TLT-8017 Basic Communication Circuits - 1
General Information
Duration: 9.9. – 4.12.2009
Course lecturer: Kim Östman
Contact info: kim@cs.tut.fi, Room TH106
Exams:
8.12.2009 at 17:00 – 20:00
18.1.2010 at 9:00 – 12:00
1.3.2010 at 9:00 – 12:00
(check POP for official info)
Book: Allan R. Hambley, Electronics, 2nd edition (Prentice Hall, 2000).
Information: Sign up for the course page in Moodle (http://moodle.tut.fi) for
news, lecture slides and exercise materials.
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Timetable – Autumn 2009
Lectures:
• Period 1: Wednesdays 14–17 in TB111
• Period 2: Wednesdays 14–16 in TB111
Exercises: (mandatory)
• Period 1: 3 h/w in TC171
• Period 2: 2 h/w in TC171
Lab Exercises: (optional, +1 cr.)
• 4 x 3 hours, during period 2
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Course Contents
1. Basic concepts: Analog and digital signals, Ohm law, amplifiers, etc.
2. Signals in time and frequency domain
3. Operational amplifiers
4. Diodes and diode circuits
5. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)
6. Field Effect Transistors (FET)
7. Frequency response
8. Feedback and oscillators
9. Active filters and tuned circuits
Lecture slides will be available in Moodle.
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Exercises
• Mandatory
• Room TC171
• The purpose of the
exercises is to make the
theoretical concepts and
circuits more
understandable through
computer simulations
• Software: PSpice
• Student version is
downloadable from
http://www.cadencepcb.com
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Exercises - Schedule
Group 1: Monday 14–17 (Period 2: 14–16)
Group 2: Tuesday 8–11 (8–10)
Group 3: Wednesday 9–12 (10–12)
Group 4: Thursday 9–12 (10–12)
Sign up through POP, the system opens today at 17:00.
(Studies -> My Sign-Ups -> TLT-8017 -> Exercise group #)
Sign up only for the first week’s exercises, then attend the same group on
the following weeks.
If you miss your group time on some week, try to attend another
group during that week.
Exercise material will be available in Moodle.
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Laboratory Exercises
• Give one extra credit point
• 4 x 3 hours in period 2
• Make an electronic oscillator
circuit
• Simulation
• Assembly
• Measurement
• Recommended especially for
those planning to continue
their studies in the field of
communication circuits
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Further Studies in Communication Circuits
B.Sc. Level
• TLT-8107 Basic Communication Circuits - 2 (7 cr.)
• TLT-8207 Communication Circuits and Modules - 1 (8 cr.)
• TLT-8307 RF-ASIC Design Project - 1 (8 cr., B.Sc. Graduation)
M.Sc. Level
• TLT-8507 Communication Circuits and Modules - 2 (9 cr.)
• TLT-8607 RF-ASIC Design Project - 2 (9 cr.)
• M.Sc. Thesis and Graduation
Ph.D. Level
• TLT-8807 Advanced RF Communication Circuits Seminar (9 cr.)
See http://www.cs.tut.fi/tlt/rfasic
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