THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (ENGINEERING)

COURSE INFORMATION

ECX 6250- ANALOG ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

Academic Year: 2016-17

Academic Coordinator: S.A.D.A.N Dissanayake

Contact Details: Email: sadis@ou.ac.lk

Learning Outcomes:
On the completion of this course student will be able to;
Describe the behaviour of semiconductor devices
Derive equations related to semiconductor devices and circuits related.
Analyze the circuit behaviour of the electronic circuits.

Continuous assessment activities:

No. of Activities: 06
Lab Classes: 03
Continuous Assessment Test: 02
Assignment: 03

Eligibility criteria:
CA Mark = (0.15*BTMA) +(0.15*SBTMA) + (0.3*BCAT) + ( 0.4*LAB) if LAB 40
CA Mark = 0 if LAB < 40
Where, BTMA - the best assignment submitted by the student (%)
SBTMA - the second best assignment submitted by the student (%)
BCAT - the best mark obtained out of the two CAT s (%)
LAB - the marks obtained for the lab classes (%)
Eligibility for the Final Examination : CA Mark 40

Final examination: Essay Type questions - 3 hours

Course materials:
The course material which can be collected from the dispatch centre will help in following the course. You need
to contact the academic or course coordinator if the course materials are not available in the dispatch.

Academic support:
Day schools: There will be three day schools at Colombo regional centre
Labs: There will be three lab evaluation sessions in Colombo Regional Centre. Attendance for labs is
compulsory.
You can email or meet the course coordinator at the Colombo regional centre. It is better to take a prior
appointment via email and come to avoid the possible inconveniences.

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Students contact information:
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Moodle
You can find the assignments and some useful materials in the Moodle.
Browse the course via http://ousl.nodes.lk/
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Recommended reading
Electronic devices and circuits by T.F Bogart, Jr.

Rules and Regulations

All students are expected to actively participate in labs, day schools and in online activities. Poor participation
and/or poor performance can be grounds for failure. While discussions and collaborations with other students is
a positive aspect, plagiarism, copying, giving or receiving aid during any test or examination are all strictly not
allowed. Any student caught in any of these will receive a failing grade regardless of marks earned on other
assessed work. Proper etiquette should be observed in using the Moodle.
For late assignment submissions, after the due date until the seventh day marks will be deducted 50%. After the
seventh date any late assignments will not be accepted.
Not attending to viva on an assigned date will result in 0 marks unless there is a valid reason and alternative
arrangements made promptly.

Syllabus outline:
Session-1: Diodes
Diodes in circuits; Piecewise linear diode model; nonlinear model; Circuit applications; Special types of diodes.
Session 2: Transistors at low frequencies
Use of Ebers Moll equation; Application to emitter follower circuit; Application to differential amplifier.
Session -3: Use of h-parameters at low frequencies
Use of h parameters; Cascaded amplifier; Transistor circuits with high input resistance.
Session 4: FETs at low frequencies
FET low frequency model; FET as a voltage variable resistor.
Session -5: BJT at high frequencies
The Hybrid pi common emitter model; Application to CE amplifier; Application to emitter follower amplifier.
Session 6: FETs at high frequencies
Common source amplifier at high frequency; Common Drain amplifier at high frequency.
Session -7: Frequency response of amplifiers
Low frequency response; High frequency response; Bode plots of single and two pole transfer functions; Step response and
square wave testing.
Session -8: Frequency response of multistage amplifiers
Cascaded stages of amplifiers; Low frequency behavior; High frequency behavior.
Session -9: Amplifiers with feedbacks
Amplifier types; Feedback types and use of the feedbacks.

Session -10: Stability of amplifiers

Bandwidth improvement by feedback; An amplifier with multiple poles.
Session -11: Stability and compensation technique
Conditions for stability; Gain and phase margins; dominant pole compensation; Pole Zero (Lead Lag) compensation;
modified network compensation.

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Session -12: Oscillators
Conditions for oscillation; Phase shift oscillator; Wien bridge oscillator; Colpitts and Hartly oscillators.
Session -13: Operational Amplifiers 1
Ideal op amp, inverting and non inverting configurations; Op amp front end the differential amplifier; Practical op amp
parameters.

Session -14: Operational Amplifiers 2

Temperature and time drifts; Large Signal behavior; Frequency compensation.
Session -15: Operational Amplifiers applications 1
Basic applications; Inverters; Voltage summer; Voltage to current converter; Current to voltage converter; DC voltage
follower; AC coupled amplifier; Differential amplifier; Bridge amplifier; Integrators and differentiators; Negative
impedance converter.
Session -16: Active filters
Low pass filter; High pass filter; Band pass filter; Band reject filter.
Session -17: Operational Amplifiers applications 3
Comparators; Sample and hold circuits; Precision rectifiers and peak detectors; Schmitt Trigger; Log and antilog
amplifiers; Waveform generators.

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