Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 228)
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1. Physics, Faculty of Science (v4, p228) : Next:640-252 | Prev:640-247
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Mr J Pearce
Prerequisite: Physics 640-121+122 or 141+142 (before 1996: 640-120 or 640-140): Mathematics 618-121 or 618-142 (before 1996: 618-101).
Contact: 26 lectures and seminars (two a week) and 52 hours laboratory (a 1-hour and a 3-hour lab per week)
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
By the end of the course the student should:* comprehend the basic ideas and techniques of electronics;
- be able to analyse simple electronic circuits;
- have acquired skills in designing and building electronic circuits;
- appreciate the central role that electronics plays in modern physics research;
- be able to apply electronics and instrumentation ideas to measurement tasks.
Content:
Electronic systems: signals, transducers and measurement. Circuits: DC and steady state AC, network analysis and theorems using complex number representation, frequency response of electronic systems; filters. Electronic devices: semiconductors, amplifiers, oscillators. Electronic measurement systems: transducers, instrumentation, data-logging, processing and display.
Assessment:
A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination (50 per cent); practical work (50 per cent)
Prescribed texts:
1. Physics, Faculty of Science (v4, p228) : Next:640-252 | Prev:640-247
2. Physics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p159) : Next:640-253 | Prev:640-247
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Mr J Pearce.
Prerequisite: Physics 640-121+122 or 141+142 (before 1996: 640-120 or 640-140): Mathematics 618-121 or 618-142 (before 1996: 618-101).
Contact: 26 lectures and seminars (two a week) and 52 hours laboratory (a 1-hour and a 3-hour lab per week)
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
By the end of the course the student should:
- comprehend the basic ideas and techniques of electronics;
- be able to analyse simple electronic circuits;
- have acquired skills in designing and building electronic circuits;
- appreciate the central role that electronics plays in modern physics research;
- be able to apply electronics and instrumentation ideas to measurement tasks.
Content:
Electronic systems: signals, transducers and measurement.Circuits: DC and steady state AC, network analysis and theorems using complex number representation, frequency response of electronic systems; filters.
Electronic devices: semiconductors, amplifiers, oscillators.
Electronic measurement systems: transducers, instrumentation, data-logging, processing and display.
Assessment:
A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination (50 per cent); practical work (50 per cent)
Prescribed texts:
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2. Physics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p159) : Next:640-253 | Prev:640-247
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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