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5ECC0

Electronic Circuits 2

Course summary

In this course, you will learn about the functioning, analysis and design of important electronic circuits, such as (multi-stage) amplifiers, signal generators, sine-wave oscillators, CMOS logic gates, memory circuits and data converters. Furthermore, you will develop practical skills in the application and utilization of the acquired theoretical knowledge by solving various numerical problems and exercises. In the Lab practicum, you will be able to become familiar with some of these electronic circuits by building and measuring your own sine wave oscillator.

Learning objectives

By completion of the course, the students should be able to:

  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of basic electronic circuits, in particular of (multi-stage) amplifiers, signal generators, oscillators, CMOS logic gates, memory circuits and data converters;
  • ​apply the acquired knowledge in solving problems and building real-life practical circuits, in particular of sine wave oscillators.
  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of basic electronic circuits, in particular of (multi-stage) amplifiers, signal generators, oscillators, CMOS logic gates, memory circuits and data converters;
  • ​apply the acquired knowledge in solving problems and building real-life practical circuits, in particular of sine wave oscillators.

The specific skills that the students will be capable upon completion of the course include:

  • Functionally translate NMOS based circuits into PMOS equivalents;
  • Estimation of the time constants in an electronic circuit;
  • Applying the Barkhausen criteria for oscillations;
  • Analyzing and guaranteeing the amplifier stability;
  • Designing, modeling, simulating, implementing and measuring of a 10kHz oscillator;
  • Sizing of digital gates and memories;
  • Analyzing the basic properties of D/A and A/D converters.

The red lines, which indicate compulsory knowledge taken from the course include:

  • The conditions and the currents in all modes of operation of the mosfet (cut-off, saturation, triode regions for both nmos and pmos transistors);
  • Single-pole, exponential settling, e.g. charging and discharging of a capacitor through a resistor;
  • Barkhausen criteria for oscillations;
  • Ohm and Kirchoff laws;
  • Inverting and non-inverting configuration of an amplifier with a negative feedback and how to analyze the effects of limited-gain, input offset, non-zero output impedance;
  • Miller effect and Miller compensation for two-stage amplifiers;

Content

Integrated-circuit amplifiers:

  • finite open-loop gain and bandwidth
  • large-signal operation
  • cmos transistor level design and analysis

Frequency response

  • frequency dependency
  • multi-stage amplifier frequency response

Operational amplifier circuits

  • two-stage CMOS op-amp characteristic properties
  • Miller compensation

Signal generators and waveform-shaping circuits

  • sine-wave oscillators
  • limiting and clamping
  • op-amp RC oscillator circuits
  • LC and Xtal oscillators

CMOS digital logic circuits

  • digital logic inverters
  • CMOS inverter
  • dynamic operation of CMOS inverter
  • CMOS logic-gate circuits
  • CMOS transmission gates

Memory circuits

  • latches and flip-flops
  • static and dynamic memories
  • sense amplifiers
  • read-only memories

Data converters

  • digital-to-analog converters
    • Op-amp based
    • R2R ladder
    • Charge redistribution
    • Current-steering
  • analog-to-digital converters
    • flash
    • tracking
    • SAR
    • Dual-slope

Lab

Modelling, design, simulation, implementation and measurements of electronic circuits, in particular a 10kHz sine-wave oscillator with limiters, user-controlled output power and filters.

 

Entrance requirements


The following course modules must have been completed:

  • Circuits (5ECA0)
  • Electronic circuits 1 (5ECB0)

 

Background knowledge test in the first week

Additional previous knowledge

  • 5ESC0 DSP fundamentals (signals II)
  • 5ESB0 Systems
  • 5SPB0 Microwave engineering and antennas
  • 5SFE0 RF transceivers 2: Design
  • 5LFF0 Electronics: selected topics


Follow-up subjects

  • 5SPB0 Microwave engineering and antennas
  • 5LFI0 Electronics: selected topics
  • 5SFE0 RF transceivers 2: Design
  • 5SFC0 Advanced CMOS design
  • 5LFF0 Electronics: selected topics

 

More information:

dr. G.I. Radulov, PDEng MSc, FLUX 7.089

 

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Intermdiate test 2018

Final exam 2018

Resit exam 2018

Feedback

"On behalf of the students we would like to compliment you for the way you explained the pre-knowledge of Control Systems concerning Transfer functions, Poles/Zeros, S-Plane today. Connecting the dots from a simple circuit to a transfer function to explaining the S-plane was really helpful!"

"You showed the full path from the practical circuit level to the rather abstract S-plane level in a really clear way. Thank you for all the energy you put into this, from a student’s point of view, rather difficult course!"

23-11-2018

Daan Daverveld
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