Circuit Analysis and Logic Design

ELEC 3220SED

Course Guide

ELEC 3220SED

Course Guide

Circuit Analysis and Logic Design

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Course Coordinator:

Dr Wilson Chu Hon-wai, BS (Boston); MSE (Elec. Eng.), MSE (Math. Sc.) (Johns Hopkins University); PhD (HKUST); SrMIEEE

ELEC 3220SED is a six-credit unit, two-term, 3000-level course. It is intended for students who wish to study for a BSc degree in Electronics.

Advisory prerequisite(s)

Students are advised to have studied the foundation mathematics course MATH 1220SED or other equivalent level course before studying this course.

Aims

This course aims to:

provide students with a basic concept of electrical principles and circuit theory;
prepare students to solve problems in electronic systems;
enable students to diagnose faults in electronic systems; and
prepare students to design a circuit to meet a new performance specification.

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to acquire the following skills and abilities:

explain basic electrical principles and work with different electronic equipment and various types of electronic components;
apply electrical theories and laws to analyse and solve problems with both d.c. and a.c.electrical circuits;
design and implement combinational and sequential systems;
apply computer-aided design tools to simulate logic circuits; and
explain different types of analogue-digital conversions and memory systems.

Contents

The course consists of the following study units:

Unit 1 — Fundamental electrical principles

Unit 2 — Circuit theories

Unit 3 — AC circuit analysis

Unit 4 — Combinational circuits and implementation

Unit 5 — Sequential circuits and implementation

Unit 6 — Binary arithmetic and computer aided design

Unit 7 — Analogue-digital conversion

Unit 8 — Memory systems

Learning support

There will be total seven two-hour tutorials, three two-hour surgeries, two two-hour short laboratory sessions and two five-hour long laboratory sessions throughout the course.

Tutorial and surgery sessions are used to present and explain the basic concepts of electronics. The laboratory sessions offer opportunities for students to put into practice what they have learnt. Students are required to attend the two long laboratory sessions; they cannot pass the course without such attendance.

Assessment

Course assessment includes continuous assessment (50% weighting) and a final examination (50% weighting).

Continuous assessment includes three assignments (20%, 20% and 10% weighting). The assignments are mainly problem-solving and they include computer simulation. A formal report on particular laboratory work is assessed.
A closed-book final examination.

Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Online requirement

This course is supported by the Online Learning Environment (OLE). You can find the latest course information from the OLE. Through the OLE, you can communicate electronically with your tutor and the Course Coordinator as well as other students. To access the OLE, students will need to have access to the Internet. The use of the OLE is required for the study of this course.

Equipment

A computer system suitable for running the ELEC 3220SED software package is essential. The minimum configuration of the computer system is:

Pentium CPU
Microsoft Windows 10
Colour monitor
4 GB RAM
20 GB free hard disk space
Mouse

Software

You should have at least Windows 10.

Set book(s)

There are no set books for this course.

Students with disabilities or special educational needs

The visual components of this course may cause difficulties for students with a visual impairment. You are encouraged to seek advice from the Course Coordinator before enrolling in the course.