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Module/Subject matter

Module: Common Industrial Education (MFC)
Subject matter: Electronics and Automation

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Contents

• Introduction to the economic and social relevance of the electronics
• Introduction to semiconductor materials and the manufacturing techniques of ICs.
• Basic electronic devices.
• Analysis and design of analog signal circuits.
• Introduction to digital electronics
• Logic gates
• Indroduction to power electronics.
• Diode rectifiers and half-bridge inverters.
• Industrial applications

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General proficiencies

• CB2: The students should be able to apply their knowledge to their job in a professional way and they should have the proficiencies required to elaborate and defend their job using arguments and solve problems within their area of expertise.
• CB4: The students should be able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to an specialized or a general audience.
• GG1: Ability to write, sign and develop problems
• GG2: Ability to manage activities involved in projects
• CG3: Knowledge of the basic and technological skills that prepare the student to learn new theories and methods, and provide the student with the necessary versatility to adapt to new situations.
• CG4: Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical thinking and to communicate and transmit knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of industrial engineering.
• CG5: Knowledge to perform measurements, calculations, assessments, appraisals, surveys, studies, reports, work plans and similar work
• CG10: Ability to work in a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment.

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Specific proficiencies

• CC5: Possess knowledge in fundamentals of electronics.
• CC9: Possess basic knowledge of the production and manufacturing processes

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Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students are capable of:

• R1: Describe and explain the basic operation principles of the fundamental electronic devices.
• R2: Extract the main operation parameters of the electronic components from their commercial datasheets.
• R3: Design electronic applications using diodes, transistors, operational amplifiers and other analog integrated circuits.
• R4: know the fundamentals of the binary codification of information.
• R5: know the fundamentals of the logic gates.
• R6: Understand the diode rectifier and the half-bridge inverter.
• R7: Understand and know the characteristics and basic limitations of analog, digital and power circuits.
• R8: Break down complex problems into basic functional blocks that can be easily implemented with electronic circuits.
• R9: Know the basic manufacturing processes in engineering.
• R10: Know the manufacturing processes and materials used in the fabrication of electronic circuits and ICs.

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Methodology

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Evaluation

If the correspondent minimum grade is not reached in any assessable activity, the final grade will be the weighted sum of all the activities, with a total maximum of 4.8.

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Agenda

• Note 1: To follow this course¿s contents it is required previous knowledge of the basic techniques of circuit analysis. This knowledge is acquired in the subject "Circuit Theory" offered in semester 3.

  Note 2: This course includes a design project in the field of analogue electronics (Chapters 1 to 4).

   

   

  Chapter 1. Semiconductor Technology

  1.1 Semiconductor materials

  1.2 PN Union.

  1.3 Manufacturing techniques

   

  Chapter 2. Basic Components

  2.1 Diodes:

  Rectifier

  Zener

  LED

  Photodiode

  2.2 Transistors

  Bipolar

  MOSFET

   

  Chapter 3. Analog Electronics

  3.1 Introduction

  3.2 The Operational Amplifier

  3.3 Circuits with OpAmps and their applications.

   

  Chapter 4. Noise, EMI, and filtering

  4.1 Noise and EMI

  4.2 Filtering

   

  Chapter 5. Digital Electronics

  5.1 Introduction

  5.2 Components of digital systems

  5.3 A/D and D/A converters

  5.4 Industrial applications

   

  Chapter 6. Power electronics

  6.1 Introduction to Power Electronics and its industrial applications.

  6.2 Power converters.

   

  Chapter 7. PCB Design

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Experimental practice program

• Simulation session:
  • Session 0. On-line introduction to LTSPICE electronic circuit simulator
• Laboratory sessions:
  • Session 1. Circuits using diodes
  • Session 2. Transistors used as switches
  • Session 3. Operational amplifier: voltage follower and amplifiers.
  • Session 4. Hysteresis comparator circuit with OA.
  • Session 5. Laboratory instrumentation.
  • Session 6. LPF with OA.
  • Session 7. Analog/Digital and Digital/Analog conversions.

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Bibliography

Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.

BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:

At the beginning of the course there is a full description of the documents and bibliography that is recommended and used in this subject.

Course guide compilation:
This document is elaborated by the lecturers of the course and it is recommended as the official Course Guide. This document will be available for every student.

SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• - Circuitos Electrónicos. Análisis, Simulación y Diseño. Norbet R. Malik. Prentice Hall 1996. Traducido de Electronic Circuits. Analysis, Simulation & Design.
• - Microelectronic Circuits. Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith. Oxford University Press. 1998.
• - Thomas L. Floyd; ¿Fundamentos de sistemas digitales¿, PRENTICE HALL
• - Mohand, Undeland, Robbins; ¿Power electronics : Converters, applications, and design¿, WILEY

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Languages

English

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Location

• Theory: lecture room at ¿El Aulario¿, Campus Arrosadía
• Laboratory: Basic Electronic Laboratory, 1st floor of the ¿Los Tejos¿ building (Electric and Electronic Engineering Department.
• Ocasionally some lectures may take place in a computer room.

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