Course description
- Circuits for reshaping the signal forms
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- Resistive circuits
- Ohmic rectifiers
- Voltage limiters
- Voltage regulators
- Current regulators
- Comparators
- Non-linear amplifiers
- Power amplifiers
- Dynamic circuits
- RC rectifiers
- Voltage multipliers
- Signal detectors
- Clampers
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- Circuits for generating signals
- Monostable, bistable and astable multivibrators
- Switching regulators
- DC/DC regulators
- AC/DC (power supplies)
- DC/AC (inverters)
- Phase-locked loops
- Basic principles and components
- Applications
- A/D and D/A conversion circuits
- Sample/Hold circuits
- Anti-aliasing filters
- A/D circuits
- D/A circuits
Course is carried out on study programme
2nd Cycle Postgraduate Study Programme in Electrical Engineering
Objectives and competences
The subject extends the knowledge of analog electronic circuits and provides foundations of non-linear electronic circuits. The subject covers principles of signal reshaping or generation by non-linear circuits and provides practical examples of real world devices. The content is selected as a broad range of non-linear circuit types and is a foundation for advanced concepts in analog electronics.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures, laboratory work, work at home/homeworks. Part of the pedagogical process will be carried out with the help of ICT technologies and the opportunities they offer.
Intended learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
– recognize and understand principles of operation of electronic circuits for analog signal processing.
– design circuits for analog signal processing
– explain operation principles of ohmic rectifiers
– define types of voltage regulators and principles of current limiting
– recognize and understand priciples of operation of circuits for signal generation
– explain operation of switching regulators and power supplies and evaluate their limitatios
– explain principles of operation and applicability of phase-closed loops
– explain prevailing principles of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters and evaluate their limitations
– analyse and design non-linear electronic circuits and systems
Reference nosilca
BRECL, Kristijan, BOKALIČ, Matevž, TOPIČ, Marko. Examination of photovoltaic silicon module degradation under high-voltage bias and damp heat by electroluminescence. Journal of solar energy engineering : Transactions of the ASME, ISSN 0199-6231, 2017, vol. 139, no. 3, str. 1-6.
KIRN, Blaž, BRECL, Kristijan, TOPIČ, Marko. A new PV module performance model based on separation of diffuse and direct light. Solar energy, ISSN 0038-092X, 2015, vol. 113, str. 212-230.
JOŠT, Marko, KRČ, Janez, TOPIČ, Marko. Camera-based angular resolved spectroscopy system for spatial measurements of scattered light. Applied optics, ISSN 1559-128X, 2014, vol. 53, no. 21, str. 4795-4803.
HERMAN, Matic, JANKOVEC, Marko, TOPIČ, Marko. Optimisation of the I–V measurement scan time through dynamic modelling of solar cells. IET Renew. Power Gener., 2013, Vol. 7, Iss. 1, pp. 63–70.
JANKOVEC, Marko, TOPIČ, Marko. Intercomparison of temperature sensors for outdoor monitoring of photovoltaic modules. Journal of solar energy engineering, ISSN 0199-6231, 2013, vol. 135, no. 3, str. 1-7.
Study materials
James W Nilsson and Susan Riedel: Electric Circuits (8th Edition) (2007)
Roland E. Thomas: The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits (2006)
Donald O. Pederson and Kartikeya Mayaram: Analog Integrated Circuits for Communication: Principles, Simulation and Design (2007)
M. Topič, A. Levstek in M. Jankovec: Zbirka rešenih nalog iz nelinearnih elektronskih vezij, 2006.
M. Topič: Nelinearna elektronska vezja (učbenik v pripravi).