EEE 51
- Electronic Circuits I (2010 Curriculum)
- Credit: 3 units (lecture)
Rationale
Electronic circuits form the building blocks of modern devices and technology infrastructures. Almost all modern implementations of computer and signal processing hardware, communication systems, instrumentation and control systems, and power systems are based on these electronic circuits. EEE 51 provides the EEE student with the necessary tools and methodologies to systematically analyze and design linear electronic circuits, enabling these students to implement linear electronic circuits for new and existing applications in the various EEE fields.
Course Aims and Outcomes
The aim of EEE 51 is to give the EEE student the ability and the tools to analyze and design linear electronic circuits in a structured and systematic manner, using existing electronic devices (diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs), as well as new devices that will be developed in the future. These tools and abilities will enable the EEE student to analyze, debug, design and implement linear electronic circuits in fields such as computer and signal processing circuit design, communication systems, instrumentation and control systems, and power systems.
After taking EEE 51, the EEE student must be able to:
- Explain the reasons for the use of electronic device models in the analysis and design of linear electronic circuits
- Obtain the large- and small-signal model of electronic devices such as BJTs and MOSFETs
- Perform DC operating point analysis to obtain the DC biasing conditions of electronic devices within linear electronic circuits
- Explain the meaning of the two-port small-signal parameters and how the DC bias affects these parameters
- Extract the small-signal model of an electronic device from the DC biasing conditions
- Extract the small-signal two-port network model of a linear electronic circuit
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using differential circuits
- Analyze and design differential linear electronic circuits
- Analyze large linear electronic circuits by systematically decomposing these circuits into their fundamental components
- Obtain and explain the reasons for the small-signal frequency response of linear electronic circuits
- Explain feedback, and its advantages and disadvantages when used in linear electronic circuits
- Analyze and design electronic circuits that utilize feedback, such as feedback amplifiers and sinusoidal oscillators, in the frequency domain and in the time domain
