Overall objectives:

1 - Present the key components of electronic circuits and explain their operation.
2 - Understand, analyze, design and scale the most common circuits constructed with diodes.
3 - Understand, analyze, design and scale the most common circuits constructed with bipolar juntion transistors.
4 - Understand, analyze, design and scale the most common circuits constructed with field effect transistors.
5 - Understand, analyze, design and scale the most common circuits constructed with operational amplifiers.
6 - Employing suitable equipment and techniques for practical assignments.
7 - Improve the use of simulation software.
8 - Learn printed circuit board fabrication techniques.

Syllabus:

1 - Diodes: Ideal and real diodes; operation in different regions and their models; rectifier circuits, limiting circuits, DC component restorer; Fundamentals of semiconductors - doping, pn junctions, drift and diffusion currents; Other types of diodes.
2 - Bipolar Junction Transistors: Structure and physical operation of the transistor; Modes of operation - Ebers-Moll model, current-voltage characteristics in common base and common emitter, the saturation regime, rupture; Functioning as an amplifier or switch; Polarization of BJTs circuits, small signal operation and pi-hybrid and T models; amplifiers with a single BJT - common emitter, common emitter with emitter resistance, common base and common collector or emitter follower.
3 - Field Effect Transistors: Enrichment MOSFET structure; The mechanism of channel creation; iD - vDS curve; Complementary MOS or CMOS; regimes of operation; Depletion MOSFET, The MOSFET as an amplifier or switch, polarization and small signal models; Amp. with a common source; amp. with a common source and a source resistance, Amp. with a common gate, Amp. with a common drain or source follower; Junction FETs.
4 - Operational Amplifiers: signals in common mode and difference mode, ideal operational amplifiers, comparators, inverting and non inverting configurations; difference mode amplifiers; real operational amplifiers; generic impedances - integrator and differentiator configurations.

Literature/Sources:

Luís Gomes , 2010 , Apontamentos de Dispositivos Electrónicos , Universidade da Madeira
Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith , 2004 , Microelectronic Circuits , Oxford University Press
Paul Scherz , 2006 , Practical Electronics for Inventors , McGraw Hill/TAB Electronics

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
2 Exams: The Exams are intended to assess the theoretical and theoretical/practical knowledge acquired by students. 5 practical laboratory assignments: The assignments are assessed by writen reports (3) or oral presentations (2). These assignmente allow the students to apply the acquired knowledge (either in the laboratory and in terms of simulation), and also allows them to develop writing skills, improve the presentation of results, their oral communication skills and teamwork. There is a 6th assignment, related to objective O8, which is not evaluated.