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Lecturer(s)
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Burian Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
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Georgiev Vjačeslav, Doc. Dr. Ing.
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Course content
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1. Review of electronic systems for special purposes (motivation - enhanced reliability, space applications, systems in radiation field, low power systems) 2. Ionizing radiation (introduction, radiation classification, used units of quantities, risks of radiation and their mitigation, interaction in material, measuring principles, semiconductor detectors) 3. Medipix detectors of ionizing radiation (reviews of types, principles, data communication, data processing, data evaluation, calibration, demonstration of work) 4. Effects of radiation on electronics (introduction, digital vs. analogue systems, definition of radiation hardness) 5. Design of radiation hardened electronic systems (reduction of radiation influence, demonstration of used designs) 6. System performing fast data processing (review of modern FPGA devices, fast serial interfaces). Very High-Resolution Time Measuring (time measuring in physics experiments, measurement with precision in order of picoseconds) 7. Passive components and their important parameters in terms of power consumption 8. Active components and their important parameters in terms of power consumption 9. Philosophy of low power systems 10. Technological methods of reducing the consumption of digital electronic circuits 11. Structural methods of reducing consumption of digital electronic circuits 12. Methods of reducing the consumption of analogue circuits 13. Methods of reducing the consumption of analogue electronic circuits
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Laboratory work, Lecture
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| design simple conventional electronic systems |
| Skills |
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| uses programming/description language C, C++ or VHDL |
| measure operational parameters of electronic system |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| understand issues in the domain of the design of systems working in ionizing radiation field |
| understand issues in the domain of the design of low-power systems |
| understand principles using in pixel detectors of radiation |
| Skills |
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| design electronic device optimized from viewpoint of power consumption |
| measure radiation background of environment |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture with visual aids |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Discussion |
| Individual study |
| Skills |
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| Individual study |
| Practicum |
| Students' portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Discussion |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Ahuja, Lakshminarayana, Shukla. Low Power Design with High-Level Power Estimation and Power-Aware Synthesis. 2012. ISBN 9781461408727.
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Rossi, Leonardo. Pixel detectors : from fundamentals to applications. Berlin : Springer, 2006. ISBN 3-540-28332-3.
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