EE2109Electronic Circuits

What you will study

Course overview

The aim of this course is to provide students with more in-depth analytical techniques used for solving linear circuits, and principles and concepts of some commonly used semiconductor devices.

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Course content

Operational Amplifiers Revision of Ideal Operation Amplifier; Practical Considerations: common mode rejection ratio, frequency response and compensation; Applications of Operational Amplifiers. Active Filters Design of RC active filter circuits: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-stop, all-pass, notch filters. First-and Second-Order Circuits Discontinuous functions. Formulation of integro-differential equations of linear networks composed of RLC. Source-free and step response of RC and RL circuits. Initial and final values. Source-free and step response of series and parallel RLC circuits. Regulators Zenar diode; Power Regulators: Shunt and series regulators, switching regulators. Practical issues: Protection circuits, heat dissipation, efficiency. Two-Port Networks Impedance parameters. Admittance parameters. Hybrid parameters. Transmission parameters. Interconnection of networks. The reciprocity theorem. Small-Signal Analysis of Amplifying Circuits AC equivalent circuits. h-parameter model. re model. Analysis of various configurations, voltage and current gain, input and output impedance. Low and High Frequency Response of Amplifying Circuits Basic frequency response of the BJT amplifying circuits.

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Intended learning outcomes

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CILOs                                               Weighting (if DEC-A1        DEC-A2          DEC-A3
                                                                    app.)
1               Apply operational amplifiers to more complex                           x         x
                circuit
2               Apply and analyze the transient response of RLC                       x         x
                circuits
3               Analyze regulating circuits                                           x         x
4               Analyze linear circuits by transformation into                        x         x
                two-ports equivalent networks
5               Apply analytical methods to solve for small                           x         x
                signal amplifying circuit

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Before you take this course

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Prerequisites

EE2005 Electronic Devices and Circuits or EE2301 Basic Electronic Circuit or MBE2029 Electrical and Electronic Principles I

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Precursors

Nil

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Corequisites

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Additional course requirements

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Equivalent courses and conditions

Nil

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Exclusive courses and conditions

Nil

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Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (%): 50; Examination (%): 50; Examination Duration (Hours): 2

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ATs                      CILO No.                 Weighting (%)              Remarks (e.g. Parameter
                                                                                                for GenAI use)
1                  Tests (min.: 2)          1, 2, 3, 4, 5            30
2                  #Assignments (min.: 3)   1, 2, 3, 4, 5            10
3                  Lab Exercises/Reports    1, 2, 3, 4, 5            10

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Passing requirements

Remark: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 30% in course work and 30% in the examination. Also, 75% laboratory attendance rate must be obtained. # may include homework, tutorial exercise, project/mini-project, presentation

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