Course ID: B5103P1C
Credits: 3
Objective:
Learning about amplifier frequency response, transistors and other components, operational amplifiers, basic operational amplifier applications, special-purpose operational amplifier circuits, active filters, oscillators, and the principles and applications of electronic circuits.
Course Prerequisites: Electronics (I)
Outline:
1. Amplifier Frequency Response
- Low-frequency response of amplifiers
- High-frequency response of amplifiers
- Total frequency response of amplifiers
- Frequency response of multi-stage amplifiers
- Measurement of frequency response
2. Transistors and Other Components
- Basic four-layer devices
- Silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCR) and their applications
- Bidirectional triggered diodes and bidirectional thyristors
- Silicon-controlled switches
- Single-junction transistors
- Programmable single-junction transistors
- Insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT)
- Phototransistors
- Light-triggered silicon-controlled rectifiers
- Optocouplers
- Fiber optics
3. Operational Amplifiers
- Input modes and parameters of operational amplifiers
- Negative feedback
- Operational amplifiers with negative feedback
- Impact of negative feedback on operational amplifier impedance
- Bias current and offset voltage compensation
- Open-loop response
- Closed-loop response
4. Basic Operational Amplifier Applications
- Comparators
- Summing amplifiers
- Integrators and differentiators
5. Special-Purpose Operational Amplifier Circuits
- Instrumentation amplifiers
- Isolation amplifiers
- Transconductance amplifiers
- Logarithmic and anti-logarithmic amplifiers
- Converters and other operational amplifiers
6. Active Filters
- Basic filter frequency response
- Characteristics of filter frequency response
- Active low-pass filters
- Active high-pass filters
- Active band-pass filters
- Active band-stop filters
- Measurement of filter frequency response
7. Oscillators
- Principle of feedback oscillators
- RC feedback circuit oscillators
- LC feedback circuit oscillators
- Relaxation oscillators
- Using the 555 timer as an oscillator
Teaching Method: Explanation and Implementation
Reference: Electronic Devices (Volume II), 7th Edition, Conventional Current Version, by Thomas L. Floyd, translated and edited by Yang Zhan-yun, Li Shi-wen, Wang Jun-hui, and Zeng Hong-xiang, published by Quanta Computer Inc.
Course Schedule (subject to change):
1. Weeks 1-2: Amplifier Frequency Response
2. Weeks 3-5: Transistors and Other Components
3. Weeks 6-7: Operational Amplifiers
4. Week 8: Basic Operational Amplifier Applications
5. Week 9: Midterm Exam
6. Weeks 10-11: Basic Operational Amplifier Applications
7. Weeks 12-13: Special-Purpose Operational Amplifier Circuits
8. Weeks 14-15: Active Filters
9. Weeks 16-17: Oscillators
10. Week 18: Final Exam
Evaluation: Written Test and Practical Implementation