This course is INACTIVE
School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Department
Electrical Engineering Technol
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Electrical/Electronics
Course Number
155
Course Title
Analog Electronics 1
Credit Hours
3.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
62.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
62.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Pre-requisites
ELEC-106
Catalog Course Description
Covers fundamental circuits and their characteristics. Focuses on rectifier circuits and amplifier systems. Laboratory work consists of experiments in rectification, filtering, amplification, and coupling.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Core Course Topics
- Power supply circuits, transformers, half-wave rectifier, capacitor type filters.
- Full-wave rectifier circuits, bridge rectifiers, voltage doublers, zener regulators.
- Transistor characteristics.
- Transistor biasing, load lines, measuring amplifier performance.
- Common emitter amplifier.
- Multistage amplifiers, direct coupling, negative feedback, and distortion.
- Dual-power supply common emitter amplifier.
- Common Collector amplifier (Emitter follower circuit).
- Common base amplifier.
- Field effect transistors and FET amplifiers.
- Decibels and frequency response.
- Frequency response of RC circuits and high pass filter.
- Multistage amplifiers, RC coupling, and improving frequency response.
- Cascade audio amplifiers.
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)
- Analyze rectifier and filter circuits and determine the anticipated output voltage and ripple characteristics.*
- Analyze Zener type voltage regulation circuits.*
- Design and analyze common emitter transistor amplifier circuits using fixed, and voltage divider methods of biasing.*
- Explain amplifier A.C. equivalent circuit conditions and calculate predicted voltage gain.*
- Analyze emitter follower and common base transistor amplifier circuits.*
- Explain negative and positive feedback in amplifiers.
- Analyze RC coupling and Direct coupling as it relates to amplifiers.*
- Explain frequency response of amplifiers.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
- Unit and chapter tests given throughout the semester. Tests represent 50 percent of the course grade.
- Informal and formal laboratory activities and performance exercises in which students demonstrate an understanding of assigned circuits. formal laboratory activities are submitted as a written report and represents 25 percent of the course grade.
- Final exam in which common questions are asked covering the units and topics presented throughout the semester. The final exam is worth 25 percent of the course grade.
Outcomes
Satisfies Wellness Requirement
No
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Other Details
Review of Student Portfolio and Student Interview
Approval Dates
Effective Term
Fall 2019