Subject description
Electronics circuits, signals, integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. Linear circuits with concentrated elements: electronics components, theorems, energy, power. Analysis and simulation of the linear circuits. Semiconductor fundamentals: the basic elements of bipolar and CMOS technology. Analog electronic circuits, the building blocks of analog communication circuits. Digital combinational and sequential circuits, hardware description language, FPGA devices. Basics of AD and DA converters. Digital communication interfaces.
The subject is taught in programs
Objectives and competences
Understanding the basics of operation of electronic circuits in telecommunication and multimedia systems from the perspective of the transmission and signal processing and basic approaches to analyzing analog and digital systems. Understanding the functionality and familiarity with selected analog and digital electronic circuits. Knowledge of modern technologies and standards, Understanding specifications and selection of appropriate solutions on the market. The course provides a basis for understanding the physical layer of communication systems.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, laboratory exercises.
Expected study results
fter successful completion of the course, the students should be able to:
- Use theorems from circuit theory.
- Design linear circuits according to specifications.
- Analyse linear and nonlinear circuits built of lumped elements.
- Design a simple printed circuit board and perform circuit measurements.
- Design digital circuits in a hardware description language.
- Simulate small analogue and digital circuits and evaluate the results of the simulations.
- Use of AD and DA converters in communication circuits.
Basic sources and literature
- T. L. Floyd, Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits, Devices and Applications, Pearson Education, 2014.
- A. Trost, Načrtovanje digitalnih vezij v jeziku VHDL, založba FE/FRI, 2011
- S. Harris, D. Harris: Digital Design and Computer Architecture, Morgan Kaufmann, 2021
- Lessons in Electric Circuits, 2023, dostop: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/
- J. Mlakar, Linearna vezja in signali, Založba FE in FRI, 2002.
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