Learning objectives
1. Knowledge and understanding
- The student will acquire skills on analog, digital and power electronics.
2. Apply knowledge and understanding
- The student will acquire skills in the use of electronic components and electronic instrumentation.
3. Soft skills
- The student, through group work, will acquire the capacity for critical dialogue, collaboration aimed at the project and planning.
Prerequisites
Skills on applied mathematics, physics and electromagnetism. Electrotechnics
Course unit content
1. Introduction (2 hours)
2. Digital electronics (14 hours)
3. Elementary electronic devices (6 hours)
4. Examples of hardware structures of logical gates (2 hours)
5. Analogue electronics (14 hours)
6. Power electronics (10 hours)
Full programme
Introduction (2 hours)
a. Electronics applications
b. History of electronics
c. Electronic system
2. Digital electronics (14 hours)
a. Elementary notions
b. Structure of a microcontroller (2 hours)
c. Combinatory logic circuits (4 hours)
d. Sequential logic circuits (4 hours)
e. Exercises (4 hours)
3. Elementary electronic devices (6 hours)
a. Diode (2 hours)
b. BJT (2 hours)
c. MOSFET (2 hours)
d. Data sheet analysis
4. Examples of hardware structures of logical gates (2 hours)
a. NOT
b. NOR and NAND
5. Analogue electronics (14 hours)
a. Linearization and network functions (2 hours)
b. Elementary amplifiers (4 hours)
c. Ideal operational amplifier and feedback (2 hours)
d. Circuits with operational amplifiers (2 hours)
e. Exercises (4 hours)
6. Power electronics (10 hours)
a. Uncontrolled rectifier (2 hours)
b. DC/DC converters (4 hours)
c. Inverters (4 hours)
Bibliography
R. Menozzi, Appunti di Elettronica, Pitagora Editrice, 2006
J. Millman, A. Grabel, Microelettronica, I ed., Mc Graw Hill, 1994
M.H. Rashid, Elettronica di potenza: dispositivi e circuiti, vol. 1, III ed., Prentice-Hall, 2007
Teaching methods
- Lectures with projection of slides (PDF file provided to students in advance)
Assessment methods and criteria
The examination will be composed by a written test and an oral exam.
The score of the written examination and the score of the oral exam will contribute with the same weight to the formation of the final score.
Other information
The teaching materials and support to lectures will be available on the Elly website
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