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  • ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS emphasizes the concept of electronic device applications. The course covers the fundamental of electronic circuit application which include power supply unit, oscillator, operational amplifier, timer, filters and AD/DA converters. The content cover circuit configurations, operation and application of the electronic circuits.

  • 1.0 Linear DC Power Supply

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      At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 

      1.1 Remember operation of a DC power supply circuit.

      1.2 Understand diode as wave rectifiers.

      1.3 Apply filter in power supply circuit.

      1.4 Apply voltage regulator in power supply circuit.

      1.5 Apply voltage divider circuit.

      1.6 Apply full-wave rectifier, π filter and Zener diode voltage regulator circuits in a power supply unit.


  • 2.0 Oscillators

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      At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

      2.1 Understand sinusoidal oscillator circuits and their characteristics.

      2.2 Apply the theory of sinusoidal oscillator to various oscillator circuits.

  • 3.0 Operational Amplifier (OP-AMP)

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      At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

      3.1 Remember general Op-Amp circuit design.

      3.2 Understand characteristics of ideal Operational Amplifier.

      3.3 Construct components of Differential Amplifier block diagram.

      3.4 Apply theory of Op-Amp in electronic circuits.

  • 4.0 Timers

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      At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

      4.1 Remember operation and applications of the 555 timer.

      4.2 Understand operation and application of Schmitt trigger.

      4.3 Apply parameters of 555 timer and the Schmitt trigger.

  • 5.0 Filters

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      Students should be able to:

      5.1 Remember working principle of frequency filter circuits.

      5.2 Understand operation and application of passive filters.

      5.3 Apply parameters of passive filters.

      5.4 Understand operation and application of active filters.

      5.5 Apply parameters of active filter.

  • 6.0 Analogue to Digital and Digital to Analogue (AD/DA) Converters

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      At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

      6.1 Understand methods of digital to analogue (DAC) conversion.

      6.2 Apply methods of analogue to digital (ADC) conversion.

      6.3 Apply theory of A/D converter circuits.