2017 Fundamentals of Electronics

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Instructor(s)
Matsuzawa Akira 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Fri1-2(W541)  
Group
-
Course number
EEE.G291
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/21
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course provides an overview of electronics. Fundamentals and relationship between them in electromagnetism, electrical circuits, semiconductor engineering, electronic circuits, computer, integrated circuits, and wireless communication system are overviewed.
The course aims to overview basic electrical and electronic engineering and current electric devices and systems. In particular, basics of electric field and magnetic field, usefulness of complex representation and Laplace transform in electrical and electronic circuits, basic phenomena and nature of solid-state and semiconductor, principle of computer, technology of integrated circuits, and basic principle of wireless communication system are shown.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to acquire the following ability.
1) Explain fundamentals and relationship between electrical and electronic engineering.
2) Derive the transient response and frequency characteristics in electric and electronic circuits by Laplace transform.
3) Have basic knowledge of operating principle and characteristics in solid-state and semiconductor devices.
4) Have basic knowledge of construction of computer and integrated circuits to realize it.

Keywords

Electromagnetism, electrical circuits, semiconductor engineering, electronic circuits, electric field, magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, vector analysis, resistor, capacitor, inductor, Kirchhoff's laws, Laplace transform, complex number, Maxwell’s equation, Schrodinger's equation, frequency characteristics, transient response, MOS transistor, semiconductor, amplifier, computer, integrated circuits, wireless communication.

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students must read the appointed part of the lecture note uploaded in OCW-i, before coming to the class. Students must make the report to the tasks shown in previous class and submit it at the class.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Electric field and magnetic field Can explain the fundamental principle of electromagnetic field and basic treatment of vector field.
Class 2 Electric circuit -- DC circuits and transient response Can make circuit equations and derive the transient response by using Kirchhoff's laws and the Laplace transform.
Class 3 Electric circuit -- AC circuits and frequency characteristics Can use the complex and vector expressions in AC circuits and derive the frequency characteristics.
Class 4 Solid state and semiconductor Can explain the principle to form the bandgap, the operating principle of semiconductor device, the electrical characteristics of PN junction.
Class 5 MOS transistor and electronic circuits Can explain the basic operating principle of MOS transistor, the small signal equivalent circuits, and the basic characteristics of the electronic circuits.
Class 6 Computers Can explain the basic structure and the operating principle of the computer.
Class 7 Integrated circuits Can explain the basic fabrication method of the integrated circuits, the logic circuits and the memory, the delay time and the power dissipation, and the scaling rule.
Class 8 Digital wireless communication technology Can explain the basic operating principle of the digital wireless communication technology.

Textbook(s)

No textbook.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Course materials can be found on OCW-i.

Assessment criteria and methods

Students' course scores are conducted based on the due reports (40%) and final examination (60%).

Related courses

  • GRE.P101 : Processes for creation in science and technology【5th】
  • GRE.B101 : Fundamentals of Electronics

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

No prerequisite, however, review of physics and mathematics is highly recommended.

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

E-mail: matsuzawa.a.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Contact by e-mail advance to schedule an appointment and come to professor’s office (S3-312).

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