IRE20012 Electronics (Spring 2025)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
10
Responsible faculty:
Faculty of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Economics
Campus:
Fredrikstad
Course Leader:
Manikandan Palanichamy
Teaching language:
English
Duration:
½ year

Table of contents

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

Compulsory course in Bachelor of Engineering, Study Programme: Digital electronics

Recommended previous knowledge

It is recommended that the student has passed exams in the subject: IRE10521 Electrical Circuits, or equivalent.

Teaching semester

2nd semester (spring).

Content

The following theme will be highlighted:

  • Diodes and diode circuits.
  • Amplifiers with bipolar transistors and field effect transistors.
  • Circuits with ideal operational amplifiers.
  • Filters.
  • Oscillators
  • Multivibrators
  • Frequency considerations.
  • Laplace calculus
  • Calculations and simulations.

The student's learning outcomes on passing the course

Knowledge

The student has basic knowledge of

  • elektrical circuits
  • active and passive components
  • circuit analysis and calculation methods

Skills

The student

  • performs calculations and simulations on electronic circuits
  • designs simple electronic circuits
  • connects, measures and evaluates results from practical laboratory work as well as simulations
  • reads and understands electronic connection forms
  • reads, understands and prepares documentation for electronic circuits

Generell competence

The student

  • communicates with other professionals using relevant terminology
  • understands the use of electronics in practical life

Teaching and learning methods

The teaching is conducted as lectures, theoretical exercises and practical assignments in the laboratory.

Workload

250-300 hours

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

  • Ca. 5 approved laboratory exercises
  • Minimum 5 approved assignments

Work requirements must be approved before the students can attend the exam.

Exam

Written exam, individual. Duration: 4 hours

Permitted aids: Calculator, with empty memory, which can not count symbolically or communicate wirelessly and brought personal formula collection (10 sheets).

Grade rules A to F are used

Examiners

One internal and one external examiner or two internal examiner.

Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams

Re-sit examination will be undertaken early the following semester.

Course evaluation

Continous evaluation of the teaching during the semester in which evaluation method is agreed upon between the teacher (-s) and students.

Written final evaluation of the course.

Reading list

The current reading list for 2025 Spring can be found in Leganto
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