School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Electronic Circuit Design
  • Unit Code

    ENS5203
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Adam OSSEIRAN

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.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectHardware design project20%
ProjectSoftware design project30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Electronic Circuit Design
  • Unit Code

    ENS5203
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Adam OSSEIRAN

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.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectHardware design project20%
ProjectSoftware design project30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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