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Course specification
Electronic Circuit I
EE 326
1. Course Aim
The course gives students an understanding of analysis methods and
design techniques of basic electronic circuits using diodes, bipolar
junction transistors, field-effect transistors, operational amplifiers and
Main Aim
some integrated circuits. This course illustrates design with numerous
examples, and provides numerous open-ended design problems with
which students can practice. The course also point out various
characteristics and properties of circuits as go through the analysis.
Sub-Aims
i) Aapply diodes in designing rectifiers, voltage multipliers, logic gates,
super diodes, voltage variable tuned circuits and mixer circuits.
ii) Select stable operating points (biasing) for npn and pnp bipolar
transistors, n-channel and p-channel junction field-effect
transistors.
iii) Design of single-stage and multi-stages amplifiers at low and high
frequencies.
iv) Design of compound configurations (cascoded, cascaded, Darlington-pair,
feedback pair, current sources, current mirrors and differential
amplifiers).
v) Read data sheets of different devices (diodes, transistors and op-amps).
vi) Use operational amplifiers in linear and non-linear applications.
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vii) Design different power amplifiers classes (class-A to class-D).
viii) Design regulated power supplies using discrete components (series
and shunt regulators) as well as integrated circuit regulators.
ix) Design of sinusoidal oscillators and decrease the noise and distortion
effects in electronic circuits.
2. Course Content
Transistor circuits - Field-effect transistor circuits - Small-signal low -frequency
analysis and design - Audio-frequency power amplifiers - The difference amplifier and
multi-transistor circuits - Operational amplifiers and their applications. Stabilized
power supplies - Timing circuits – Feedback and oscillators.
3. Course Topics
Topic
1sttopic
Diode Applications
2ndtopic
Bipolar Junction
Transistor (BJTs)
Amplifiers
and
Field-Effect
Transistors (FETs)
Amplifiers
week
Introduction. Half-wave rectifiers. Full-wave rectifiers.
Diode limiting and clamping circuits. Voltage multipliers.
Special-Purpose Diodes. Zener diodes. Varactor diodes.
Optical diodes. Other types of diodes .Diode Data Sheet. A
Variety of Other Applications. Diode Logic Gates. Standby
Voltage. Mixer Circuits.
Introduction. Transistor Structure. Basic Transistor
Operation. Transistor Characteristics and Parameters.
The Transistor as an Amplifier. The Transistor as a Switch.
Transistor Bias Circuits. DC Operating Point. Voltagedivider Bias Other Bias Methods. BJT Amplifiers.
Amplifier Operation. Transistor AC Equivalent circuits.
Common-Emitter (CE) Amplifier. Common-Collector (CC)
Amplifier. Common-Base (CB) Amplifier. Amplifier
Comparisons
Introduction. The Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET).
JFET Characteristics and Parameters. JFET Biasing. The
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
(MOSFET). MOSFET Characteristics and Parameters. EMOSFET Biasing FET Amplifiers. FET Amplification.
Common-Source Amplifiers. Common-Drain Amplifiers.
Common-Gate Amplifiers.
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3rd topic
Amplifiers
Frequency
Response
And
Compound
Configurations
4th topic
Operational
Amplifiers
and its
Applications
5th topic
Power Amplifiers,
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Low Frequency Analysis. Low-Frequency Response Of
BJT Amplifiers. Low-Frequency Response FET
Amplifiers. Miller Effect Capacitance. High-Frequency
Response-BJT Amplifiers. High-Frequency Response-FET
Amplifiers. Multistage Frequency Effects. Square-Wave
Testing
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Introduction. Cascade Connection. Cascode Connection.
Darlington Connection.
5
Feedback Pair. Current Source Circuits. Current Mirrors.
BJT Differential Amplifiers.
