General information


Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Julián Horrillo Tello

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Marcos Faúndez Zanuy

Teaching languages


Part of the documentation is in Spanish and English 

Skills


Specific skills
  • CE20: Understand the basics and applications of analog electronics.

  • CE24: Train to design analog, digital and power electronic systems.

Transversal competences
  • CT2: That students have the ability to work as members of an interdisciplinary team either as one more member, or performing management tasks in order to contribute to developing projects with pragmatism and a sense of responsibility, assuming commitments taking into account count available resources.

Description


The subject of Analog Electronics II is part of the subject Analog Electronic Systems. The purpose of the course is to train students in the Engineering Degree in Industrial and Automatic Electronics so that they are able to understand, interpret and perform calculations in the most conventional Analog Electronics circuits, performed with operational amplifiers. It is also intended to train the student in the basic knowledge of passive and active filters. The subject is very strongly supported by the contents developed in the subjects Analog Electronics I and Electrical Systems.

This subject has methodological and digital resources to make possible its continuity in non-contact mode in the case of being necessary for reasons related to the Covid-19. In this way, the achievement of the same knowledge and skills that are specified in this teaching plan will be ensured.

The Tecnocampus will make available to teachers and students the digital tools needed to carry out the course, as well as guides and recommendations that facilitate adaptation to the non-contact mode.

Learning outcomes


  1. Identifies and applies linear models of electronic components.
  2. Design amplifier and switching circuits.
  3. Analyzes application circuits of operational, linear and nonlinear amplifiers.

Working methodology


The subject consists of 3 hours a week of face-to-face classes in the classroom and 1 hour a week (2 hours / fortnight) of laboratory practices. Classroom work will be based on classes where the teacher will explain the theoretical concepts, problem solving and, if deemed appropriate, the collaborative resolution of exercises by students. 

 

The internship sessions will be compulsory and will be carried out in groups of 15-20 students, divided into work teams of 1 to 3 students who will perform the work indicated in the corresponding internship script, in the assigned laboratory.

It is scheduled outside the classroom Circuit simulation work in Pspice by students.

Students will also have to dedicate additional time, non-contact, to the resolution of exercises, preparation of the written test, etc.

In the case of online teaching due to the Covid-19 pandemic, teaching will be online from home

Contents


 

Content title 1: OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER.

Description

Physical constitution and principle of operation

Ideal operational amplifier

Non-ideal properties of operational amplifiers.

 

Content title 2: LINEAR APPLICATIONS OF THE OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER.

Description

Linear applications of operational amplifiers:

Adder.

Subtractor.

Adder-subtractor.

Voltage-current and current-voltage converters.

Differential instrumentation amplifier.

 

Content title 3: NON-LINEAR APPLICATIONS OF THE OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER.

Description

Nonlinear applications of operational amplifiers:

Comparator.

Schmitt trigger.

Rectifier.

Trimmer.

Logarithmic and anti-logarithmic amplifier.

 

Content title 4: FILTERS.

Description

Filter concepts.

Gain and phase. Bode diagram.

Passive filters.

Active filters.

 

Content title 5: MULTIVIBRATOR CIRCUITS.

Description

Multivibrator circuit concept.

Stable and monostable.

Discrete multivibrators.

Integrated multivibrators.

 

Learning activities


With the aim of gathering evidence of the achievement of the learning outcomes essential to pass the subject, the following evaluative activities will be carried out:

Assessment activity 1: Written tests (E1 and E2).

Description

Written tests (exams) to evaluate the contents developed in the subject.

E1: topics 1 and 2

E2: topics 3, 4 and 5

Support material

Notes and collection of problems.

Bibliography.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Test resolution.

Represents 70% of the total grade of the subject.

Links to learning outcomes

Evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes 1- to 3-.

 

Assessment activity 2: Laboratory Practices (P).

Description

Simulation of circuits with Pspice and observations and measurements of various experiments made in the Control and Electronics laboratory,

Support material

Pspice Practice Guide and Tutorial.

Laboratory material and instrumentation.

Simulation program (Pspice / Orcad within Cadence)

Moodle platform.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Circuit simulation and descriptive report delivered to moodle.

Preliminary test of the previous practice (15 min).

Subsequent report of each practical session.

This activity represents 20% of the final grade of the subject.

Links to learning outcomes

Evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes 1- to 3-.

Evidence of the achievement of the competence CT 2.

 

Evaluation activity 3: Simulations in Pspice (SP).

Description

Simulation of electronic circuits with Pspice.

Support material

Pspice Simulation Script and Tutorial.

Simulation program (Pspice / Orcad within Cadence)

Moodle platform.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Circuit simulation and descriptive report delivered to moodle.

This activity represents 10% of the final grade of the subject.

Links to learning outcomes

Evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes 1- to 3-.

Evidence of the achievement of the competence CT 2.

Rules for carrying out the activities

All the information about the activities to be carried out will be published in Moodle (ecampus).

A written form will be provided, if applicable. The student will only need writing utensils and a calculator.

Practices

The evaluation of practices consists of three parts with equal score:

1. Prior report (done individually), which will be delivered via MOODLE. This report will be the simulation in Pspice of the exercises of the practice to realize. It is the evidence of the achievement of the CT 2 competition. The report will be evaluated within a maximum of one week.

2. Individual previous test to be performed at the beginning of each practice. It will last 15 minutes.

3. Final report of the practice (done in group in the laboratory and presented individually). This report must be submitted via Moodle before leaving the internship session.

Deliveries will not be accepted outside the established deadlines or through unforeseen means, except in cases of force majeure.

 

Evaluation system


The final grade (QF) of the subject is calculated as follows:

QF = {(E1 + E2) / 2} 0,7 + P 0,2 + SP 0,1

Minimum grades:

Exams {(E1 + E2) / 2}: 4,0

Practices: 5,0

It is mandatory to carry out all the activities of the subject.

In the event that any of the grades of the activities is below the corresponding minimum grade, the final grade of the course will be a maximum of 4,0.

There will be an extraordinary recovery session of the Ex activity for those students who have not passed the subject in the ordinary assessment and have obtained a grade higher than 2.5 on the average of the exams. The qualification of this recovery will substitute to the one of the activity Ex inside the evaluation of the asignatura, whenever it is upper. P activities are not recoverable. In case of the recovery session, the maximum final grade will be limited to 5.

REFERENCES


Basic

Marcos Faúndez Zanuy. Transparencies of Analog Electronics. ESUPT Tecnocampus. 2021 available on e-campus

Practices of Analog Electronics II. ESUPT Tecnocampus. Available on e-campus

Sergio Franco Design With Operational Amplifiers And Analog Integrated Circuits. McGraw-Hill 2014

Lights M Faulkenberry INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS APPLICATIONS. 2000 Editorial Limusa

Albert Malvino, David Bates, PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRONICS. 7th ED. January 15, 2007 McGraw-Hill

Complementary

Operational amplifiers and linear integrated circuits: Theory and application, Fiore, James M., Paraninfo, 2002.

Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits, 6th Edition. Robert F. Coughlin, Frederick F. Driscoll, Ed. Pearson, 2001.

The art of Electronics. Paul Horowitz, Windfield Hill, Ed. Cambridge University Press, 3rd Edition 2015.

R. Safont. Theory Notes and Analog Electronics Problem Collection. ESUPT Tecnocampus.

M. Faundez Zanuy Electronic circuits for communication systems. Ed. CEYSA 2004

Quintáns Graña, Camilo "Simulation of electronic circuits with ORCAD PSPICE. 2nd Edition Editorial Marcombo 2022