EE3300/EE5300 Electronics Applications
Subject information
Start here for an overview of the subject.
Subject calendar
Use the JCU timetable to find the times and locations of workshops and practicals.
| Week | Course material | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Revision of basic electronics: Diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field-effect transistors, small signal models, and basic amplifier configurations. | |
| 1 | Week 1 – Small signals: Modular design in electronics, the importance of input and output impedances, the Ebers-Moll model, the Early effect, channel length modulation, current mirrors, and differential pairs. Mini-project: Build your own op-amp from scratch. | Familiarise yourself with the portfolio and start choosing a project to design |
| 2 | Week 2 – Frequency responses and feedback: Finding poles by inspection, the Miller effect, high frequency models of transistors, feedback, open loop and closed loop behaviour, and real-world limitations of op-amps. Mini-projects: (1) Characterise op-amp non-idealities; (2) Build a voltage controlled oscillator using op-amps. | |
| 3 | Week 3 – Stability: Feedback stability criteria, gain and phase margins, compensation strategies, and oscillators. Mini-projects: (1) Design compensation circuits to improve stability in feedback systems; (2) Build a Colpitts oscillator circuit. | Quiz 1 (during the Wednesday workshop; covering weeks 1 - 2) |
| 4 | Week 4 – Power: Power amplifiers, amplifier classes, power semiconductor devices including IGBTs and SCRs, and protection circuits. Mini-projects: (1) Build a motor driver circuit with current limiting; (2) Implement a position control system using the motor driver. | |
| 5 | Week 5 – High frequency and noise: transmission lines, characteristic impedance, the Telegrapher’s Equations, impedance matching, and noise in circuits. Mini-project: Simulate and experimentally test impedance matching circuits. | |
| 6 | Week 6 – Design project: project help | Quiz 2 (during the Wednesday workshop; covering weeks 3 - 5) |
| 7 | Assessment week: Project presentations | Submit portfolio |