6
Introduction. Ideal Op-Amp. Op-Amp Input Modes and
Parameters. Op-Amps with Negative Feedback. Effects
of Negative Feedback on Op-Amp Impedances. Bias
Current and Offset Voltage Compensation. Open-Loop
Response. Closed-Loop Response.
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Introduction. Comparators. Zero-Level detection. NonzeroLevel Detection. Schmitt trigger. Sample and hold.
Summing Amplifiers.
Summing amplifier with Unity
gain. Summing Amplifier with Gain greater than Unity.
Averaging Amplifier.
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Integrators and Differentiators. The Op-Amp Integrator. The Op-Amp
Differentiator. Active Rectifiers. Ideal Diode Rectifier. Faster
Rectifier. Active Full-wave Rectifier. Peak Detector. Amplifiers.
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Logarithmic Amplifier. Analog Product. Voltage-to-Current. Currentto-Voltage. Amplifiers for Photo-devices. Voltage Subtraction.
Instrumentation Circuits.
Definitions And Amplifier Types. Series-Fed Class A
Amplifier. Transformer-Coupled Class A Amplifier.Class B
Amplifier Operation. Class B Amplifier Circuit.
10
Amplifier Distortion.Graphical Description of Harmonic
Components of Distorted Signal. Class C and Class D
amplifiers. IC Audio Amplifier.
11
Power Supplies and Introduction. Linear power supply. The
Transformer.
Voltage Regulators The Rectifier Circuits. Ripple Voltage and Ripple Factor of
Rectified Signal.. Capacitor Filter. Voltage Regulators.
Voltage Regulation. Basic Series Regulations. Basic shunt
Regulator. Basic Switching Regulators. Step-Down
Configuration. Step- UP Configuration.
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Integrated Circuit Voltage Regulators. Fixed
Positive
Linear Voltage. Regulators. IC Fixed Negative Linear
Voltage Regulators. IC Switching Voltage Regulators.
Design of Multi Output Practical Power Supply. Battery
Charger. The op-amp LM301a. Voltage regulator LM350.
How battery charger works.
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6th topic
What is a Sine Wave Oscillator? Requirements for
Oscillation. Phase Shift in the Oscillator. Gain in the
Sine Wave
Oscillator. Active Element (Op Amp) Impact on the
Oscillators
Oscillator. Analysis of the Oscillator Operation (Circuit).
Sine Wave Oscillator Circuits. Wien Bridge Oscillator.
and
Phase Shift Oscillator. Single Amplifier. Bubba Oscillator.
Noise in Amplifiers Quadrature Oscillator.
Introduction. External Noise Sources. RMS versus P-P
Noise. Noise Floor. Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Noise Units.
Types of Noise. Noise Colors.
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4. Grades Distribution
11.2 Grades Distribution
Assesment Methods
Final Exam
Oral Final Exam
Med term exam
Written Exam
Oral Exam
Tutorial assessment
Project assessment
Assessments
Model assessment
Report assessment
Quiz assessment
Presentation assessment
Discussion
Laboratory test
Home Exam
Monitoring
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5. List of References
Course notes
Are written from the lectures.
Required book 1) Prof. M. Abo-Zahhad, and Prof. Sabah M. Ahmed , " Analysis and
(Text Book)
Designof Electronic Circuits (I)", Assiut University, 2010.
[1] Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith, “Microelectronic Circuits”, 3rd
ed., Oxford University Press, 2003.
[2] R.C. Jaeger and T.N. Blalock, "Microelectronic Circuit Design",
McGraw-Hill, NY, 2004.
Recommended
[3] Robert L. Boylestad , Louis Nashelsky, "Electronic Devices and Circuit
books
Theory", New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 9th Edition, 2003.
[4] S. Franco, Design with Operational Amplifiers, McGraw-Hill,New
York, 2002.
[1]http://hyperphysics.phyastr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/diodecon.html#c2
Periodicals, [2] Motorola, www.motorola.com.
web sites.. etc.
[3] National Semiconductor, www.national.com
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