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Course Outlines

Fall 2022 - PHYS 326 D100

Electronics and Instrumentation (4)

Class Number: 4404

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Tu, Th 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM
    SSCP 8444B, Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    PHYS 234 with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Circuits and circuit theory, passive and active devices, amplifiers, feedback, modern measurement techniques and instrumentation. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

Tuesday: Lecture+Lab+Tutorial 14:30-18:20 P8444B

Thursday: Lecture+Lab 14:30-17:20 P8444B

All components are required

1. Analog measurement techniques and instrumentation: Shielding, grounding, electronic test and measurement equipment, noise, troubleshooting.
2. DC and AC circuit analysis: equivalent circuits, impedance, maximum power transfer, bandwidth, resonance, passive filters, transients, impedance bridges.
3. Semiconductor diodes: rectifiers, clippers, clamps, diode gates, voltage multipliers, unregulated DC power supplies.
4. Active semiconductor components: bipolar junction transistors, field-effect transistors.
5. Transistor amplifiers: current amplifiers, voltage amplifiers, differential amplifiers.
6. Operational amplifiers with negative feedback: linear and nonlinear circuits, active rectifiers and filters, integrators and differentiators.
7. Operational amplifiers with positive feedback: oscillators, Schmitt triggers.

Grading

  • Lab work and analysis 50%
  • Prelab exercises 10%
  • Miderm 20%
  • Final Exam 20%

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Required Text: Electronic Principles, 9th ed. by Malvino & Bates

*Computer and internet connection required, including word processing (e.g. LaTeX or MS Word) and data analysis (e.g. python or Matlab) software.
 

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

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Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students who cannot write their exam during the course's scheduled exam time must request accommodation from their instructor in writing, clearly stating the reason for this request, within one week of the final exam schedule being posted.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html