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Course Outlines

Spring 2022 - MSE 251 D100

Electronic Circuits (4)

Class Number: 1004

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Surrey

    Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
    Surrey

  • Prerequisites:

    MSE 250 or ENSC 220 or SEE 230.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduces the basic electronic components, amplifiers, diodes, and oscillators. Fundamentals of logic design. Students with credit for SEE 231, ENSC 225 or ENSC 226 may not take MSE 251 for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

  1. Signals and amplifiers
  2. Diodes: Diode models, pn junctions as diodes, Diode applications
  3. Bipolar Junction Transistors: BJT operation, Current-voltage characteristics, BJT circuits at DC
  4. Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors: MOSFET operation, Current-voltage characteristics, MOSFET circuits at DC
  5. Transistor Amplifiers: Small-signal operation, Amplifier configurations, Biasing
  6. Operational amplifiers: Ideal OpAmp, OpAmp applications, Non-ideal OpAmps

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

It is expected that the students will:

  • Become familiar with analysis of nonlinear circuits
  • Understand the operation of rectifiers
  • Understand the concept of biasing
  • Realize the concept and applications of small-signal analysis
  • Be able to analyse basic analog amplifiers
  • Design simple amplifier stages
  • Learn how to use OpAmps as building blocks in analog circuit design

Grading

NOTES:

Final exam (NONE)

0%

5 Quizzes

65%

4 to 6 Assignments

20%

5 Laboratories (mandatory)

15%

REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge of electric circuit theory

Registrar Notes:

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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022

Teaching at SFU in spring 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with safety plans in place.  Some courses will still be offered through remote methods, and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

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Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the spring 2022 term.