2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ELEC1130 Circuit Analysis and Design
20 creditsClass Size: 180
Module manager: Dr. Chris Wood
Email: C.D.Wood@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2023/24
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
Objectives
This module provides an introduction to key electronic components, the basic concepts of electronic circuit analysis and design and the basic principles of electronic circuit test and measurement.Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Apply basic physical and mathematical principles to solve well-defined circuit problems.
2. Apply circuit theory and modelling techniques to the design and analysis of basic electronic circuits.
3. Use software tools for the analysis of electronic circuits.
4. Use a systems approach in the design of electronic circuits.
5. Solve well-defined circuit design problems involving basic electronic components, including diodes and transistors.
6. Use electronics laboratory equipment, general laboratory skills and safe working practices, to test and diagnose basic electronic circuits.
Syllabus
Introduction to electronic circuits: current, voltage, charge, circuit diagrams, Kirchhoff’s current & voltage laws
Resistors, Ohm’s Law, resistor combinations, potential divider, and superposition principle
Ideal and real voltage & current sources
Concept of a load
Thévenin and Norton equivalents
Capacitors & inductors
Phenomenological transient response
Electrical power and energy
Energy storage & dissipation
Introduction to AC circuit behaviour: rms quantities
Reactance, impedance and phase shifts between current & voltage
Electronic circuit labs
Safety in the Laboratory
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
Amplifier gain, input and output resistance
Operational Amplifiers: virtual ground principle, use of feedback, simple op-amp filter circuits
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Laboratory | 20 | 2.00 | 40.00 |
| Consultation | 20 | 2.00 | 40.00 |
| Seminar | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
| Independent online learning hours | 30.00 | ||
| Private study hours | 70.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 100.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
Students are expected to use private study time to consolidate their understanding of course materials, to undertake preparatory work for seminars, workshops, tutorials, examples classes and practical classes, and also to prepare for in-course and summative assessments.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Students studying ELEC modules will receive formative feedback in a variety of ways, including the use of self-test quizzes on Minerva, practice questions/worked examples and (where appropriate) through verbal interaction with teaching staff and/or post-graduate demonstrators.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course Assessment | Laboratory Skills Test | 30.00 |
| In-course Assessment | Class Test 1 | 30.00 |
| In-course Assessment | Class Test 2 | 40.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Resits for ELEC and XJEL modules are subject to the School's Resit Policy and the Code of Practice on Assessment (CoPA), which are available on Minerva. Students should be aware that, for some modules, a resit may only be conducted on an internal basis (with tuition) in the next academic session.
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