Enrollment year
2020/2021
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (07/03/2022 - 17/06/2022)
Prerequisites
KVL and KCL, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, impedance, frequency response
Learning outcomes
To provide a basic understanding of analog electronic circuits.
Course contents
Semiconductor devices
Principle of operation of diode, BJTs and MOSFETs
Operational amplifiers
Ideal Op AMP. Inverting and non-inverting configurations. Integrator and derivator.
Single stage amplifiers
CS, CS with source resistance, CD, CG. Schemes for discrete circuits. Integrated circuit configurations. CE, CE with emitter resistance, CC, CB.
Active loads
Current mirror. Other active loads.
Introduction to digital circuits
The Inverter. The CMOS inverter. Logic gates.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 68
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
A. Sedra, K. Smith. Microelectronic circuits - Sixth International Edition. Oxford University Press. Text book.
Assessment methods
There is an open-book written test followed by an oral exam.
Further information
There is an open-book written test followed by an oral exam.