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320100 - CDE - Electronic Devices and Circuits
Coordinating unit:
Teaching unit:
Academic year: 2016
Degree:
ECTS credits:
205 - ESEIAAT - Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering
710 - EEL - Department of Electronic Engineering
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (Syllabus 2009). (Teaching unit
Compulsory)
6 Teaching languages: Catalan, Spanish
Teaching staff
Coordinator:
Others:
RAUL FERNANDEZ GARCIA
LUIS JORGE FERRER ARNAU
Degree competences to which the subject contributes
Specific:
1. AUD_BASIC:Ability to understand and have a full command of the basic concepts of linear systems and related functions and transforms, theory of electrical circuits, electronic circuits, physical principle of semiconductors and logic families, electronic and photonic devices, materials technology and how they can be applied to the problems inherent to engineering.
Transversal:
2. TEAMWORK - Level 1. Working in a team and making positive contributions once the aims and group and individual responsibilities have been defined. Reaching joint decisions on the strategy to be followed.
Teaching methodology
Directed learning hours include large group lectures in which the lecturer briefly presents the general learning objectives related to the basic concepts of the subject.
The lecturer then uses practical exercises to motivate and encourage students to participate actively in their learning.
Support material in the form of a detailed course plan will be used via ATENEA: learning objectives by content, concepts, examples, assessment activity programming, directed learning and bibliography.
They also consist of problem-solving classes in which students work in groups of 3 or 5 on exercises or numerical problems related to the specific learning objectives of each of the course contents. These sessions aim to develop generic competencies such as teamwork. Thus, cooperative learning methods are applied in the classroom.
The last type of directed learning hours consists of laboratory practicals as pairwork, aimed at developing basic instrumental skills in an electronic laboratory and at introducing students to applications of the scientific method of problem solving in the electronic laboratory.
Before and after each session, students are asked to perform tasks outside class either individually or in groups. These tasks form the basis of directed activities. Other self-directed learning activities include directed reading and problem solving.
Learning objectives of the subject
On completing the subject, students will be able to do the following:
- Apply laws for solving electronic circuits.
- Understand how the main electronic circuits and devices work.
- Circuit analysis with electronic devices
- Use CAD tools for solving the problems related to electrical circuits.
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- Identify componentsand perform basic electronics assemblies
- Use the basic tools and instruments of electronic laboratories.
Study load
Total learning time: 156h Hours large group:
Hours medium group:
Hours small group:
Guided activities:
Self study:
30h
15h
15h
6h
90h
19.23%
9.62%
9.62%
3.85%
57.69%
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320100 - CDE - Electronic Devices and Circuits
Content
Learning time: 70h
Theory classes: 24h
Practical classes: 0h
Laboratory classes: 4h
Self study : 42h
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Description:
Electrical quantities.
Device and circuit.
Independent sources.
Linear resistance.
Naked and mesh circuit.
Kirchhoff's laws. ground concept.
Connecting elements.
Systematic methods for solving linear circuits.
Equivalent circuits.
Superposition principle.
Dependent sources.
Signal transfer.
Related activities:
Problem-based lectures
Activity 1. Problem-solving
Activity 2: Experimenal characterization
Activity 3: Laboratoy Test
Activity 4: Mid-semester test
Learning time: 40h
Theory classes: 14h
Practical classes: 0h
Laboratory classes: 2h
Self study : 24h
Description:
Definition of phasor
Capacitors and inductors
Serial and parallel capacitance and inductance
RC, RL and RLC circuits
Related activities:
Problem-based lectures
Activity 1. Problem-solving
Activity 2: Experimenal characterization
Activity 3: Laboratoy Test
Activity 4: Mid-semester test
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Description:
I-V characteristic od diodes
Circuit analysis with diodes
Diode applications
Specific diodes
Related activities:
Problem-based lectures
Activity 1. Problem-solving
Activity 2: Experimenal characterization
Activity 3: Laboratoy Test
Activity 5: Final-semester test
Specific objectives:
Understand the operation of diodes and analyze circuits with diodes
Learning time: 20h
Theory classes: 6h
Practical classes: 0h
Laboratory classes: 2h
Self study : 12h
Learning time: 20h
Theory classes: 6h
Practical classes: 0h
Laboratory classes: 2h
Guided activities: 0h
Self study : 12h
Description:
I-V BJT characteristic
DC and operation point analysis.
BJT in switching operations.
BJT in amplification
Related activities:
Problem-based lectures
Activity 1. Problem-solving
Activity 2: Experimenal characterization
Activity 3: Laboratoy Test
Activity 5: Final-semester test
Specific objectives:
Analysis of BJT circuits
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Qualification system
The final mark is obtained according to the expression:
NF = max(0,3·NP1+0,3·NP2; 0,6·EF) + 0,1·LAB1+0,15*LAB2+0,15*PRB
The laboratory activities are required to pass the course.
The course can be recovered by means of the final exam grade
Bibliography
Basic:
Prat, Lluís [et al.]. Circuitos y dispositivos electrónicos: fundamentos de electrónica. 6ª ed. Barcelona: Edicions UPC, 1999.
ISBN 848301291X.
Floyd, Thomas L. Principios de circuitos eléctricos. 8ª ed. México: Pearson, 2007. ISBN 9789702609674.
Floyd, Thomas L. Dispositivos electrónicos. 8ª ed. México: Pearson, 2008. ISBN 9789702611936.
Complementary:
Bruce Carlson, A. Circuitos: ingeniería, conceptos y análisis de circuitos eléctricos lineales. México D.F: International
Thomson, 2001. ISBN 9706860339.
Edminister, J.A.. Circuitos eléctricos. 3ª ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 8448110617.
Malvino, Albert Paul; Bates, David J. Principios de electrónica. 7ª ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, 2007. ISBN 9788448156190.
Others resources:
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