to:

• Explain the principles of amplification using electronic components;
• Describe the characteristics of electronic components and introduce the concept of functional flexibility;
• Explain the benefits of applying negative feedback in the context of operational amplifiers and circuits using discrete devices.

ILO1 - Design basic diode circuits for different applications.

ILO2 - Design basic operational amplifier circuits for different functionalities.

ILO3 - Design basic MOFSET and FET transistor circuits.

ILO4 - Explain the characteristics of the most fundamental components in electronic circuits; diodes, transistors and operational amplifiers.

Examination - unseen written examination (70%)

Coursework 1:

Three laboratory sessions

Laboratory duration: 3 hours each

Assessed by: Written reports after labs 2 and 3. Each report forms 10% of the unit assessment

Coursework 1 forms 20% of the unit assessment.

Coursework 2:

Tutorial quesitons, as defined by tutorial schedule.

Coursework 2 forms 10% of the unit assessment.

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