Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Engineering

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• Unit Title

  Electronic Circuit Design

• Unit Code

  ENS5203

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  3

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

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Description

This unit involves the analysis and design of electronic circuits, concentrating on CMOS analog circuits. A range of circuit concepts are covered, including device models, standard circuit forms, feedback, noise, frequency response and circuit layout. An integral part of this unit is a design task, where students are required to design, simulate, build, test and document a circuit that meets given functional and performance specifications.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS2456, ENS5256, ENS6154

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS3448

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse a number of useful circuit forms, including single transistor stages, cascodes, differential pairs, current mirrors, and the logic inverter.
2. Apply a systematic process to design electronic circuits that meet given functional and performance specifications.
3. Develop hardware and software for digital systems including soft processors and a variety of peripheral blocks.
4. Identify and model the sources of noise and other unwanted parasitics that affect circuit performance.
5. Research new developments in the field of digital design and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
6. Use standard circuit forms and the concepts of device modelling and feedback to design a range of advanced circuits, including operational amplifiers, oscillators, multipliers and logic gates.

Unit Content

1. Elements of an engineering design process, including the roles played by simulation and prototyping.
2. Frequency limitations.
3. Multiplier design and applications.
4. New generation system-on-chip FPGA families.
5. Operational amplifier design and applications.
6. Oscillator design and applications.
7. Review of MOS device models.
8. Review of standard circuit forms.
9. System-on-chip - soft processor based and hard processor based.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

• ^ Floyd T. L (2006). Digital fundamentals with PLD programming. New Jersey: Pearson Education.
• Ashenden, P. J. (2008). The designer's guide to VHDL (3rd ed.). New York: Morgan Kaufmann.
• Razavi, B. (2013). Fundamentals of microelectronics (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley.
• Pong P. Chu. (2008). FPGA prototyping by VHDL examples. New Jersey: Wiley - Interscience.

^ Mandatory reference

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