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Electronics 1 - ZITE1204
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Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
 
 
School:  School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering @ ADFA
 
 
Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
 
 
Campus: University College Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Introduction to intrinsic and doped semiconductors; Formation and characteristics of a PN junction diode; Zener and avalanche breakdown. Diode rectifier and simple filter circuits. Regulated power supplies using Zener diodes. Basic construction and characteristics of bipolar junction transistors (BJT); biasing circuits and Q-point selection. DC and graphical analysis of single stage, small signal, low frequency amplifier circuits. Introduction to electronic CAD tools (PSPICE). Operational amplifiers; ideal and non-ideal performance; introduction to filter and wave shaping circuit applications. Choosing electronic components.

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