Analogue Electronic Circuits

Upon the successful completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. analyse single-stage amplifiers with BJTs and MOSFETs; 2. identify and analyse negative-feedback circuits; 3. analyse single- and second-order passive filters; 4. analyse single-, second-, and higher-order active filters; 5. analyse rectifiers, peak detectors, and oscillators; and 6. use pSpice to simulate circuits.

Review of Microelectronic Devices: Diode, BJT, JFET, and MOSFET; Large-signal behaviour and Small-signal models; Single-Transistor Amplifiers: Common-emitter/source, common- base/gate, and common-collector/drain; Biasing, small-signal gain, input resistance, and output resistance; Circuit simulation using pSpice; Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Cascade, differential, and cascade; Biasing, small-signal gain, input resistance, and output resistance; Frequency Response, Gain/phase plots and Analysis; Negative Feedback: Effects on gain, input resistance, output resistance, noise, distortion, and bandwidth; Inverting and non- inverting op amps; Passive Filters and Active Filters: Low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and band-reject, First-, second-, and higher-order; Non-linear Circuits: Rectifiers and peak detectors, Sinusoidal oscillators, Mono and bi-stable multivibrators, Waveform generators.