EE2300:03
Electronics 1
Townsville
Prerequisites: EE1000 or EG1012
39 lectures, 21 tutorials, 18 hours practicals. Second semester.
Available to level 2 engineering and science students.
Section A – Electrical properties of materials; semiconductors, insulators, conductors, superconductors. The PN junctions. Piezo-electricity, Dielectric materials and their applications. Magnetic properties of materials.
Section B – Load line analysis. Pn diodes (operation and circuits: rectifiers, waveshaping, peak detectors, level restorers). Other types of diodes: Zener, LED, Varactor, Photo. Bipolar and FET Transistors operation, characteristics and circuit biasing.
Section C – Operational Amplifiers and Comparators. Principles of feedback. Power supplies.
Learning Objectives:
- the fundamental aspects of semiconductors and other electrical materials to the design of electronic circuits;
- the analysis and design of discrete diode and transistor circuits; properties, operation and design of electronic circuits based on operational amplifiers.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).