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Course Outlines

Spring 2023 - MSE 251 D100

Electronic Circuits (4)

Class Number: 1003

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 4 – Apr 11, 2023: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Surrey

    Jan 4 – Apr 11, 2023: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
    Surrey

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 17, 2023
    Mon, 12:00–3:00 p.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. Introduction to electronics: Signals, amplifiers, and frequency response (~2 weeks).
  2. Operational AMPlifiers (OPAMP): Characteristics, non-ideal features, applications (~2 weeks).
  3. Diode characteristics and applications including wave shaping, rectifiers and power supplies, clippers, light emitting (LED), photovoltaic cells (~2 weeks).
  4. Transistor fundamentals: BJTs and MOSFETs, biasing (~3 weeks).
  5. Transistor amplifiers: Large signal and small signal analysis (~3 weeks).

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  1. To understand models of electronic circuit components such as diodes, transistors, and operational amplifiers.
  2. To analyze electronic circuits comprised of diodes, transistors, operational amplifiers and passive components.
  3. To understand the design procedure in electronic circuits.
  4. To utilize computer software for design and analysis of electronic circuits.
  5. To obtain hands-on laboratory experience in electronic circuit design, measurement, and testing.

Grading

NOTES:


Assignments (randomly marked), Quizzes/attendance (randomly during class hours)

10%

Laboratories (5 mandatory labs)

15%

Mid-Term Exam 1

15%

Mid-Term Exam 2

15%

Final Exam

45%

REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge of electric circuit theory

Materials

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

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Registrar Notes:

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