ENBE 455

Basic Electronic Design

Tuesday & Thursday 3:30pm – 5:20pm (1 ½ hr)

Last time taught: Fall, 2001

Objectives: To become familiar with fundamental electronic circuits and common electronic instrumentation, to learn circuit designs using computer aids and become familiar with circuit fabrication, and be able to design electronic circuits to perform realistic tasks.

Course Outline:

Part I:  Electronic FUNDAMENTALS
Chap. 1-3	Voltage/Current, Ohm’s Law Resistors
Chap. 4-7,17,20	Series and parallel circuits
Chap. 9,10	Kirchhoff’s Laws and Networks
Chap. 16-26	AC Circuits, Capacitance, Inductance, Reactance, and RLC Transient, Time Constant, Phase Diagram.
Part II: Amplifiers and Filters
Chap. 27	Passive Filters
Chap. 28	Semiconductor Devices, Diodes, LEDs, and ICs
Chap. 29	Operational Amplifiers and Math Functions
Chap. Ref	Active Filters
Part III:  Digital Electronics
Chap. 29	Digital Gates and Truth Tables
Chap. 31:	Digital Logics, Boolean Algebra, and Circuit Designs
Chap. 31:	Sequential Circuits, Flip-Flops, Registers, Buffers, Samples and Hold, Multiplexes, Multi Vibrators
Chap. 32	A/D and D/A Conversions and IC Interfaces
Part IV: Device Drive and Fabrication
Chap. Handout	Electro-Mechanical Devices, Power Circuits, Device Drivers
Appendix B	Fabrication Techniques

Grading: Homework 20%, Lab Reports 20%, Quizzes and Exams 30%, Design Project 30%

Text and References: (Video Tapes: ENBE455 by Art Johnson. UMD Library.)

[1]  Text: Grob B. Basic Electronics. 1997. 8^th Edition. McGraw-Hall.

[2]  Diefenderfer A.J. and B.E. Holton.1994. Principles of Electronic Instrumentation.3^rd ed. Saunders College Publishing.

[3]  Faraser.C and J. Milne. 1994. Electromechanical Engineering An Integrated Approch. McGraw-Hill.

Instructional Procedures:

Lectures: Two 1 ½ hour sessions will be held each week. The first will be a lecture/discussion period devoted to presentation of theory and component description. Design procedures will also be presented. The section period each week will be devoted to laboratory exercises to reinforce theoretical concepts and hands-on ability.

Exams and homework: Quizzes and homework problems will be assigned each week. Homework will be due one week after it is assigned. Students are expected to work on homework independently, however, discussions for difficult problem solving are allowed.

Labs: Laboratory reports are due one week after they are assigned. Lab exercises and lab reports will be worked in groups. Each person is expected to contribute fully to the efforts of the group. Each member of the group will sign submission and this signature will designate that the individual: 1) contributed fully to the submission, 2) know how to do all the work her- or himself, and 3) attests that all other members of the group know how to do the work. Group contributions will be assessed at the end of the course. Teamwork is encouraged.

Project: At the end of the semester, students in each group will be required to complete a final design project to solve a realistic problem. A chief engineer will be elected by each group to accomplish the team project. At the end of the semester, each group is required to demonstrate the design project and present the result to the class. A written report is due after the presentation.