Free online courseElectronic Circuit Design Course
Duration of the online course: 9 hours and 31 minutes
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Explore electronic circuit design with a comprehensive course. Learn about transistors, operational amplifiers, power supplies, and more for a solid foundational understanding.
In this free course, learn about
- Basic Transistor Amplifiers
- Operational Amplifier Applications and Non-Idealities
- Analog Filters and Resonant Circuits
- Power Conversion Fundamentals
- Linear Regulators and Comparator Basics
- Analog-to-Digital Conversion
- Advanced ADC Architectures and Positive Feedback
- Diodes and Their Circuit Applications
- Small-Signal Modeling of Transistors
- Transistor Device Fundamentals
- MOSFET Characteristics and PLL Example
- Analyzing and Designing Transistor Amplifiers
- Differential Amplifiers
- Digital Hardware Interfaces and CMOS Basics
- Sequential Logic and Oscillators
- Monostable and Relaxation Oscillators
- Digital-to-Analog Conversion and Power Supply Specifications
- String DAC and Course Wrap-Up
Course Description
Immerse yourself in the intricate world of electronic circuit design with the comprehensive online course offered by IFE - TU Graz. Delve deep into the workings of transistors, examining them as amplifiers through emitter followers and common emitter circuits, and explore design examples to solidify your understanding.
The section on operational amplifiers will guide you through basic rules, ideal OpAmp structures, and their applications in closed loop systems, including non-inverting examples. Mathematical operations using operational amplifiers like addition, subtraction, differentiation, and integration are also covered.
Get a grasp on transistor circuits, focusing on current sources, mirrors, voltage/bandgap references, and non-idealities. Navigate through the world of analog filters, learning the fundamentals, first order ideal filters, RC low pass, phasor diagrams, and Bode plots. Progress into higher order filters, investigating passive filters with inductances and their application in AM radio and resonance circuits.
Understand the essentials of switched mode power supplies including charge pumps and switching elements, going further into buck and boost converters and inverting converters. Study linear voltage regulators and their applications, along with analog-to-digital conversion and clocked comparators, diving into the types and characteristics of ADCs and their functionalities.
In the domain of semiconductors, explore diodes like zener diodes, Schottky diodes, LEDs, and their circuit analysis methods. Analyze small-signal equivalent circuits in bipolar transistors, MOSFETs, understanding transconductance, gain, and impedance parameters.
Expand your knowledge on hardware interfaces, shedding light on communication protocols including UART, USB, SPI, and I²C among others. The course also covers CMOS technology, bistable and astable multivibrators, and digital-to-analog converters, equipping you with practical knowledge in electronic circuit design.
Course content
- Video class: The Transistor as an Amplifier - Emitter Follower, Common Emitter Circuit, Design Example 13m
- Exercise: What is the function of the emitter in an NPN transistor amplifier circuit?
- Video class: The Transistor as an Amplifier - Voltage Amplifier, Gain, Limits, Model, Characteristic, Application 18m
- Exercise: What is the basic principle used to transform a current into a voltage in a common-emitter amplifier?
- Video class: Operational Amplifiers - Basic Rules, Ideal OpAmp, Structure, Closed Loop, Example Non-Inverting 11m
- Exercise: What is the differential mode gain (G_D) of an operational amplifier considered to be?
- Video class: Operational Amplifiers - Mathematical Operations, Addition, Subtraction, Differentiator, Integrator 12m
- Exercise: What does the gain of an inverting amplifier depend on?
- Video class: Transistor Circuits - Current Source, Current Mirror, Voltage/Bandgap Reference 12m
- Exercise: What circuit is known for generating a stable output despite varying output voltage?
- Video class: Non-Idealities of Operational Amplifiers (OpAmps) 13m
- Exercise: What is offset voltage in operational amplifiers and why is it significant?
- Video class: Analog Filters - Basics, First Order, Ideal Filters, RC Low Pass, Phasor Diagram, Bode Plot 17m
- Exercise: What two components make up a simple passive RC filter?
