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Course Catalog 2011-2012
TLT-8017 Basic Communication Circuits - 1, 6-7 cr |
Person responsible
Jani Järvenhaara, Nikolay Tchamov
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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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.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| By completing a set of optional laboratory exercises (9h), the student receives +1 cr. |
Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 % |
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| By completing a set of optional laboratory exercises (9h), the student receives +1 cr. |
Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 % |