| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| Unit 1: Introduction |
Fundamentals and classification of optoelectronic devices. Radiometric and photometric units and their relationships. |
| Unit 2: Light Emitting Diodes |
Principles of LED operation. Types of LEDs and properties. Parameters and characteristics. Driving circuits. Basic applications. |
| Unit 3: Optoelectronic Detectors |
Light Dependent Resistors: principles of LDR operation, properties, parameters, driving circuits and applications. Photodiodes: principles of photoconductive detectors, types, parameters, driving circuits and applications. Phototransistor: principles of phototransistor operation, types, parameters, driving circuits and applications. Photodetector comparison. |
| Unit 4: Solar Cells |
Photovoltaic detectors: principles and properties. Manufacture and performance of solar cells, parameters and characteristics. Applications. |
| Unit 5: Laser Diodes |
Principles of Laser operation. Types of lasers. Laser diode operation. Driving circuits and applications. |
| Unit 6: Image Sensors |
Principles of CCD and CMOS operation. Parameters and characteristics. Color detection. Applications. |
| Unit 7: Optical Sensors |
Principles of optical sensing. Internal design, types, parameters and applications of: optocouplers, optical encoders, object sensors, code-bar readers, humidity sensors, color detection, distance sensors, anemometers, temperature sensors and biomedical sensors. |
| Unit 8: Display Technologies |
Principles of Liquid Crytal Display operation. Principles of LED and Organic LED displays. Introduction to plasma, electroluminescence and digital light processor technologies. |
| Unit 9: Introduction to Fiber Optics |
Fiber Optic fundamentals. Classification of fibers. Fiber optic emitters and detectors. Principles of fiber optic communications. Principles of fiber optic sensors. |
| Laboratory Practices |
1. Basic optoelectronic circuits. LEDs and LDRs. Laboratory measurements.
2. Analog optical modulation. Optical detectors based on photodiodes and phototransistors.
3. Optoelectronic sensors for object sensing.
4. Digital communications based on fiber optic.
5. Optical circuits for color measurement.
6. LASER sensor for distance measurement. Measurements using a spectrometer.
7. Other optoelectronic sensors.
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