Fundamentals of Electronic Circuits

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Department of Circuit Theory

Synopsis:

Basic configurations of electronic circuits. Feedback circuits and their properties. Stability criteria. Operational amplifiers. Linear feedback networks. Nonlinear properties of electronic elements. Nonlinearities in signal transmission and transformation. Nonlinear feedback networks with operational amplifiers. Transients in nonlinear circuits. Electronic switches and limiters. Comparators. Oscillators. Flip-flops, multivibrators.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Elements of electronic circuits, modelling and simulation

2. Functional blocks, serial, parallel and feedback connections

3. Electronic circuits as functional blocks

4. Basic circuits for signal amplifcation

5. Special combinations of elementary structures

6. Operational amplifier, power and resonant amplifiers

7. Wave shaping circuits, signal transforming circuits

8. Linear and nonlinear feedback nets with operational amplifiers

9. Komparators, switches, principles of D-A convertors

10. Switched capacitors, mixers and modulators

11. Bistable and monostable circuits

12. Astable, RL, RC, RLC relaxators

13. Waveshape generators with op-amps

14. Logic elements, principle of semiconductor memory

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Class and computer experiment - basic circuits and their properties, models of elements

2. Class and computer experiment - relations between parameters of transistors and diodes

3. Class and computer experiment - approximative analysis of electronic circuits

4. Class and computer experiment - analysis in high frequency band

5. Class and computer experiment - analysis of more complex circuits

6. Lab - laboratory measurement on the selected circuit, individual project consultations

7. Lab - laboratory measurement on the selected circuit, individual project consultations

8. Lab - laboratory measurement on the selected circuit, individual project consultations

9. Lab - laboratory measurement on the selected circuit, individual project consultations

10. Class - individual project presentation

11. Class - individual project presentation

12. Class - recapitulation and solution of complex tasks in electronic circuits

13. Class - recapitulation and solution of complex tasks in electronic circuits

14. Credit, delivery of individual project documentation in electronic form

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Study materials:

1. Tietze, U., Schenk, Ch.: Electronic Circuits - Design and Applications. Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

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