Postgraduate Course: Analogue Mixed Signal Laboratory (MSc) (PGEE11270)

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	Pre-designed mixed-signal blocks will be given to students to build a complete biomedical signal chain. The taught part of the class will help them build the entire signal chain including at least 5 blocks. There will be two assessments, one at week5 and one at the end of the course. Exact details of the assessment are yet to be decided, but it may involve more in-depth simulation (and possibly modification) of two blocks the students have already seen.
Course description	The pre-designed blocks will have sufficient complexity but with standard sub-components that students can identify from their previous courses and text-books. The rough schedule when these will be introduced is given below. Instrumentation Amplifier (w1) Voltage regulator (w2) ADC (w3, w4) Digital processor (w5) I2C Communication (w6) Phased Locked Loop (w7, w8) Bandgap Reference (w9) Analogue filter (w10)

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 33, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 65 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework %: 100
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate advanced knowledge of industry standard ASIC design software. Demonstrate detailed knowledge of several mixed-signal circuit blocks. Showcase design and simulation experience of real-life ASIC. Showcase experience with sensor interface circuit design.