Fundamentals of Electronic Circuits

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Department of Circuit Theory

Synopsis:

This course represents an introduction to the Electronics. The elementary electronic circuits and function blocks are presented here. The both parts of electronics, analog circuits and digital circuits are educated. More attention will be pay to digital electronics. All exercises are laboratory and are practical oriented. The course is facultative for all students in bachelor stage of study and it does not need any prerequisites.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction in analysis of electronic circuit composed with semiconductor diodes and transistors

2. Design and simulation of basic electronic circuits and function blocks

3. Feedback in amplifiers, operational amplifier (characteristic properties and parameters)

4. Internal structure of operational amplifier, differential amplifier, current mirror, push-pull power amplifier

5. Operational amplifiers in voltage rectifiers, timing circuits, pulse generators

6. A/D and D/A converters, types, properties and applications

7. Basic combinational logic circuits. Decoders, multiplexers, arithmetic circuits

8. Basic sequential logic circuits. Flip-flops, registers, counters

9. Circuits for pulse generation. Astable and monostable timers

10. Display units, driving of LED and LCD systems

11. Fundamentals of microprocessor technique, basic features and function blocks

12. Microcomputer systems, microprocessor, memories, peripherals, control

13. Semiconductor memories, program and data memories, connection of memory systems

14. One-chip microcomputers, principles and applications

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Design of transistor amplifiers, measurement of characterictics and parameters

2. Operational amplifier, measurement of basic characterictics and parameters

3. Measurement on A/D and D/A converters

4. Asynchronous and synchronous counters, setting of modulo counting

5. Astable multivibrator and one-shot timers

6. LED and LCD display units

7. Credit

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Study materials:

1. Tietze, U., Schenk, Ch.: Design and Applications, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1991

2. Horowitz, P., Hill, W.: The Art of Electronics, NY University Press, 1989

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Common plan- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Computer Technology- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Electronics and Communication Technology - structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Heavy-current Engineering- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Inteligentní systémy (elective specialized course)
• Manažerská informatika (elective specialized course)
• Softwarové inženýrství (elective specialized course)
• Web a multimedia (elective specialized course)