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FYS1210 - Elementary electronics with project work

Course content

Passive components, semiconductors, PN-transitions, bipolar/unipolar tranistors, MOS-transistors, integrated circuits and amplifiers. Feedback, power sources, signal and pulse generators, logic circuits, sensors and transducers, analog-digital conversion, electronic instruments and measurement techniques. Introduction to simulation of circuit constructions.

Learning outcomes

After this course, students should be able to:

• describe the properties of passive electronic components such as resistors, capacitors and coils, and analyze simple electrical circuits with such components.
• explain how semiconductors are made, and understand what happens when semiconductor materials are "doped".
• describe and calculate how semiconductor components and operational amplifiers can be used in amplifiers, logic circuit elements and sensors.
• explain how the "Miller effect" , "Slew rate" and “GBW-product” limits the performance of such circuits.
• design simple frequency filters, and draw its “Bode-plots”.
• use PSpice simulator for analysis of electronic circuits.
• make a project report describing the problem, methods, results and conclusions in a clear manner.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisites

In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:

One of these:

• Mathematics R1
• Mathematics (S1+S2)

And and in addition one of these:

• Mathematics (R1+R2)
• Physics (1+2)
• Chemistry (1+2)
• Biology (1+2)
• Information technology (1+2)
• Geosciences (1+2)
• Technology and theories of research (1+2)

The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about special admission requirements.

Recommended prior knowledge

High school physics.

Overlap

5 credits against INF1411 - Elektroniske systemer.

10 credits overlap against FY108, which was offered the last time in spring semester 2003.

Teaching

The course extends over a full semester with 45 hours of lectures (3 hours per week), 30 hours of colloquia and problem solving (2 hours per week), compulsory lab work (approx. 60 hours), and project work (approx. 40 hours).

Exam information

Final written exam (3 hours). One has to pass 8-9 lab exercises and one project work.

Detailed information about examinations at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences can be found here

Assessment and grading

Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. Read more about the grading system .

An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.

Possibility of make-up exams and re-takes

This subject offers new examination in the beginning of the subsequent term for candidates who withdraw during an ordinary examination or fail an ordinary
examination.

Evaluation of this course

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