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TLT-8017 Basic Communication Circuits - 1, 6-7 cr

Person responsible

Nikolay Tchamov, Kim Östman, Hans Herzog

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Laboratory work
 2 h/week
 3 h/week

+2 h/week
+3 h/week
 9 h/per



 



 



 
TLT-8017 2010-01 Wednesday 14 - 16, TB111

Requirements

1. Completion of auditorium exercises. 2. Exam. 3. Optional: Completion of laboratory exercises (+1 cr.).

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

This is an entry-level course with broad coverage of analog electronic circuits. Selective attention is given to their consecutive use in wireless communications. Upon completion of the course, the student is able to: - utilize basic circuit theory laws, amplifier concepts and parameters, and to explain the differences between analog vs. digital systems and time vs. frequency domain circuit parameters; - understand the operation and use of devices used in circuit measurements, such as power supplies, signal sources, multimeters, oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers; - explain basic semiconductor device (PN diode, BJT, MOS) concepts and apply them in a basic manner, for example by designing simple rectifiers, transistor amplifiers and filter circuits with PSpice simulations; - describe the effects of signal feedback on circuit gain, impedances, distortion and noise; - understand concepts such as frequency response and its utilization in passive and active filters or in LC-tuned amplifiers and oscillators; - (if optional laboratory exercise is completed) design, mount and measure a simple MHz-range LC oscillator circuit on transistor level.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The concept of analog and digital systems. Basic circuit theory laws, amplifier concepts and amplifier parameters.     
2. Basics of power supplies, signal sources, multimeters, oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers. Time and frequency domain circuit parameters.     
3. Basic semiconductor device concepts, the PN-diode and basic rectifier circuits. Bipolar junction transistors and MOS field-effect transistors, their bias circuits, basic amplifier applications and small-signal equivalent circuits.     
4. Effects of feedback on gain, impedances, distortion and noise.     
5. Frequency response, passive and active filters, LC resonance circuits, tuned amplifiers and oscillator principles.     
6. In an optional exercise students implement a 1-2 MHz Hartley oscillator on PCB by simulating with OrCAD Pspice, soldering the components, and measuring with an HP54602B Oscilloscope and an HP ESA-L1500A Spectrum Analyzer.     

Evaluation criteria for the course

Exam.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Electronics   Allan R. Hambley   0-13-691982-0     2nd edition      English  

Additional information about prerequisites
The basic courses of physics are recommended as prerequisite knowledge.

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TLT-8017 Basic Communication Circuits - 1, 6-7 cr TLT-8016 Basic Analog Circuits, 6 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TLT-8017 2010-01 By completing a set of optional laboratory exercises (9h), the student receives +1 cr.       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified02.06.2010