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This course provides an introduction to the design and analysis techniques used within electronic engineering, and to the major active components (diodes and transistors). The course opens with a description of charges, the forces between charges and the concept of electric fields. The second part of the course deals with semiconductor devices, opening with fundamental properties of doped semiconductors.
Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Circuit theory: Kirchoff’s laws and examples of their application; Thevenin and a better common emitter amp; Norton; Applications to operational amplifier circuits;
The course includes a series of laboratory exercises including computer aided design using a SPICE circuit simulator.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1. Online virtual laboratory through LTSpice & optional in-campus laboratory (20%) - in-campus
2. Online Timed Randomised MCQ test (40%)
3. Assignment - Design & Simulation of Electronic Circuits (40%)
Resit
Re-sit of only the failed assessment component(s)
There are no assessments for this course.
Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Factual | Remember | ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide. |
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