Course group - GP.SE.S6
The course teaching covers theoretical and applied concepts in fundamental analogue electronics to describe the operating mechanisms of components and systems, as well as analysing their electric models and their role in signal processing. Teaching activities to begin with will deal with the description of basic electronic components such as diodes before covering notions of analogue filters, instrument amplification, ADC/DAC technology and sampling.
On completion of the course students will have acquired basic knowledge of the physics of semiconductors, in order to understand the functions of elementary electronic components. They will be capable of analysing electrical circuits composed of electronic devices and of analysing signal data acquisition.
This course consists of two course units:
1. Fundamental electronics
2. Analogue electronics
The course requires theoretical knowledge of solid state physics relating to semiconductor materials covered by the “Material Properties” course. It follows on from the Electronic concepts and tools course in semester 5 with links to the Robot project and electronic modules such as LEDs, transistors, filters and ADC.