Manufacturing of Electrical Components

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Department of Electrotechnology

Synopsis:

Technology of electronic components in general. Basic technology in use. Type of components: resistors, potentiometers, capacitors with foil dielectric. Ceramic and electrolytic capacitors. VHF and UHF components. Semiconductors, fabrication of vertical and horizontal structures. Optoelectronic components. Packaging.

Requirements:

The credit reguirements: seminar presentation, one protokol of labs and the student must obtain minimally 50 % of avaliable points in the tests.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Technology of electronic components, world trends.

2.Identification of electronic components. Standards of nominal values.

3.The use of films in electronic components.

4.Resistors, varistors, thermistors, potentiometers.

5.Power resistors.

6.Capacitors - roll-type, ceramic, electrolytic.

7.Inductance devices, HF coils, chokes, transformers.

8.Power inductance devices, chokes. Power filters

9.Piezoelectric resonators, filters, transducers.

10.Microwave resonators, filters. Distributed parameter devices.

11.Semiconductor devices, fabrication of structures.

12.Survey of modern semiconductor devices and IO technologies.

13.Optoelectronic devices.

14.Packaging of devices.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Safety in laboratories. Instruction about lab. measurements - group 1.

2.Nonlinearity and noise of resistors.

3.Ferroelectric capacitors.

4.HF coils and transformers.

5.Resistor characteristics at HF and UHF.

6.Thermistors, varistors.

7.Evaluation of lab. reports.

8.Instruction about lab. measurements - group 2.

9.Piezoelectric resonators.

10.Microwave integrated circuits.

11.Transformers and filters with distributed parameters.

12.Active two-ports, scattering parameters.

13.Optoelectronic devices.

14.Evaluation of lab. reports. A credit.

Study Objective:

A student are well-educated of technology of electric components, properties of fundamental electronic devices and their quality testing methods

Study materials:

1. Horn, Delton T.: Electronic Components: A complete reference for project builders. Blue Ridge - TAB Books, 1992

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electronics - Electronic Applications- structured studies (compulsory course)