Course Catalog 2006-2007

TLT-8106 BASIC COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS, 4 cr
Basic Communication Circuits

Courses persons responsible
Nikolay Tchamov

Lecturetimes and places
Per IV: Wednesday 13 - 16, TB111
Per IV,V: Wednesday 13 - 16, TC173

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 3 h/week 3 h/week -
Exercise - - - 2 h/week 2 h/week -
Exercise work - - - 3 h/week 3 h/week -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
1) Skills for designing, simulating, mounting and measuring (including automatic measurements) of a real circuit. 2) Basic to intermediate knowledge about basic analog circuits used in communications: amplifiers, oscillators, data converters.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Signals and their measurements.       
2. Amplifiers: basics, low-noise amplifier, power amplifier. Amplifier noise.       
3. Feedback and stability, voltage controlled oscillators.       
4. Impedance matching.       
5. Data converters.       

Requirements for completing the course
1) Completed laboratory and auditorium exercises with designed, simulated, mounted and measured circuit. Report from the exercises. 2) Successful exam.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • 1) Exercises ¿ 50% of the grade. 2) Exam ¿ 50% of the grade.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Lecture slides           Yes  English 
    Summary of lectures           Yes  English 
    Book Electronics, 2nd edition A. R. Hambley 0-13-691982-0   Prentice Hall, 2000, ISBN 0-13-691982-0 No  English 
    Book Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits P. R. Gray, P. J. Hurst, S. H. Lewis, R. G. Mayer 0-471-32168-0   J.Wiley&Sons, 2001, ISBN 0-471-32168-0 No  English 
    Book Solid State Radio Engineering H. L. Krauss, C. W. Bostian, F. H. Raab 0-471-03018-   J. Wiley&Sons, 1980, ISBN 0-471-03018-X No  English 

    Prerequisites
    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    Knowledge of university entry-level physics, mathematics and circuit theory is recommended.

    Distance learning

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 85 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 15 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 63
    Exercises 28
    Assignments 12
    Laboratory assignments 36
    Total sum 139

    Correspondence of content
    8307020 Basic Communication Circuits

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    Last modified 25.04.2006
    Modified byTarja Erälaukko