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 431-222 Electronic Devices and Circuits

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Prerequisites

431-210 Circuit Analysis and 421-204 Engineering Analysis A or equivalent.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

24 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials and 12 hours of laboratory work

Subject Description

In this subject, students will: gain an understanding of common semiconductor electronic devices; and acquire a knowledge of the use of electronic devices in a variety of analog circuits.

Review of diode circuits. Transistors and small-signal models: BJTs, FETs, MOS. Physics of semiconductor devices. Amplifier configurations: CE, CC, CB, biasing. Design of BJT/FET amplifiers. Switched mode downconverter with SPICE simulation. Semiconductor devices. Feedback. Practical op-amp circuits and examples of common chips. Differential amplifiers.

Assessment

One written examination not exceeding three hours; practice classes, tests, laboratory reports and notebooks, assignments and project reports. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of the semester.



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