IDENTIFYING DATA 2014_15
Subject (*) FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS Code 17204107
Study programme
Degree of Electronic and Automation Engineering (2010)
Cycle 1st & 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
5 Compulsory Second 2Q
Language
Català
Department Eng. Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica
Coordinator
LLOBET VALERO, EDUARD
VILANOVA SALAS, JAVIER
E-mail joseramon.lopez@urv.cat
joseluis.ramirez@urv.cat
guillermo.ruiz@urv.cat
xavier.vilanova@urv.cat
eduard.llobet@urv.cat
Lecturers
LÓPEZ LÓPEZ, JOSÉ RAMÓN
RAMÍREZ FALO, JOSÉ LUIS
RUIZ MAGAZ, GUILLERMO
VILANOVA SALAS, JAVIER
LLOBET VALERO, EDUARD
Web http://moodle.urv.cat
General description and relevant information A l'assignatura es revisaran els components bàsics utilitzats en la electrònica, tot presentant algunes aplicacions i possant de manifest les seves limitacions.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
0. Pasive components: Resistors, capacitors and inductors Resistors types and characteristics
Capacitors types and characteristics
Inductors characteristics
1. Semiconductors Band Model/Bonds model
Free charge carriers (Generation-recombination)
Intrinsec and extrinsec semiconductors
Currents in a semiconductor: Drift and difussion
2. Diodes PN junction charge distribution, electric field and potential
V-I Characteristic. Diode polarization
Junction breakdown: Zener Diode
Circuital models (Losses resistor, parasitic capacitors)
Diode based circuits
3. BJT and MOS Transistors BJT working principles and types
Characteristic curves. Working regions
BJT Ebers-Möll Model
MOSFET working principles and types
Characteristic curves. Working regions
MOSFET equations
4. Switching transistors Introduction to logic gates
CMOS inverter
CMOS gates characterístics/limitations
Relevant parameters in sequential circuits
5. Transistors as amplifiers Quiescent Point
Small signal equivalent circuit
Input/output impedances. Volatge and current gain
Dynamic Range
Multiple stage amplifiers
Frequencial response

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Previous studies
RI5
B2
C4
0 13 13
Laboratory practicals
RI5
B2
C4
13 4 17
Lecture
RI5
B2
28 28 56
Problem solving, classroom exercises
RI5
B2
10 20 30
Personal tuition
1 0 1
 
Practical tests
RI5
B2
1 0 1
Objective multiple-choice tests
RI5
B2
4 0 4
Extended-answer tests
RI5
B2
2 0 2
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Not available in English
Previous studies Not available in English
Laboratory practicals Not available in English
Lecture Not available in English
Problem solving, classroom exercises Not available in English
Personal tuition Not available in English

Personalized attention
Description
Students will be able to solve any doubt about concepts reviewed in class or solving problems or in any other activity, attending to the office of any lecturer related to the matter, according to the timetable reserved for this purpouse.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Previous studies
RI5
B2
C4
Students will prepare and perform a total of four Previous studies that should be delivered via Moodle. Statements with questions to answer can also be downloaded via Moodle. 10 %
Laboratory practicals
RI5
B2
C4
Students will assemble a set of circuits in the laboratory, checking their performance and realizing the requested measurements. The document with the necessary information can be downloaded via Moodle. Once the requested measurements are performed, students must prepare a report including these measurements and relevant comments, which must be submitted via Moodle. Both the correctness of measurements and comments, as the correction in language is to be assessed. 10 %
Problem solving, classroom exercises
RI5
B2
Students will work in groups of 4 for a total of 3 problem collections. In the lecture room, each member of a given group will be asked to solve one or two problems within a collection. Then, one member of each group will be selected at random for his/her solution to be assessed and the mark obtained will be assigned to him/her and to any other group member. 15 %
Extended-answer tests
RI5
B2
At the end of the semester a single test will assess the student's ability to apply the knowledge developed in the course for the analysis of basic electronic circuits.
A minimum score of 3.5 out of 10 is compulsory in this test to pass.

30 %
Practical tests
RI5
B2
Students will assemble and perform individually measurements on any of the circuits worked in the laboratory. 15 %
Objective multiple-choice tests
RI5
B2
During the course, a total of 3 multiple choice tests will be performed individually by students in the lecture room on the concepts developed during lectures or worked by the student at home. 20 %
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

COMMENTS: For multiple choice tests, students may not have or use any communication device or data transmission capacity.

Students who fail to pass the continuous assessment will have a second round consisting in a three part exam:

A Problem test to assess the ability to analyze theoretically different electronic circuits (45%)

A multiple choice quiz about the basic concepts reviewed in the course (20%)

A laboratory test to assess the ability to assemble a circuit and perform a set of measures (35%) (Students with a final score in the continuous assessment over 3.5 and a mark of 7 in the laboratory test may ask to keep this laboratory mark in this second round)


Sources of information

Basic A.R. Hambley, Electrónica, 2a Edició, 2001
Malik, Norbert R. , Circuitos electrónicos : análisis, diseño y simulación , , 1996
Cabré, R., Manual d'electrònica bàsica i tecnologia electrònica, , 2004
Bragós Bardia, Ramon;Chávez Domínguez, Juan Antonio;Fernández Chimeno, Mireya;Jiménez Serres, Vicent, Circuits i dispositius electrònics : fonaments d'electrònica, 2ª Edició, 2002

Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS/17204109
DIGITAL ELECTRONICS/17204108

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
CIRCUIT THEORY II/17204106

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
PHYSICS II/17204004
STATISTICS AND TRANSFORMED METHODS/17204009
CIRCUIT THEORY I/17204105
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