Selected Chapters of Electronics (FSI-REA)

Academic year 2018/2019
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Pavel Vorel, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚMTMB all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:
Students will obtain a basic knowledge about analysis and design of electronic circuits used especially in industrial applications.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Design of simple passive and active filters, transistor amplifiers and operational amplifiers, comparators, PWM modulators, signal generators, voltage and current regulators. Knowledge about transistors operating in a switching regime, basic knowledge necessary to a study pulse converter techniques.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge in theoretical electrical engineering and mathematics (derivation, integration, complex numbers operations)
Course contents:
Important passive RLC circuits, resonant circuits, pulse transformers. Passive electronic components. Basic active electronic components (diodes, bipolar transistors, MOSFETs, IGBTs) - types, properties. Voltage and current regulators. Simple amplifiers and oscillators with transistors. A transistor in a switching regime. Operational amplifiers and comparators - operation, basic connections, properties. Drivers for power switching transistors. Selected integrated circuits and their usage.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Accreditation requirements: Examples in the exercises - necessary minimum of 10points

Evaluation:
Semester test: 10point
Laboratory excercise: 25point
Final test: 65point
Controlled participation in lessons:
Attendance at practical training is obligatory.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. RC and RL first order circuits, second order RLC filters
2. Resonant circuits, transformer, pulse transformers
3. Passive electronic components
4. Basic active electronic components
5. Linear model of a bipolar transistor, h-parameters, y-parameters
6. Voltage and current controllers
7. Transistor amplifiers
8. Bipolar transistor, MOSFET and IGBT in a switching regime
9. Operational amplifiers - principle, types, properties, basic connections, comparators
10. Harmonic oscillators RC and LC
11. Astable flops
12. Drivers for power transistors
13. Selected integrated circuits
    Exercise 1. Serial and parallel resonance, RLC low-pass filter
2. Phase-shift circuits, compensated resistive divider
3. Basic knowledge about pulse transformer design
4. Amplification stages with transistors
5. RC oscillators
6. LC oscillators
7. Bipolar transistor and MOSFET in a switching regime
8. DC voltage regulators
9. DC amplifier with an operational amplifier
10. Comparators with hysteresis and without hysteresis
11. Signal generators with operational amplifiers
12. Driving circuit for a power transistor MOSFET and IGBT
13. Backup power source 24V=/230V~,600VA - demo practice
Literature - fundamental:
1. Patočka M., Vorel P.: Řídicí elektronika - pasivní obvody
2. Patočka M., Vorel P.: Řídicí elekronika - aktivní obvody
3. Ayers J. E.: Digital integrated circuits, Analysis and design. CRC PRESS, N.Y., 2004, ISBN 0-8493-1951-X.
4. Crecraft D., Gorham D.: Electronics. Nelson Thornes Ltd., U. K., 2003, second edition, ISBN 0-7487-7036-4.
Literature - recommended:
1. Novotný V., Vorel P., Patočka M.: Napájení elektronických zařízení (skriptum UREL FEKT VUT)
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
M2A-P full-time study M-MET Mechatronics -- GCr 3 Elective (voluntary) 2 1 S