Description

Theory
2

Laboratory
3

Instructors

Gustavo R. Alves

Contents

CP1 - Review of basic concepts (1 week)

CP2 - Junction Diodes (3 weeks)
Simplified, approximate and complete computational models of diodes
Analysis of circuits with diodes
Examples and applications
 

CP3 - The bipolar junction transistor (2 weeks)
Physical structure and mode of operation
Most frequent typologies - polarization
The transistor as an amplifier
 

CP4 - Operational amplifiers (3 weeks)
The ideal operational amplifier
Circuit analysis with operational amplifiers
Examples and applications
 

CP5 - Power electronics systems (1 week)
DC/DC and AC/AC conversion
 

CP6 ? Programmable | Configurable Analog Electronic Devices (1 week)
Architectures and design tools
Development process

Learning Outcomes

The main objective of this curricular unit is to prepare students to use electronics to solve multidisciplinary problems that may benefit from the contribution of this subarea of Electrical Engineering, namely in terms of devices, circuits and/or analog electronic systems.
At the end of this curricular unit, students are expected to be able to apply the acquired concepts to real cases, once the following objectives have been fulfilled:
OB1 - Identify and understand the behavior of various types of electronic components, in particular diodes, transistors, and operational amplifiers.
OB2 - Be able to analyze analogue electronic circuits of low, medium, and high complexity.
OB3 - Be able to use an electronic circuit simulator.
OB4 - Show competence in the design of low and medium complexity electronic circuits.
OB5 - Show skills for experimenting electronic circuits, in a real laboratory environment (face-to-face | remote), while also fulfilling a set of associated objectives, such as the preparation of a structured report, among other objectives associated with laboratory work (Feisel & Rosa, 2005).

L. D. Feisel and A. J. Rosa, "The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 121-130, 2005, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00833.x.