- Video class: Analog Filters - Higher Order Filters, Cascading Passive Filters, Filters with Inductances, AM Radio 20m
- Exercise: What is a potential drawback of adding stages to an RC filter?
- Video class: Resonance Circuits - Frequency Behaviour, RLC Series/Parallel Resonance Circuit, Mechanical Analogy 15m
- Exercise: What happens at the resonance frequency in a series LC circuit?
- Video class: Basics of Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) - Charge Pumps, Switching Elements, Types 13m
- Exercise: What is a significant advantage of switched mode power supplies over linear voltage regulators?
- Video class: Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) - Buck and Boost Converter 16m
- Exercise: What is the function of a buck converter?
- Video class: Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) - Inverting Converters and Primary Switched Mode Power Supplies 11m
- Exercise: What is a key advantage of primary switched mode power supplies over linear voltage regulators?
- Video class: Linear Voltage Regulators - Basics, Classic Linear Power Supply, Properties, Dropout Regulator 10m
- Exercise: Which component is typically found at the beginning of a linear power supply?
- Video class: Linear Voltage Regulators (LDO) - Applications, Heat Sink Example, Shunt Regulator 09m
- Exercise: What is the minimum voltage drop needed for a PNP transistor in a low-dropout regulator?
- Video class: Clocked Comparators 09m
- Exercise: What is the purpose of a clocked comparator in microelectronics?
- Video class: Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) - Basics 18m
- Exercise: What is the main purpose of an ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter)?
- Video class: Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) - Flash ADC and Successive Approximation Register ADC 14m
- Exercise: What are the main parameters to consider for ADCs?
- Video class: Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) - Dual Slope and Charge-Balancing ADC 14m
- Exercise: Which ADC topology is known for its precision and noise suppression capabilities?
- Video class: Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) - Charge-Balancing and Delta-Sigma ADC 17m
- Exercise: What is a unique feature of Delta-Sigma converters that makes them suitable for high-precision applications?
- Video class: Operational Amplifiers in Positive Feedback - Non-Inverting, Inverting Schmitt-Trigger 11m
- Exercise: What is a key feature of the Schmitt-Trigger circuit?
- Video class: Introduction to Electronic Circuit Design 2 Lecture - Scrubs Intro 01m
- Exercise: What is a recurring phrase in the song?
- Video class: Basics of Semiconductor Diodes, z Diodes, Schottky Diodes, LEDs 09m
- Exercise: What is the typical threshold voltage for a silicon diode?
- Video class: Diodes in Circuit Analysis: How to Calculate Diode Circuits using Simplified Diode Representations 04m
- Exercise: In a circuit with diodes, what threshold voltage is commonly used to determine conduction?
- Video class: Zener Diodes, Z Diodes in Circuit Analysis: Characteristics, Simplified Represenation and Example 02m
- Exercise: In what condition does a Zener diode act as a voltage reference?
- Video class: Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit of Bipolar Transistors, MOSFET, Resistor, Current and Voltage Source 09m
- Exercise: What is the main purpose of small signal equivalent circuits in electronics?
- Video class: Small-Signal Parameters of Bipolar Transistors: Transconductance, Gain, Input and Output Impedance 03m
- Exercise: What is the purpose of linearizing a transistor in circuit analysis?
- Video class: Small-Signal Parameters of MOSFETs: Formulas and Equations for Transconductance and Output Impedance 02m
- Exercise: How do you linearize a transistor for circular analysis?
- Video class: Bipolar Transistors: Symbol, Input, Output, Transfer Characteristic, Current Gain, Operation Regions 05m
- Exercise: What is the primary operational region of a bipolar junction transistor for analog circuits?
- Video class: Bipolar Junction Transistor, BJT - Structure of npn/pnp, Input, Output, Transfer Characteristic 08m
- Exercise: What is the primary function of the emitter in a Bipolar Junction Transistor?
- Video class: Junction Field Effect Transistor, JFET - Structure, Output, Transfer Characteristic, Regions 08m
- Exercise: Which component acts as the gatekeeper in a JFET?
- Video class: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor, MOSFET - Structure, Characteristics, Regions 07m
- Exercise: What is the main characteristic difference between JFET and MOSFET?
