Course: Electronic Systems

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Course title Electronic Systems
Course code KEI/ELNS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Valenta Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Holota Radek, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Koucký Václav, Ing. CSc.
  • Petránková Zuzana, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Matrix description of electronic systems, active electronic blocks, frequency response of electronic systems, feedback and feedback influence on electronic circuits and feedback circuits stability. 2. Transistor amplifiers, transistor operating point, CE, CC, CB connections, simplified amplifier circuit calculation. Amplifier stages coupling, Darlington connection, current mirror, differential amplifier, power amplifier classes, amplifiers efficiency. 3. Operational amplifiers, ideal Op Amp, real Op Amp, internal Op Amps structure, Op Amp dynamic parameters, operational networks, real operation network errors and their correction. 4. Comparators, function generators, relaxation generators - circuit NE 555, V to f and f to V converters, oscillation theory, oscillators. Principles of analog multiplication, phase locked loop, frequency synthesis. 5. Rectifiers, voltage multipliers, linearly regulated power supply sources, DC-DC converters, integrated voltage regulators, over-current protection, over-voltage limitation. 6. Transistor switching parameters, methods to improve transistor switching parameters, logic types (DTL, TTL, CMOS, HCMOS). 7. TTL logic, CMOS logic (4000, HC, HCT), combination circuits (gates, multiplexers, decoders, number comparators, adder), open collector circuits, with three-state log. output and input. 8. Sequence logic circuits (flip-flops, registers, counters) micro-programmable automata, pulse generation, programmable logic devices (PLD) , GAL and PAL circuits. 9. Semiconductor memory devices - RWM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, memory static and memory dynamic parameters. 10. Microprocessor systems - basic overview, bus system, interrupt, special circuits for microprocessor systems, single chip microcomputers. 11. Microprocessor systems Input / Output circuits, standard parallel and serial interface, galvanic isolation of digital signals. 12. A/D converters, conversion principle, errors. Parallel (Flash) converter, successive approximation converter, integrating converter, sigma-delta converter. D/A converters - conversion principle, errors.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 4 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 36 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 16 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to use the basic laws of electrical circuits - especially Ohms law , Kirchhoff's laws, Thevenin / Norton theorem, the principle of superposition, the principle of duality, the principle of reciprocity
to explain the physical nature of semiconductor components - diode, transistor, thyristor, optoelectronic coupler
Skills
to measure basic parameters of electronic components
to use passive and active electronic components in simple electronic connections
to calculate the parameters of electrical circuits by loop current and node voltage methods
to solve transient processes in simple electrical circuits
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe of analog electronic systems features
to explain the functioning of the active electronic function blocks
to describe the feedback influence on analog electronic systems parameter
to describe and explain amplifier stages coupling including Darlington connection's, current mirror circuit and active load
to describe power amplifier classes
describe the properties of an ideal op amp and real op amp and compare them
to describe basic parameters of real operational amplifiers including internal structure and frequency correction
to explain real operational network errors and methodes of their correction
to explain the term analog comparator, functional generator, and methods of nonlinearities generation
to explain the functioning of multivibrators and V to f and f to V converters including calculations
to explain the principle of RC and LC oscillators, including crystal resonator function
to explain analog multiplier function and Phase Lock Loop function
to explain the rectifiers and voltage multipliers function, electronic power supplies linearly and switching regulated
to explain transistor switching parameters
to explain the term combinational logic circuit and the function of simple combinational circuits
to explain the term sequential logic circuit
to describe flip-flops function and flip-flops types
to describe of semiconductor memories types
to describe microprocessor systems architectures
to explain the principles, function and parameters of analogue to digital and digital to analogue converters
Skills
to verify the function of basic electronic circuits
to calculate the parameters of single-transistor amplifiers
to solve simple operating networks
calculate parameters of relaxation generators
to design a combinational logic function
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Laboratory work
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Laboratory work
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Combined exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Combined exam
Competences
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Foit J., Hudec L. Základy elektroniky. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-01-04236-6.
  • Horowitz P., Hill W. The Art of Electronics. Cambridge University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0521809269.
  • Pinker, Koucký. Analogové elektronické systémy. Plzeň, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7043-917-3.
  • Pinker, Poupa. Číslicové systémy a jazyk VHDL. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-7300-198-5.


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