| CODE | MNE3701 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Oscillators and Filters | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit covers the concepts of Resonance and Sinusoidal oscillation - Review of Resonance and resonant tanks using RLC passive components, Q-Factor, Bandwidth, Piezoelectric crystals and Sinusoidal oscillators, Feedback and stability using control theory, The Barkhaussen criterion, Phase/Gain Margin for sustained Oscillation, Achieving exact marginal stability, Use of negative resistance. Different topologies of Oscillators: Colpitts, Hartley, Phase-Shift, Bubba, Wien-Bridge, Quadrature, Crystal. Oscillator design and performance comparison. The study-unit also covers Active filters including Advantages/disadvantages over passive filters, Filter Specifications, Linear v.s. Nonlinear filters, Group Delay, Phase Delay, Types, Sallen-Key Circuit. High Pass, Low Pass, Band Pass, Band Reject, Active Twin, Active Wien-Robinson, Chebychev, Butterworth, Bessel Filters. Study-unit Aims This unit introduces the concept of oscillators in microelectronic circuits and the design of filter circuits which are used in telecommunications and signal conditioning. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe and mathematically model the principle of resonance - Explain the operation of various oscillator and filter circuits. - Design oscillator and filter circuits. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Build and test sinusoidal oscillator circuits. - Build and test a basic active filter circuit. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings 1) Franco, Sergio, Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits. McGraw-Hill. 2) Mancini, Ron, Op-Amps for Everyone, Second Edition, Newnes Publishers, ISBN-13: 978-0750677011 |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite Study-units : MNE2701 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial and Practical | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Nicholas Joseph Sammut |
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