| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| Digital Electronics |
- Basic concepts
- Logical values: positive and negative logic
- Logical families: TTL, ECL, CMOS
- Binary functions and basic logic blocks
- Truth table
- Karnaugh maps
- Basic integrated circuits
- Design of basic combinational digital systems
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| Operational Amplifiers |
- Basic concepts
- Differential amplifier and operational amplifier
- The op. amp.: terminals, feedback, virtual shortcut
- Op-Amp circuits with closed-loop and negative feedback: inverting and non-inverting amplifiers, summing amplifier, differential amplifier, integrator, differentiator,...
- Design of analog systems based on operational amplifiers
|
| The diode |
- Basic concepts
- Semiconductors
- The diode
- The zener diode
- Other diodes: LED, photodiode, etc.
- Applications
|
| The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) |
- Structure
- BJT operation
- Polarization, load line analysis and operating point (Q)
- Applications
|
| Field-Effect Transistor (JFET) |
- Structure
- Families of FET transistors
- Polarization
- Applications
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| Small-Signal Amplifiers |
- Amplifier gain: voltage amplifier, current amplifier
- Input impedance
- Output impedance
- Small-signal model for BJT
- Small-signal model for JFET |
| Applications |
- Data acquiring systems
- Sensors and actuators
- Analog to digital converter
- Design of digital and analogical electronic systems
- Industrial communications
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| Practice 1: Digital Electronics |
This practice introduces the student to digital combinational circuits by assembling basic circuits within a protoboard. |
| Practice 2: Operational Amplifiers |
The goal of this practice is introducing the closed-loop operation of these types of amplifiers, by assembling different circuits within a protoboard. |
| Practice 3: Simulation of digital and analog circuits |
The goal of this practice is to introduce the simulation software PSIM and "Digital Electronic Simulator" to the student, in order to understand the importance of a proper simulation. |
| Practice 4: Basic electronic circuits with diodes |
This practice shows the student different circuits for diodes (rectifiers, trimmers, ...), by assembling them in a protoboard and testing them with different input signals. |
| Practice 5: Basic electronic circuits with transistors |
This practice shows basic circuits with transistors (mainly BJT) in order to show the polarization concepts shown in theory. |
| Practice 6: Simulation of electronic circuits with diodes and transistors |
With this practice the student will learn to solve different circuits conformed by diodes and/or transistors with the simulation software PSIM. |
| Practice 7: Multistage amplifier design |
This practice tries to merge all the concepts learned during the course for analog devices by designing a simple multistage amplifiers conformed by a small-signal amplifiers followed by one (or more) stages of high power amplifiers (wit op-amps). |
