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Not applicable.

Students will become familiar with modern programs and methods for computer-aided design of electronic circuits and systems. They will be able to work immediately with all programs of the Spice family including the creation and modification of models of circuit devices and functional blocks. They will become familiar with design of basic electronic circuits with transistors and operating amplifiers.

The subject knowledge from the first year of study is sufficient.

Not applicable.

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Conditions for successful completion of the course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Lectures:
1. Spice language: syntax, part definition, subcircuits, models, libraries.
2. Circuit characterization in DC, AC, and time domains, initial conditions. Optimization.
3. Tolerance and sensitivity analysis, Monte Carlo, worst case analysis.
4. Modeling of electronics devices and subsystems, operational amplifiers.
5. Feedback and stability.
6. Design of transistor circuits.
7. Modeling of switched power supplies. Computer-aided design of analog frequency filters.


Computer exercises:
1. Introduction to the PSpice program. Device characteristics, operating point, small-signal parameters.
2. Model creation.
3. Advanced functions of postprocessor. Frequency response.
4. Tolerance and sensitivity analyses, Monte Carlo, worst-case analysis. Determination of required part tolerances.
5. Modeling of operating amplifier.
6. Analysis of feedback loop in circuits with operating amplifier, compensation.
7. Design of RC oscillator, amplitude stabilization.
8. Transistor amplifier: design, symbolic analysis, stability.
9. Design of frequency filter - complete design including tolerance analysis.
10. Influence of real parameters of operating amplifiers on filter properties.
12. Averaged model of DC-DC converter.
12. - 13. Individual projects.

Not applicable.

The aim of the course is to make the students familiar with modern methods and programs for computer-aided analysis and design of electronic circuits and systems. The knowledge of algorithms and models, including their limitations, allows the students to properly formulate design task and to solve possible errors. During computer exercises, the subject matter is demonstrated on design of basic analog circuits with transistors and operating amplifiers.

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

MALIK, N. R. Electronic Circuits: Analysis, Simulation, and Design. Prentice Hall, 1995. (EN)

Not applicable.

39 hours, compulsory

1. Introduction into PSpice design system. Basics of operation exercised in analysis of simple nonlinear circuit.

2. Transistor characteristics, design and verification of DC operating point, small-signal parameters, harmonic distortion, time domain power analysis.

3. Tolerance and sensitivity analysis in the DC and AC domain. Monte Carlo and Worst-Case analyses. Determination of maximum allowable tolerances.

4. Modeling of tantalum capacitor by means of optimization.

5. Functional model of operating amplifier derived from datasheet. Its transformation into netlist and insertion into library.

6. Feedback, stability, compensation in a circuit with operating amplifier.

7. Design of transistor amplifier. DC operating point. Approximate symbolical analysis. Tolerance and temperature analysis.

8. Design and optimization of two-transistor amplifier.

9. RC oscillator.

10. Design of analog frequency filter.

11. Nonlinear functional block with operating
amplifier.

12. Simple PCB design in OrCAD.