Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Analogue Electronics (MSc) (PGEE11105)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course combines the lectures from Analogue Circuits 2 (ELEE08016) with the analogue laboratory activity from the Electronics Project Laboratory 2A (ELEE08014). It is intended as an introductory electronics course for students on the Bioelectronics and Biosensors MSc who do not have a first degree with significant analogue electronics content. In the lecture course the students will be introduced to theoretical and practical concepts in Analogue Circuit design. The role of feedback in active circuits is emphasised and illustrated with reference to operational amplifiers. It is shown how to design simple, but practical, bipolar amplifiers to a given specification. Bode and Nyquist diagrams are introduced and applied to the frequency compensation of op-amps and the analysis and design of first order active filters. The laboratory based portion of the course complements the taught portion, allowing students to apply the theory through the design and analysis of the analogue components of a speech digitiser circuit. The students will also undertake selflearning material that introduces them to the use of MATLAB software. The basic syntax of MATLAB is introduced, along with data plotting and scripting techniques for basic problem solving.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Lecture segment: - Have some familiarity with datasheets. - Explain how alternative feedback topologies affect amplifier transfer functions. - Use appropriate circuit models of the amplifier and feedback network to carry out calculations involving open loop gain, closed loop gain, input and output resistance. - Design small bipolar transistor amplifier to a given specification. - Explain how oscillation can occur due to phase shift in feedback amplifiers and calculate the required frequency of the dominant pole to stabilise a feedback amplifier. - Analyse circuits using classical steady-state techniques. Laboratory Segment: - Be familiar with the design and testing of analogue electronic circuits. - Understand the use of analogue-to-digital converters to sample analogue signals. - Be able to use MATLAB software for mathematical problem solving. - Capability to write scripts to undertake repetitive tasks and to use plotting functions to visualise datasets.