| CODE | PHY1147 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Circuit Theory | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Physics | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit provides the basic understanding of basic electrical principles and abstractions on which the design of electronic systems is based. These include lumped circuit models, digital circuits, and operational amplifiers. The topics that will be covered are the following: - Resistive networks (Kirchhoff's laws; Circuit analysis - Energy Conservation; Voltage & Current dividers; - Network Theorems (Node Method; Superposition; Thevenin and Norton's Theorem); - Analysis to non-linear circuits; - Energy Storage Elements (Capacitors, Inductors, Series and Parallel Connections, Transformers, Energy, flux and charge conservation); - First order transient in linear electrical networks (RC circuits, RL circuits); - Energy and Power in Digital circuits (RC circuits); - Transients in second order circuits (Driven and undriven LC, RLC circuits, Resonance, Stored energy); - First Order Filters; - Operational Amplifiers (Device properties, Simple Op-Amp circuits, Op-Amp RC circuits, Op-Amp saturation, Positive Feedback); - Diodes (Characteristics, Analysis of Diode circuits). Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to introduce fundamentals in circuit theory and will provide students with the necessary background knowledge to understand and appreciate advanced engineering and/ physics applications. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain the basic electrical engineering principles and abstractions on which the design of electronic systems is based. These include lumped circuit models, digital circuits, and operational amplifiers; - Use these engineering abstractions to analyze and design simple electronic circuits; - Formulate and solve differential equations describing the time behavior of circuits containing energy storage elements; - Use intuition to describe the approximate time and frequency behavior of circuits containing energy storage elements. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use simple lumped circuit models for resistors, sources, inductors, capacitors, and transistors in circuits; - Analyze circuits made up of linear lumped elements. Specifically, analyze circuits containing resistors and independent sources using techniques such as the node method, superposition and the Thevenin method; - Calculate the time behavior of first order and second order circuits containing resistors, capacitors and inductors; - Calculate the frequency response of circuits containing resistors, capacitors and inductors; - Construct simple gates, amplifiers, or filters in the laboratory; - Use operational amplifier models in circuits which employ negative feedback. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Agarwal, A., & Lang, J. (2005). Foundations of analog and digital electronic circuits. Elsevier. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Practicum & Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Charles V. Sammut |
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