2016 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(S221)  
Group
-
Course number
EEE.G291
Credits
1
Academic year
2016
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2017/1/11
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course provides an overview of electronics. Fundamentals of electromagnetism, electrical circuits, electromagnetic wave engineering, semiconductor engineering, electronic circuits, and control engineering and relations among them are overviewed.
The course aims to guide students toward further studying electrical and electronic engineering by overviewing electronics. In particular, fundamental principles and basic equations and their solutions in electronics are discussed and the meaning of complex representation and usefulness of the Laplace transform are shown.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to acquire the abilities to:
1) Explain fundamentals and relationship between them in electrical and electronic engineering, systematically.
2) Solve the fundamental differential equations.
3) Explain the meaning of complex representation.
4) Explain the meaning of the Laplace transform and use it.

Keywords

electromagnetism, electrical circuits, electromagnetic wave, semiconductor engineering, electronic circuits, control engineering, electric field, magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, vector analysis, resistor, capacitor, inductor, Kirchhoff's laws, Laplace transform, complex number, Maxwell’s equation, Schrodinger equation, oscillation, frequency characteristics, transient characteristics, MOS transistor, semiconductor, operational amplifier.

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 class. Students must make a report on the tasks shown in the previous class and submit it in the next 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 Basic characteristics of electrical elements and complex number Can explain the basic characteristics of the electrical elements, the complex representation, and the Laplace transform.
Class 3 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 4 Electric circuit -- AC circuits and frequency characteristics Can use the complex and vector expressions in AC circuits and derive the frequency characteristics.
Class 5 Electromagnetic wave Can derive the plane wave from Maxwell’s equation and explain the fundamental principle of distributed circuit and the nature of electromagnetic wave.
Class 6 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 7 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 8 Negative feedback and control Can explain the basic operating principle of the operational amplifiers and the control circuits.

Textbook(s)

The textbook is provided by PDF file on OCW-i.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Course materials can be found on OCW-i.

Assessment criteria and methods

Student’s course scores are conducted based on the due reports (40%) and final examination (60%).

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

No prerequisite, however, review of physics and mathematics studied in high school is highly recommended.

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

E-mail: matsu[at]ssc.pe.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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