- Video class: MOSFETs: Symbol, Input, Output, Transfer Characteristic, Current Gain, Operation Regions 06m
- Exercise: Identify the terminals and characteristics of a MOSFET
- Video class: Aufbau einer Phase Locked Loop Schaltung (PLL) - Clock-Frequenzen erhöhen und stabilisieren 54m
- Video class: Analysing Bipolar Transistor Circuits - Calculations, Assumptions, Operating Regions, Examples 03m
- Exercise: What aspect is crucial when analyzing a transistor circuit?
- Video class: Deriving the Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit of a MOSFET Transistor Amplifier incl. Gain Calculation 03m
- Exercise: What is the voltage gain in a small signal MOSFET amplifier circuit?
- Video class: Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit - Deriving Voltage Gain of a MOSFET Amplifier with Source Resistance 09m
- Exercise: What is the voltage amplification Vout to Vin in the given circuit?
- Video class: Differential Amplifiers - Basics, Principle, Common and Differential Mode Gain, Ideal vs. Real, CMRR 09m
- Exercise: What does a basic differential amplifier consist of?
- Video class: Differential Amplifiers - Differential and Common Mode Gain, Derivation, Formulas, Simplifications 11m
- Exercise: What is the significance of defining common mode and differential mode voltages in differential amplifiers?
- Video class: Hardware Interfaces - Communication Protocols, Basic Definitions, UART, Parity Bit (Even/Odd), USB 13m
- Exercise: What is a key method for minimizing electromagnetic interference in signal transmission?
- Video class: Hardware Interfaces - SPI, I²C, CLK, CS, SDO, SDI, SDIO, MISO, MOSI, SDA, SCL, Master, Slave 12m
- Exercise: What is the main characteristic of the SPI interface?
- Video class: CMOS Basics - Inverter, Transmission Gate, Dynamic and Static Power Dissipation, Latch Up 13m
- Exercise: What are the main advantages of CMOS technology?
- Video class: CMOS Circuits - Pull Down and Pull Up Network, PDN, PUN, Karnaugh Map, Digital Logic, NOT, NAND, XOR 12m
- Exercise: What is the initial step in designing a CMOS logic circuit?
- Video class: Bistable Multivibrators: SR Latch, D Latch, Clocked SR Latch 07m
- Exercise: What modification creates a D latch from an SR latch?
- Video class: Bistable Multivibrators: Master-Slave D Flip Flop, JK Flip Flop, T Flip Flop, Difference to Latches 08m
- Exercise: What distinguishes a latch from a flip-flop in digital electronics?
- Video class: Astable Multivibrators: Ring Oscillator, Inverter Chain, Basic Function, Switching Frequency 05m
- Exercise: How can the frequency of a ring oscillator be altered?
- Video class: Monostable Multivibrators: Monostables, Monoflops, Pulse Creation, Stable State, Astable State 07m
- Exercise: What characterizes a retriggerable monostable multivibrator?
- Video class: Astable Multivibrators: Relaxation Oscillator, Inverting Schmitt-Trigger, Calculation Example 07m
- Exercise: What is the frequency of the relaxation oscillator?
- Video class: Digital-to-Analog Converter - Basics, String DAC, Glitches, Full Scale Range (FSR), LSB, MSB 07m
- Exercise: What is a key drawback of the string DAC design?
- Video class: Digital-to-Analog Converter - R2R DAC, Ladder Architecture, Explanation, Superposition, Glitch 07m
- Exercise: What is a key advantage of an R-2R DAC over a string DAC?
- Video class: Specifications of Power Supplies: Line, Load Regulation, Efficiency, PSRR, Dropout, Characteristics 07m
- Exercise: What is the significance of efficiency in power supplies?
- Video class: Active Filters - Basics, First Order Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Operational Amplifiers, Analog 07m
- Exercise: What is a key advantage of using operational amplifiers in active filters?
- Video class: Digital-to-Analog Converter - Basics, String DAC, Glitches, Full Scale Range (FSR), LSB, MSB 07m
- Exercise: What is an advantage of the String-DAC topology?
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