Prerequisites P 14A / PHYS1410 & P 14B / PHYS 1420, and (M 08B/MATH0100, and M 08C/MATH0110 or A-Level Maths or CAPE Maths)


Aim

To design and analyse analog electronic circuits.

Objectives

• To analyse and design amplifier circuits using op-amps.
• To analyse and design comparator circuits.
• To master the design of active filters.
• To design low voltage power supplies.
• To design oscillator circuits
  

• Review of amplifier characteristics.
• Design and analysis of op-amp circuits including inverting, non-inverting and buffer amplifiers.
• Integrating and differentiating amplifiers. Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers.
  

Comparators

• Design and use of zero-crossing and level-sensing comparator circuits.
• Schmitt trigger and window-detecting circuits
  

• Frequency and phase response of different filter types
• Design and use of multiple Butterworth low-pass and high-pass filters.
• Design and analysis of both low-Q and high-Q bandpass and band-rejection filters.
• Power supplies Design of simple linear power supplies with capacitor filtering.
• Simple regulator circuits using op-amps.
• Principle, design and analysis of switch-mode power supplies

• Conditions for oscillation in a circuit.
• Design and analysis of oscillators using devices such as timers and PLLs

Evaluation

One 2-hour paper 60%
One 1-hour in-course test 20%
Practical work 20%

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