Module Descriptors
AUTOMOTIVE ANALOGUE AND RF
ELEC60278
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Noel Shammas
Email: N.Y.A.Shammas@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- LABORATORY REPORT - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 30%
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 70%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A laboratory report weighted at 30% assessing learning outcomes 2 and 4.
An examination (2 hours) weighted at 70% assessing learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
An examination (2 hours) weighted at 70% assessing learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Module Indicative Content
Overview:
Review of analogue building blocks (passive and active) including resistors, capacitors, inductors and op-amps (bandwidth, gain-bandwidth product, slew rate) and their high frequency models
Analogue signal processing blocks such as anti-aliasing & reconstruction filters, high performance filters (elliptic), high-frequency (RF) filters (LC)
Analogue circuit simulation using PSPICE
Review of RF devices and equivalent circuits, RF amplifier, oscillator and mixer design
RF design including impedance matching/ smith chart, RF front end design
conventional RF transmitter-receiver systems
analogue very large scale integration (VLSI) using design, layout, RF considerations
Applications of Analogue systems and Telemetry in Automotive Engineering
Review of analogue building blocks (passive and active) including resistors, capacitors, inductors and op-amps (bandwidth, gain-bandwidth product, slew rate) and their high frequency models
Analogue signal processing blocks such as anti-aliasing & reconstruction filters, high performance filters (elliptic), high-frequency (RF) filters (LC)
Analogue circuit simulation using PSPICE
Review of RF devices and equivalent circuits, RF amplifier, oscillator and mixer design
RF design including impedance matching/ smith chart, RF front end design
conventional RF transmitter-receiver systems
analogue very large scale integration (VLSI) using design, layout, RF considerations
Applications of Analogue systems and Telemetry in Automotive Engineering
Module Learning Strategies
Formal Lectures - 12 hours.
Supplemented by tutorials and practical sessions - 12 hours.
Supplemented by tutorials and practical sessions - 12 hours.
Module Resources
Electronics laboratory
Circuit Simulation Tools
Circuit Simulation Tools
Module Texts
K.Ogata, 'Modern Control Engineering', Prentice Hall Inc, 2001, ISBN: 0130609072
Kienke, L. Nielsen 'Automotive Control Systems', Springer, 2005, ISBN: 3540231390
Kienke, L. Nielsen 'Automotive Control Systems', Springer, 2005, ISBN: 3540231390
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Module CE00165-5, Analogue and Digital Electronics Systems or equivalent.