This unit covers analogue circuits; linear operational amplifiers (op-amps) applications; nonlinear applications of op-amps; characteristics of practical op-amps (CMRR, Bias currents, DC offsets); op-amp frequency and phase response; stability and compensation; low noise design; noise processes; characterisation of noise processes (mean and RMS voltage, auto-correlation function, power spectral density); BJT and FET noise models; general amplifier noise models; low noise circuit design; phase noise characteristics of amplifiers; and phase noise characteristics.<br/><br/>Students gain an understanding of the design of analogue electronic circuits and an appreciation of the factors that... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: (ENSC3014 Electronic Materials and Devices or ELEC2304 Physical Electronics 2) and (ELEC4401 Circuits and Electronic Systems or ELEC3301 Circuits and Electronic Systems 3)
