| CODE | ESE1201 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Transistor Amplifier Circuits | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Electronic Systems Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - AC small signal device modelling: AC small signal modelling of BJT, JFET and MOSFET devices. Device performance modelling. - Design and AC small signal analysis of transistor amplifiers: BJT, JFET and MOSFET single and cascaded configurations. Circuit performance analysis for each configuration. - Power amplifiers: Different configurations and classes. Design, performance analysis and comparison. Distortion. Power handling and heat sink selection. - Introduction to printed-circuit-board design and manufacture: PCB construction and manufacture fundamentals. PCB design tools. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit introduces the small signal approach to analysing non-linear dynamic behavior. Small signal models are derived followed by AC analysis of independent and cascaded stages. The unit then introduces the basic power amplifier classes and presents various topologies and performance trade-offs. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse linear power supplies. - Quantify the effect of the DC biasing setup of a circuit on its dynamic performance. - Design AC small signal models for various amplifier circuits. - Analyse the performance of nonlinear circuits using small signal AC models. - Identify audio amplifier topologies and understand the differences between them. - Explain the behavior of various audio amplifier circuits. - Design amplifier circuits using BJTs and FETs. - Design simple PCBs. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Build and test various transistor amplifier circuits. - Design and construct a simple PCB. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Razavi B., Fundamentals of Microelectronics, John Wiley & Sons. - Sedra, S., Microelectronic Circuits. Oxford University Press. - Floyd, T., Electronic Devices. Prentice Hall. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | The previous title for this study-unit was Analogue Electronics 1 Pre-requisite Study-unit: ESE1102 Please note that a pass in the Examination component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial, Practical and Project | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Brian Zammit (Co-ord.) Paul Zammit |
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