Course: Advanced Electronic Circuits

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Course title Advanced Electronic Circuits
Course code KERS/RPEON
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Brtník Bohumil, Ing. Dr.
Course content
1. Operational amplifier: differential stage, current mirror, Darlington pair, terminal stage, protection circuits. Transmission characteristics, voltage asymmetry. 2. Open loop frequency response, slew rate, GBW, effect of finite value of input and output resistance. Effect of input capacitances. 3. Circuits in current mode: characteristics of circuits in current mode. Basic circuits: conveyor, transimpedance amplifier, transconductance amplifier. Analysis of circuits in current mode. 4. Electrical filters: approximation of transfer function, design relations. Synthesis of ARC filters by comparison with transfer function. 5. Synthesis of LC filters: frequency and impedance normalization. Determination of filter order, cutoff frequencies and bandwidth. 6. LC oscillators: negative-resistance, reflex oscillators. Feedback oscillators: nonlinear and quasilinear interpretation of oscillator operation. Meisner, Reinartz, Hartley and Colpitt circuits. 7. Stable LC oscillators: Clapp's circuit, crystal controlled oscillator. Methods of oscillation amplitude stabilization, voltage controlled oscillator. 8. Astable, bistable and monostable flip-flop circuits. 9. Mixers: non-linear or additive mixers and parametric or multiplicative amplifiers. Symmetrized systems. Determination of the polarity of the combinatorial component. 10. Mixing power ratios, mixers with nonlinear resistive and accumulative components. Mixers with mirror suppression. Gilbert cell. 11. Quadrature modulators and phase and frequency detectors 12. Phase lock loop, ALK loop, Costas loop.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to build on the undergraduate courses Linear Electric Circuits and Computer Simulation of Electronic Circuits and to prepare students for the study of system courses and courses devoted to advanced analogue techniques and fast digital circuits. Emphasis is placed on the analysis and design of electronic circuits.
The student will gain the ability to analyze the properties of electronic circuits and design circuits with the required electrical parameters. Emphasis is placed on circuit design.
Prerequisites
This course follows Linear Electric Circuits and Computer Simulation of Electronic Circuits courses. The aim of the course (Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits) is to prepare students for study of advanced analog and digital circuits, and to study the circuits on the boundary between analog and digital area. The emphasis is on analysis and design (synthesis) of electronic circuits.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Self project defence

Good knowledge of linear electric circuits and computer simulation of electronic circuits is needed. A particular part of the study (besides the lectures and exercises) is the design of a chosen electronic circuit with written report.
Recommended literature
  • Bičák, J., Lajprt, M. a Vlček, M. Lineární obvody a systémy. Praha: ES ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-800-103-6495.
  • Brtník, B. Analogové soustavy. Praha, 2010. ISBN 80-7300-110-1.
  • Brtník, B. Elektronická opora k předmětu: Pokročilé elektronické obvody. 2024.
  • Brtník, B. Navrhování a analýza elektronických obvodů. Praha, 2018.
  • Dostál, J. Operační zesilovače. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7300-049-0.
  • Hájek, K. a Sedláček, J. Kmitočtové filtry. Praha: BEN ? technická literatura, 2005. ISBN 80-7300-023-7.
  • Žalud, V. a Dobeš, J. Moderní radiotechnika. Praha: BEN ? technická literatura, 2006. ISBN 80-7300-132-2.


Study plans that include the course
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