ENEL270-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023

Principles of Electronics and Devices

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

Description

Linear amplifiers. Operational amplifiers. Operational amplifier circuits. Nonlinear devices: diodes & transistors. Switching circuits. Power supplies, AC to DC conversion.

Topics covered include:
• Linear amplifiers,  Input / Output resistance
• Negative feedback                
• Ideal opamps    
• Opamp circuits
• BJT  DC Circuits and Stability
• Design of BJT circuits
• FET and MOSFET physical characteristics and design
• MOS switching circuits
• Multistage amplifiers

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Analyze and design basic amplifier circuits
2. Design an OpAmp amplifier circuit for specific application
3. Analyze and design basic MOSFET switching circuit
4. Design and analyze multistage amplifier circuits.
5. Perform experimental work to determine electronic circuit behaviour and specifications.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

PHYS102, MATH103 or EMTH119; or Approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry

Restrictions

ENEL203

Timetable 2023

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 08:00 - 09:00 A1 Lecture Theatre
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 09:00 - 10:00 C3 Lecture Theatre
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 11:00 - 14:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
27 Feb - 26 Mar
1 May - 4 Jun
02 Monday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
27 Feb - 26 Mar
1 May - 4 Jun
03 Thursday 10:00 - 13:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
27 Feb - 26 Mar
1 May - 4 Jun
04 Wednesday 14:00 - 17:00 Elec 210 Electronics Lab
27 Feb - 26 Mar
1 May - 4 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 140
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
02 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Rehua 528
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
03 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 141
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
04 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 340
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
05 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 465
20 Mar - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun

Examination and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00 Civil - Mech E201 Mech Computer Lab
24 Apr - 30 Apr
03 Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00 Ernest Rutherford 464 Computer Lab
24 Apr - 30 Apr
04 Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00 Ernest Rutherford 212 Computer Lab
24 Apr - 30 Apr
2 Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00 Rata CAD Lab Combined 24 Apr - 30 Apr

Course Coordinator

Ciaran Moore

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
2 Quizzes 5%
Test 20%
Labs 20%
Final Exam 55%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

A D Sedra & K.C. Smith; Microelectronic Circuits ; 7th Ed; 2015.

Boylestad, Robert L. , Nashelsky, Louis; Electronic devices and circuit theory ; 11th ed., Pearson new international ed; Pearson Education, 2014 (EBook https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/canterbury/detail.action?docID=5176598). (Earlier editions of both books are also good value if you can find them second hand).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,205.00

International fee $5,925.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .

All ENEL270 Occurrences

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