Module Descriptors
APPLIED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY 1
ELEC50214
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Ian Taylor
Email: I.Taylor@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • REPORT weighted at 50%
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
One formal report based on laboratory work which is to be recorded in a log book and which will assess learning outcomes 1 and 2 (50%).
One 2 hour examination which will assess learning outcomes 1 and 2 (50%).
Module Indicative Content
Discrete analogue transistor circuit design and analysis, introduction to feedback theory, introduction to the operational amplifier, operational amplifier circuit design and analysis. Application e.g. audio and signal amplifiers, waveform generation, oscillators, introduction to active filters, introduction to power supplies. Gain, frequency and bandwidth definitions, use of decibels. Use of analogue circuit simulation software. Class A and Class A B Power Amplifiers.
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures (24 hours) and tutorials (12 hours) to support the indicative content. Student centered laboratory based practical work and written work.

This module may be delivered full-time on a block delivery basis by West Cheshire College.
Module Resources
Basic analogue electronics laboratory.
Analogue simulation software.
Component Data Sheets.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
CE00024-1 Electrical and Electronic Principles or equivalent.
Module Texts
Electronics fundamentals: circuits, devices and applications / Thomas L. Floyd by Floyd, Thomas L. (2007)
Edition: 7th Edition
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2007.
Description: xv, 1040 p.:ill. (some col.); 29cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN/ISSN: 013219709X
9780132197090