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

    Analog Electronics
  • Unit Code

    ENS6156
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ganesh KOTHAPALLI

Description

This unit provides students with the theoretical background needed to understand the operation of basic analog electronic circuits such as rectifiers, signal shapers, single and multi-stage amplifiers and operational amplifiers. Students will also learn about the modelling and uses of various semiconductor devices including n-p junctions, bipolar transistors, field effect transistors and small scale amplifiers.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5258

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse fundamental circuit structures based on operational amplifiers.
  2. Analyse the operation of rectifiers, diode based signal shaping circuits, single and multi-stage amplifiers, and voltage and current regulators.
  3. Apply discrete and integrated semiconductor devices in basic electronic circuits.
  4. Design and implement single-stage amplifiers, rectifiers, and voltage and current regulators.
  5. Design standard circuit structures using operational amplifiers.
  6. Research new developments in the field of analog electronics and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.

Unit Content

  1. Advances in microelectronic circuits and devices.
  2. Applications of advanced microelectronics technologies.
  3. Characteristics and equivalent circuits of semiconductor devices.
  4. Characteristics and parameters of amplifiers.
  5. Circuits with semiconductor diodes: rectifiers and signal shaping circuits.
  6. Differential amplifier. Operational amplifier and its basic applications.
  7. Multi-stage transistor amplifiers.
  8. Single-stage transistor amplifiers with bipolar and unipolar transistors.
  9. Voltage and current regulators and their characteristics.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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 labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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
TestIn-semester tests10%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports20%
Case StudyA case study on an approved topic10%
Examination ^End of semester examination60%

^ 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

    Analog Electronics
  • Unit Code

    ENS6156
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Ganesh KOTHAPALLI

Description

This unit provides students with the theoretical background needed to understand the operation of basic analog electronic circuits such as rectifiers, signal shapers, single and multi-stage amplifiers and operational amplifiers. Students will also learn about the modelling and uses of various semiconductor devices including n-p junctions, bipolar transistors, field effect transistors and small scale amplifiers.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5258

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse fundamental circuit structures based on operational amplifiers.
  2. Analyse the operation of rectifiers, diode based signal shaping circuits, single and multi-stage amplifiers, and voltage and current regulators.
  3. Apply discrete and integrated semiconductor devices in basic electronic circuits.
  4. Design and implement single-stage amplifiers, rectifiers, and voltage and current regulators.
  5. Design standard circuit structures using operational amplifiers.
  6. Research new developments in the field of analog electronics and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.

Unit Content

  1. Advances in microelectronic circuits and devices.
  2. Applications of advanced microelectronics technologies.
  3. Characteristics and equivalent circuits of semiconductor devices.
  4. Characteristics and parameters of amplifiers.
  5. Circuits with semiconductor diodes: rectifiers and signal shaping circuits.
  6. Differential amplifier. Operational amplifier and its basic applications.
  7. Multi-stage transistor amplifiers.
  8. Single-stage transistor amplifiers with bipolar and unipolar transistors.
  9. Voltage and current regulators and their characteristics.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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 labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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
ProjectResearch project and report30%
TestIn-semester tests/quizzes20%
PresentationSeminar presentation10%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectResearch project and report30%
TestIn-semester tests/quizzes20%
PresentationSeminar presentation10%
AssignmentSummative assessment of unit content40%

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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