Module Descriptors
APPLIED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY 2
ELEC60138
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Torfeh Sadat-Shafai
Email: T.Sadat-Shafai@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 Texts
Electronic Principles, 6th. Edition Feb 1998, A.P. Malvino, MaGraw Hill, ISBN 0-0280-2833-3
The Art of Electronics, 2nd. Edition 1998, Horowitz and Hill, Cambridge, ISBN 0-521-37095-7
Module Resources
Analogue electronics laboratory. Digital electronics laboratory. Simulation software.
Manufacturers catalogues and data sheets.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
CE00071-2 Applied Electronics Technology or equivalent
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures (12 hours) & tutorials (12 hours) to support indicative content. Student-centered laboratory based practical work (12 hours) and written work.
Module Indicative Content
Analogue Electronics: Class A and Class AB discrete power amplifier design. Feedback and its effect on gain & impedance. Multi-stage circuits. Op-amp circuit design and analysis - multi-pole filters, comparators, instrumentation amplifiers. Analogue simulation software & device modelling. Power electronic devices - thryistor, triac, SCR.
Digital Electronics: Combinational logic, basic laws of logic, truth tables, Karnaugh Maps, minterms & maxterms, Q-M algorithm, MSI devices- adders, muxs, decoders. Programmable logic devices - PROM, PLA, PAL. Sequential logic, memory elements, design & analysis of Finite State Machines & Counters.
Module Additional Assessment Details
One formal report based on laboratory work to include assessment of log-book of all laboratory work , to assess learning outcomes 1, 2 & 3 (50%)
One 2-hour final examination to assess learning outcomes 1, 2 & 3 (50%)