Module Descriptors
ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
ELEC50249
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Abdel-Hamid Soliman
Email: A.Soliman@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 72
Independent Study Hours: 228
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
- LABORATORY REPORT - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
An Exam for 2 hours (50%) assessing learning outcomes 1 to 4.
A lab based assignment (50%) assessing learning outcomes 1 to 4.
A lab based assignment (50%) assessing learning outcomes 1 to 4.
Module Indicative Content
Revision of (direct current circuits, alternating current circuits)
Passive Filter Circuits
Solid State Diode Circuits (rectifier, zener, varactor)
Transistor Models and Circuits (BJT, JFET,MOSFET the common emitter amplifier, the common collector amplifier, the common base amplifier, oscillators, multiple transistor circuits)
Operational Amplifiers (open-loop amplifiers, ideal amplifier approximation, analysis using finite open-loop gain)
Active Filters, Phase Locked Loops, Power Supplies and Voltage Regulators.
Digital Circuits (number systems, boolean algebra, logic gates, combinational logic, multiplexers and decoders, Schmitt trigger, the data bus, two-state storage elements, latches and unclocked flip-flops, clocked flip-flops, dynamically clocked flip-flops, registers, memory, elements of the microcomputer, 8-, 16-, or 32-bit busses, digital-to-analogue conversion, analogue-to-digital conversion, time-to-digital conversion
Passive Filter Circuits
Solid State Diode Circuits (rectifier, zener, varactor)
Transistor Models and Circuits (BJT, JFET,MOSFET the common emitter amplifier, the common collector amplifier, the common base amplifier, oscillators, multiple transistor circuits)
Operational Amplifiers (open-loop amplifiers, ideal amplifier approximation, analysis using finite open-loop gain)
Active Filters, Phase Locked Loops, Power Supplies and Voltage Regulators.
Digital Circuits (number systems, boolean algebra, logic gates, combinational logic, multiplexers and decoders, Schmitt trigger, the data bus, two-state storage elements, latches and unclocked flip-flops, clocked flip-flops, dynamically clocked flip-flops, registers, memory, elements of the microcomputer, 8-, 16-, or 32-bit busses, digital-to-analogue conversion, analogue-to-digital conversion, time-to-digital conversion
Module Learning Strategies
Classroom based lectures and tutorials. (36 hours)
Laboratory based practical experimental and simulation work. (36 hours)
Directed reading, information gathering, student supervised learning. (228 hours)
Laboratory based practical experimental and simulation work. (36 hours)
Directed reading, information gathering, student supervised learning. (228 hours)
Module Resources
Electronics Laboratory Equipments.
Computer labs with Labview, Pspice and Multisim.
Computer labs with Labview, Pspice and Multisim.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Texts
The Art of Electronics, by: PAUL Horowitz, Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (July 28, 1989), ISBN: 0521370957
Digital Fundamentals (8th Edition)by Thomas L. Floyd, Publisher: Prentice Hall; 8th edition (May 29, 2002), ISBN: 0130942006
Principles of Electric Circuits, by Thomas L. Floyd, Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7th edition (April 11, 2002),ISBN: 0130985767
Digital Fundamentals (8th Edition)by Thomas L. Floyd, Publisher: Prentice Hall; 8th edition (May 29, 2002), ISBN: 0130942006
Principles of Electric Circuits, by Thomas L. Floyd, Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7th edition (April 11, 2002),ISBN: 0130985767