ID:
504022
Duration (hours):
59
CFU:
6
SSD:
ELETTRONICA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 16/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims to complete the basic training of the student in analog electronics and to introduce him to the laboratory activity, with the use of the measurement equipment and the circuit simulator Spice. At the end of the course the student should have acquired knowledge on the architectures of multi-stage amplifiers using both MOS and BJT transistors and a deep knowledge of the frequency behavior of the elementary devices and basic circuits; he/she must have a deep understanding of the negative feedback concepts, of the stability problems in amplifiers with feedback and of the techniques to compensate them.
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of circuit theory and applied electronics (analog) with particular reference to the MOS and BJT transistors, operational amplifiers, Bode plots. Familiarity with the use of the Fourier transform, the Laplace transform, and the complex numbers.
Teaching Methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 31
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 13
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 20
The lecture are done sing the black board and sometime integrate with foils.
The practical classes are done using the black board and they involves reviewing topics to be known solving examples of analytical calculations. and verifying the knowledge acquired by the students.
The workshops are done with the use of the circuit simulator and the measuring lab equipment.
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 13
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 20
The lecture are done sing the black board and sometime integrate with foils.
The practical classes are done using the black board and they involves reviewing topics to be known solving examples of analytical calculations. and verifying the knowledge acquired by the students.
The workshops are done with the use of the circuit simulator and the measuring lab equipment.
Assessment Methods
The exam consists of an oral test that focuses on the topics of both modules. In general, the oral aims to deepen the level of understanding of the course topics and the ability to solve circuit problems.
At the end of each module there will also be an optional ongoing written test on the topics of the module just completed. Each ongoing written test includes 2 or 3 circuit problems and approximately 10 multiple choice questions.
If the ongoing tests are passed for both modules, the final grade is made up of the average of the grades obtained and the oral exam is no longer required.
If the student does not take the ongoing tests or does not pass both, an oral test is required. The oral test varies according to the results obtained in the ongoing tests, placing greater emphasis on the topics not covered by the ongoing tests carried out or where the ongoing tests have highlighted greater gaps.
The final grade will be increased by a score varying between zero and one point based on the evaluation of the reports on the laboratory activities.
At the end of each module there will also be an optional ongoing written test on the topics of the module just completed. Each ongoing written test includes 2 or 3 circuit problems and approximately 10 multiple choice questions.
If the ongoing tests are passed for both modules, the final grade is made up of the average of the grades obtained and the oral exam is no longer required.
If the student does not take the ongoing tests or does not pass both, an oral test is required. The oral test varies according to the results obtained in the ongoing tests, placing greater emphasis on the topics not covered by the ongoing tests carried out or where the ongoing tests have highlighted greater gaps.
The final grade will be increased by a score varying between zero and one point based on the evaluation of the reports on the laboratory activities.
Texts
A.S. Sedra, K.C. Smith. Microelectronics Circuits. Spice manual; Data Sheets e Applications of electronic components.
Contents
Amplification stages with single transistor.
Behavior of the transistors at high frequency, the high frequency equivalent circuit for MOS and BJT. Analysis in the high frequency of the basic stages of amplification. The cascode stage. Differential stage BJT and MOS. Current mirrors. Multistage amplifiers. Output stages: class A, B, AB. Schemes of BJT and CMOS operational amplifiers. The feedback: basic concepts, negative and positive feedback. The negative reaction applied to the amplifiers. Calculation of the loop gain. Stability of amplifiers with feedback. Compensation in frequency.
Behavior of the transistors at high frequency, the high frequency equivalent circuit for MOS and BJT. Analysis in the high frequency of the basic stages of amplification. The cascode stage. Differential stage BJT and MOS. Current mirrors. Multistage amplifiers. Output stages: class A, B, AB. Schemes of BJT and CMOS operational amplifiers. The feedback: basic concepts, negative and positive feedback. The negative reaction applied to the amplifiers. Calculation of the loop gain. Stability of amplifiers with feedback. Compensation in frequency.
Course Language
Italian
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ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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