Electronics

Total Credits: 6 , Stage: Third, Module Convenor: Mr. Farhad M. Mahmood

Taught Semesters: First semester: Analog Electronics, Second semester: Digital Electronics

Prerequisites: An understanding of Circuit analysis, and Advanced Calculus

Summary of Content: This module provides an introduction to Electronics covering the following topics:

  • An introduction to semiconductor materials and devices.
  • An introduction to the semiconductor diodes including LED diode and Zener diode
  • Bipolar Junction Transistor small signal models & single stage amplifier configurations
  • Introduction to analogue electronics including; small signal transistor equivalent circuits in common emitter/base/collector configurations.
  • Introduction to logic including; number systems and Boolean algebra

Method of Assessment: First semester (17 marks) 2 Hour exam, Second semester (17 marks) 2 Hour exam. Six marks will be devoted to the class activities, Solution of problem sheet and course work. the rest of other marks (60 marks) will be dedicated to the final exam.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic working principles of semiconductor devices.
  • Analyse and design simple circuits involving diodes.
  • Analyse and design simple amplifier circuits including those using operational amplifiers
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical concepts of digital electronics.

Course Material and Lecture notes: students can download the handouts and lecture note through the following links, because no hard copy (paper copy) will be given during the lectures, so it the responsibility of the students to check the availability of the lecture notes online. I will try my best to upload the lectures file at least a day before the lecture date. furthermore, additional resources and reference book will be provided to the students in the same way.

Important Note: some of the lecture notes , problem and solution sheets are confidential ( restricted to the Physics department students due to the privacy and policy of department, so please be aware for accessing some of the file you must have a password in advance, which would be given to the students during the lecture time, if you have any difficulties or concern regarding this, do not hesitate to contact me by email: farhad.mahmood@halabjauni.org

List of Reading:

student can access and download the list of resources which they are beneficial for this module, just click the underlined references then you would be able to download them.

[1] Floyd, Thomas L. Electronic devices: conventional current version. Pearson, 2012.

[2] Boylestad, Robert L., Louis Nashelsky, and Franz Monssen. Electronic devices and circuit theory. Vol. 11. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.

[3] Agarwal, Anant, and Jeffrey Lang. Foundations of analog and digital electronic circuits. Morgan Kaufmann, 2005. please see page 241 for Digital Electronic and have a look at on both Exercise and problem pages (275 and 303 respectively)


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