2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ELEC1130 Circuit Analysis and Design
20 creditsClass Size: 150
Module manager: Dr H Eisele
Email: H.Eisele@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
In order to pass this module, students must obtain a mark of at least 30% in the final examination, as well as obtaining an overall mark of at least 40% for the module.Objectives
This module provides an introduction to the key electronic components, the basic concepts of electronic circuit design and the basic principles of electronic circuit test and measurement.Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- apply basic physical and mathematical principles to circuit problems;
- apply circuit theory and modelling techniques to the design and analysis of high frequency filters, matching networks and amplifiers;
- use quantitative methods and software tools to the analysis and design of high frequency electronic circuits;
- apply a systems approach to the analysis and design of radio communications systems, including breaking a system down into constituent blocks and understanding the interface between them;
- demonstrate familiarity with high frequency electronic components, such as microstrip circuits, and related measurement equipment;
- demonstrate good laboratory skills, including the safety aspects of lab work, keeping a log-book and writing up laboratory work;
- demonstrate a qualitative understanding of electromagnetic fields and waves and the ability to apply mathematical analysis to a range of static problems including the coaxial line.
Syllabus
Introduction to electronics: current, voltage, charge, circuit diagrams, Kirchhoff’s current & voltage laws. Resistors, Ohm’s Law, resistor combinations, potential divider.
Ideal vs. real voltage & current sources. Concept of a load. Thevenin and Norton equivalents.
Capacitors & inductors; phenomenological transient response. Capacitor charging/discharging and time constants.
Electrical power and energy. Energy storage & dissipation.
Introduction to AC circuit behaviour: rms quantities. Reactance, impedance and phase shifts between current & voltage.
Labs.
Safety in the Laboratory. Laboratory record keeping
Basic Measurement Techniques: digital multimeter and oscilloscope, loading effects.
Circuit Simulation: Using multisim or equivalent contemporary software packages.
Diodes: ideal and real I-V characteristics; AC rectification.
Transistors: basic operating principles of BJTs and FETs. Transistor biasing; load-line. Small signal equivalent circuit models. Amplifier design with transistors; circuit models. Input and output resistance.
Operational Amplifiers: virtual earth principle, use of feedback, op-amp low and high pass filter circuits.
Structured labs …
Project
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Laboratory | 20 | 3.00 | 60.00 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Lecture | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
| Tutorial | 18 | 1.00 | 18.00 |
| Private study hours | 99.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 101.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
40 hours reading (2 hours per lecture)35 hours preparing and practising numerical examples for tutorials (2 hours per tutorial)
24 hours revision
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Student progress will be monitored at tutorials and in laboratories. The in-course assessment [test] will give quantitative feedback on student progress.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Online Assessment | Weekly Online Laboratory Reports | 10.00 |
| In-course Assessment | January In-Semester Test (1 hr) | 10.00 |
| Project | Poster & Design Exhibition | 20.00 |
| Report | Laboratory Log Book & Progress Reports | 10.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 50.00 | |
Resits will be 100% examination based
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 50.00 | |
In order to pass this module, students must obtain a mark of at least 30% in the final examination, as well as obtaining an overall mark of at least 40% for the module.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 17/08/2015
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