School Of EngineeringElectronic SystemsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 87111.1
Discipline: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Students should have knowledge in Electronics and Digital Signal Processing.
About this Unit
The unit covers advances and modern design techniques in electronic circuits, noise and noise reduction, and practical filtering and its applications. Topics include an introduction to systems - the synthesis approach, system overview, parts of a system, interface considerations; noise and noise reduction - application of low-noise techniques in audio and radio circuits, noise sources in transistor amplifiers, design criteria for low noise, external noise sources, earth loops, driving and receiving differential lines; power supplies - practical specification and component parameters, linear and switching circuits, choosing an appropriate supply; practical filtering - choice of filter, explanation of filter characteristics, design procedure for realisation of simple filters, practical implementations; frequency domain manipulation - heterodyne and frequency multiplication techniques; case study - Armstrong's method for frequency modulation; and phase-sensitive techniques - the phase-locked loop as a control system, phase comparators, phase-sensitive detection.