CODE | ESE3106 | ||||||||||||||||||||
TITLE | Electronic Systems 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
DEPARTMENT | Electronic Systems Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||
DESCRIPTION | Transistors Breakdown Mechanisms & Thermal Management - Transistors’ Breakdown Mechanisms: Breakdown Mechanisms of BJT & FET Transistors, Primary and Secondary Breakdown, Early Effect, Punch-Through and Thermal Runaway - Thermal Management: Junction Temperature, Thermal Resistance, Power Dissipation & Temperature, Heat Sink Selection and Design, Safe Operating Area, Thermal Considerations to avoid Secondary Breakdown. - Transistor under Pulsed Conditions: Pulse Power & Duration Analysis, Transient & Steady State Temperature, Thermal Capacity, Thermal Impedance, Thermal Transient Impedance Factor, Single Pulse Operation, Multiple Pulse Operation, Limitation by Secondary Breakdown. Linear Voltage Regulators & Protection Circuitry - Linear Voltage Regulators: Series Voltage Regulators, Shunt Voltage Regulators, Line Regulation, Load Regulation, Temperature Coefficient, Analysis of Different Linear Voltage Regulator Circuits. - Linear Voltage Regulators Types: Standard, Quasi-Low Drop Out, Low Drop Out, Selecting the best regulator topology for different applications. Complete discrete voltage regulator design. - Protection Circuits: Reverse Voltage Protection, Over-voltage Protection, Over-Voltage Transient Protection, Transient Suppressor Devices, Electrostatic Discharge Protection, Current Limiters: Constant Type Current Limiter and Fold-Back Type Current Limiters. PCB Design & Electromagnetic Compatibility - Introduction to Electronics Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC): Components of an EMC Problem, EMC Sources, EMC Coupling Paths, EMC Victims. EMC Radiated Emissions, EMC Radiated Immunity, EMC Conducted Emissions, EMC Conducted Immunity, Electrostatic Discharge, Identifying Current Paths. - Introduction to Shielding Theory and Practical PCB EMI Shielding: Electric Field Shields, Faraday Cage, Partial Electric Field Shields, Magnetic Field Shields, Eddy Currents, Shielded Enclosures, Apertures, Seams, Cable Penetrations. - Introduction to Printed Circuit Board Layout: Strategies for Laying Out mixed signal, mixed power and mixed speed, multi-layer Printed Circuit Board. Identify the importance of ground and power planes. PCB Power Bus Decoupling. Identify the importance of electronics segregation. Identify potential board's EMI sources and victims. PCB design guidelines to minimize EMC and signal integrity problems. - Practical Printed Circuit Board (PCB) layout design. Examples of good and bad electronics system layout design for EMC and signal integrity requirements to be met. Laboratory work: - Design, develop and test of different discrete Series and Shunt Linear Voltage Regulator circuits. - Design, develop and test of constant type and fold-back type current limiters. - Multilayer PCB design utilizing Altium EDA software Project Work: - Design, develop and test of a mixed signal, mixed power, surface mount multi-layer printed circuit board. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to familiarize the student with the underlying electronic engineering philosophy behind real-world electronics design and development. It also makes the student aware of complexities and industrial standards faced by Electronics Design Engineers when creating an electronic product for the mass market. Furthermore this study-unit exhibits different design problems and considerations over a wide range of electronic applications involving thermal management, mixed signal electronics, PCB design and electromagnetic interference. This study-unit stresses the fundamental concepts and tools that electronics engineers can employ during system design in order to comply to the real industrial testing and certification. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe and analyze the breakdown operation of devices such as BJTs and MOSFETs. - Describe and appreciate the electronics issues coming up with thermal management. - Describe and analyze the operation and thermal consideration when power devices are operated under pulsed conditions. - Describe, analyze and design different linear voltage regulators topologies. - Describe analyze and utilize a variety of protection devices and circuits. - Describe the components of an electromagnetic and signal integrity problem. - Describe practical shielding methodologies. - Appreciate the design considerations and problems of a mixed signal, mixed power, mixed speed multi-layer printed circuit boards. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyze circuit behavior of the different electronic circuits and devices covered in this unit. - Design and develop mixed signal and mixed power electronics system design. - Printed circuit board design and development. - Design for real industrial electronics testing and certification. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Floyd, T. , Electronic Devices. Prentice Hall. - Horrowitz, P. And Hill, W., The Art of Electronics. Cambridge University Press. - Rashid M., Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices and Applications, Pearson Education. - Montrose M., EMC & the Printed Circuit Board, Design, Theory & Layout, Wiley Interscience. |
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ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: ESE2103; ESE2203 Co-requisite Study-unit: ESE3101 Please note that a pass in the Examination component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial, Practical and Project | ||||||||||||||||||||
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LECTURER/S | Evan Joe Dimech (Co-ord.) Ward Conrad Treeby |
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