25774: Pulse Technique and Digital Circuits
Course Name: Pulse Technique and Digital Circuits
Course Number: 25774
Prerequisite(s): 25203 (Electronics Lab 2) and 25032 (Electronics 2) or 25744 (Electronics Principles and Lab)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Last Revision: Spring 2019

Description: 
The purpose of this course is to acquaint electrical engineers with mixed and digital circuits, especially for digital, electronic and telecommunication branches.
 
Syllabus:
  • Linear deformation of waves
    • First-order circuits, second-order circuits, higher-order circuits, multi-valve circuits, time and frequency domain analyses
  • Pulse and pulse properties in time and frequency domains
  • First-order circuits in the pulsed regime
    • Integrator and derivative circuits
    • Low-pass and high-pass filters
  • Quadratic circuits in the pulsed regime
    • Quality factor
    • Capacitor transformers and impedance conversion
  • Circuits of higher degrees in the pulsed regime
    • A look at the design of sinusoidal oscillators with variable frequency
  • Modifying the behavior of circuits towards pulse circuits, compensating circuits
  • Nonlinear deformation of waves, switched circuits, networks with diodes
    • A look at linear and nonlinear multiplier circuits
    • A look at the design of signal generators, square, triangular and sine output with variable frequency
    • Nonlinear analysis through the non-transitive characteristic of circuits
  • Schmidt-trigger behavior
  • Circuits with positive feedback
    • Positive feedback effects, number of operating points, stable and unstable operating points
    • A look at the hybrid design of phase lockers
  • Multivibrators, A-stable, Mono-stable and Bi-stable circuits
    • Types of flip-flops
  • Transient behavior of semiconductor elements
    • Charge control, transient behavior and switching of diode, transient behavior and switching of bipolar transistor
    • Transient behavior and switching of field effect transistor
  • Compensation of transient behaviors of semiconductor elements
  • Defining static and dynamic characteristics for digital circuits
  • Introduction to the manufacturing processes of semiconductor elements and integrated circuits
  • Basic structures of digital elements and gates
    • Complete review of DRL, RTL, DTL, TTL, NMOS, CMOS and ECL technologies
  • Design examples in power supplies and some hybrid circuits and ADL and DAL methods

References:
  • R. Jacob Baker, CMOS: Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2008


 
Last Update: 2024-06-09