- Docente: Fabio Campi
- Credits: 3
- SSD: ING-INF/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Aerospace Engineering (cod. 8263)
Learning outcomes
Following the course, the student is in the position to apply
notions on the functioning of most basic electronic devices, as
well as tools for the analysis and synthesis of basic analog
circuits. The students is also exposed to the main constraints and
critical parameters in Analog and, partially, Digital electronics.
Course contents
N-port networks. Linear and non-Linear circuits and systems.
Laplace transform, Fourier transform, harmonic analysis of
time-varying signalsi. Transfer function. Bode diagrams, poles and
zeroes of the transfer function. Representation of linear networks:
Admittance, Impedance, Hybrid Matrices and parameters. Symmetric
and Reciprocal networks, T and Pi representation. Input and Output
impedance, Current and Voltage gain.
Short introduction to integrated circuits and digital signal
processing.
Operational Amplifiers: definition, ideal model of the operational
amplifier. Positive and negative feedback. Inverting and
non-Inverting Amplifier, Integrator, Differentiator, Adder, Voltage
Follower (Unity Gain Buffer), Voltage/Current converter.
Differential amplifiers, CMRR. Non-ideal operational amplifiers:
input resistance, saturation, Unity Gain Frequency, Gain bandwidth
product (GBW). Single-pole model of the Op-Amp.
Inverting and non-inverting amplifiers using finite-gain
op-amps.
The diode: PN-junction physiscs, Shockley curve. Arithmetical
Modeling of the diode I/V characteristic. Circuits based in diodes.
Resolution of non-linear circuits based on separate working
regions. Overview of the BJT transistor: NPN and PNP, working
regions, models. Overview of Common-base and common emitter
configurations.
Spice circuit simulation: DC, AC and Transient analysis. Design and
simulation of simple circuits based on Op-Amps and Diodes, use of
IC spice models.
Readings/Bibliography
The main written material that can be used as reference consists
in the lecture notes. In fact, the course includes and
overviews different topics that are not included in a single
specific textbook.
Teaching methods
The course is structured in two sections: class lectures, completed
by lab sessions. Lab sessios include a set of compulsory student
assignments, that shall provide each student the option to apply
the concept described in the lectures to a tool utilized in
industrial contexts.
The software CAD tool utilized in lab session and assignments is
public and downloadable for the web.
Assessment methods
The final assessment is practiced by a 90 minutes written exam,
that will cover most circuit aspects introduced in the course and
in the lab sessions
It is compulsory to perform all 7 lab assignments prior to
admission to the final exam
Teaching tools
The course consists in
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Class Lectures
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Lectures and exercises on circuit analysis and design using the software LTSpice
- Lab Assignments developed autonomously by the students
Review Material on the lesson is available on the teacher's website. Integral part of the course is the utilization both during lessons and in assignments of circuit simulation software (Spice) for the demonstration and elaboration of the deployed concepts. The software utilized for lab session and exercise can be downloaded at www.linear.com/designtools/software
Office hours
See the website of Fabio Campi