Principles and Rules of Electronic Design

Lecturer:

Vít Záhlava (gar.)

Tutor:

Vít Záhlava (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Microelectronics

Synopsis:

Introduction to principles of electronic design. Reliability, compatibility, testability, safety. General design rules for professional electronic design with superior ratings in terms of high frequency and high current, immunity to a disturbance, low-level electromagnetic emission, etc. Miniaturization and cost effectivity. Education of electronic design methodology in favour of creativity instead of specialisation on specific devices an systems. Hands-on approach with aid of modern computer design tools.

Requirements:

Self-ellaborated project, final test.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Basic aspects of electronic design.

2. Technical requirement for electronic systems.

3. Design for manufacturing.

4. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and the electronic design.

5. Grounding, shielding, signal integrity, crosstalk.

6. Computer aided design.

7. High speed design.

8. Power distribution system in high speed system design.

9. Design of backplanes.

10. Interconnects and I/O circuits.

11. Layout of mixed signal systems.

12. Design of power systems, solution of thermal balance.

13. Issue of high current density.

14. Design trends

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Computer aided design - design environments.

2. Suggestion of projects.

3. Component information system.

4. Schematic design.

5. Preparation of design for following steps.

6. Design environments for printed circuit boards.

7. Setting-up of technology conditions.

8. Space correlation of components, layout.

9. Automation of design.

10. Simulation tools.

11. EMC, signal integrity, crosstalk, grounding, shielding.

12. Postprocess, generating of reports.

13. Evaluation of projects.

14. Final test.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Johnson, H.W., Graham, M. High Speed Digital Design. Prentice Hall. 1993.

2. Mardiguian, M. Controlling Radiated Emissions by Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1992.

3. Montrose, M.I. EMC and the Printed Circuit Board. IEEE Press. 1998.

4. OrCAD for Windows - User's Guide.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Heavy-current Engineering - Electroenergetics- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - High-frequency and Microwave Technology- structured studi (elective specialized course)
• Heavy-current Engineering - Technological Systems- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Control Engineering- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Electronics - Electronic Systems- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Economics and Management of Power Engineering- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Biomedical Engineering- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Economics and Management in Electrical Engineering- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Electronics - Electronic Applications- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Electronics - Electronics and Photonics- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Artificial Intelligence- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Measurement and Instrumentation Systems- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Aeronautical Engineering and Control Systems- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Heavy-current Engineering - Electric Drives- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Heavy-current Engineering - Electrical Engineering Applications- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Opto-electric Systems- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Radio Communications, Navigation and Radar Systems- struc (elective specialized course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Multimedia, Sound and Television Technology- structured s (elective specialized course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Telecommunications- structured studies (elective specialized course)