2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ELEC2130 Electronic Circuit Design

10 creditsClass Size: 160

Module manager: Mr Roland Clarke
Email: R.G.Clarke@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

The objective of this module is to develop the skills and knowledge needed to design professional electronic circuits and systems. These include the ability to select and design signal-conditioning and detection circuits, gain a deeper understanding of operational amplifiers, use appropriate circuit simulation tools, select and design digital interfacing circuits and appreciate some of the wider issues in circuit design such as interference, power supply and thermal design, fail-safe design and the importance of modularity.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Design op-amp circuits for signal conditioning, including amplifiers, buffers and active filters, using dual- and single-supply topologies;
2. Appreciate the limitations of op-amps and quantify the effects arising from common imperfections in op-amps;
3. Select and design suitable signal detection circuits based on op-amps, and understand the basic principles of analogue-to-digital conversion;
4. Be able to select and design appropriate methods for interfacing with, and between, digital circuit components, including bus circuits;
5. Understand the most common mechanisms for interference in electronic circuits, and describe methods to mitigate the effects of interference;
6. Be able to select and specify suitable power supply solutions for electronic circuits, including calculations for thermal management, and appreciate key system design concepts such as fail-safe design and modularity.

Syllabus

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

- The role of signal conditioning in electronic circuits;
- Properties and applications of ideal operational-amplifiers;
- Gain analysis of op-amps with negative feedback and frequency compensation;
- Limitations and imperfections of real op-amps;
- Single-supply op-amp topologies;
- Instrumentation amplifiers;
- Active filters based on Sallen-Key circuits;
- Signal detection circuits using op-amps;
- Basic principles of analogue to digital conversion;
- Input/output properties of digital circuits, including embedded microprocessors Interfacing requirements between digital circuits, including load-switching;
- Characteristics of digital bus circuits using open-collector/drain or tri-state outputs;
- Inter-system digital communications using UART, SPI, I2C, CAN;
- Interference, and strategies to minimise unwanted coupling;
- Power supplies and thermal management;
- System design, including fail-safe design and modularity;
- Obsolescence and related ethical considerations of electronic product design

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Laboratory	8	2.00	16.00
Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Private study hours			73.00
Total Contact hours			27.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress and engagement will be monitored through the template reports (especially the first one in Week 5) and the in-course MCQ (Week 6).

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	MCQ Test 1	30.00
In-course Assessment	MCQ Test 2	30.00
Assignment	Case study	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Re-sits for ELEC modules are subject to the rules in the School’s Code of Practice on Assessment. Students should be aware that, for some modules, a re-sit may only be conducted on an internal basis (with tuition) in the next academic session.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 30/04/2019

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