Knowledge and understanding: basic knowledge of semiconductors and electronic devices.
Applying knowledge and understanding: ability in designing and simulating simple electronic circuits.
Making judgments: capability of choosing the correct electronic components and circuit type according to electronic system requirements.
Communication skills: ability to describe the choices taken during project development.
Learning skills: capability to extract useful information from scientific textbooks and electronic components datasheet in order to design simple electronic systems.

Basic knowledge in mathematics, physics and chemistry, circuit theory, systems theory and automatic control.

The course is offered in two versions: 6 ects (only the main part) and 9 ects (also the complementary topics)

Main part
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Introduction. Electric signals. Amplifiers, load, main amplifier parameters (Av, Ai, Rin, Rout).

Diodes. Equivalent circuit for small signals; simple circuits.

JFET, MOSFET and BJT transistors: polarization and stability of the bias point, equivalent circuits for small signals, their use as amplifiers, main configurations (CS/CE, CG/CB, CD/CC).

Coupling between stages (AC, DC). Differential stages, current sink and sources, other simple circuits. Miller effect, high frequency behaviour.

CMOS (hints).

The operational amplifier. Circuits with opamps.

Stability of a system with feedback. Types of amplifiers (V, gm, Z, I). Sinusoidal oscillators.

Power supplies and power amplifiers.

Noise and EMC (hints).

The module also includes exercises, simulations using Spice and a lab. activity (building and testing a simple JFET amplifier).

Complementary topics
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Semiconductors. Doping. Electrons and holes. Currents in semiconductors.

The pn junction.

Complementary topics on transistors, opamps, oscillators and power electronics.

Further lab. activity (building and testing of simple opamp circuits).

Neil Storey, Electronics: A systems approach, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2009.(Bibl. tecnico-scientifica 21a/0248).

Theory: classroom teaching with slides; exercises: at the blackboard; classroom demonstrations: using Spice simulator; lab. activities: with transistors, opamps (for the 9 ects version) and bench instruments.

Further informtion and teaching material are available on the teacher web site
https://sites.units.it/carrato/didatt/index.html

The exams aims at verifying that the student is confident with the most common electronic devices and their application in simple circuits (single stage amplfiers, oscillators, power amps...).
It consists in three parts:
1. Small project: Spice simulation and, for the 9 ects version, physical realization on breadboard
2. Written exercise: typically, analysis or synthesis of a single stage amplifier
3. Oral examination.
Further information can be found on the teacher web page
http://www2.units.it/carrato/didatt/E_web/index.html

In any type of content produced by the student for admission to or participation in an exam (projects, reports, exercises, tests), the use of Large Language Model tools (such as ChatGPT and the like) must be explicitly declared. This requirement must be met even in the case of partial use. Regardless of the method of assessment, the teacher reserves the right to further investigate the student's actual contribution with an oral exam for any type of content produced.

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