COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Computer Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Computer Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to present the general methods of circuit analysis and design as well as an introduction to electronic devices and analysis of electronic circuits.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands fundamental concepts such as voltage, current, power, energy used in circuit theory
2   To be able to analyze circuits using Ohm Law, Kirchoffs Laws, Superposition, Norton/Thevenin Equivalents
3   To be able to analyze Capacitive and Inductive circuits as well as sinusoidal steady state in AC circuits
4   Understands BJT abstraction and amplification concepts and analyzes BJTcircuits
5   Analyzes diode and operation amplifier circuits

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Resistive circuits and Power
2 Electric circuit Theorems: Kirchoff's current and voltage laws
3 Electric circuit Theorems: Serial, parallel circuits elements and circuit analysis
4 Electric circuit Theorems: Norton and Thevenin Equivalents
5 Resistance and Capacitor, Resistance and Inductor circuit equations and analysis
6 Introduction to semi-conductors: solid state physics fundamentals and diode circuits
7 Biopolar junction transistors characteristics
8 Diode and Biopolar junction transistors circuit analysis
9 Circuit design of logic gates using bipolar junction transistors
10 Introduction to op-amp characteristics
11 Circuit analysis of op-amp circuits
12 Introduction to FET semiconductors and SRAM cell design
13 Circuit and electronics topics review
14 Circuit and electronics questions and answers

Recomended or Required Reading

Presentations
James W. Nilsson, Susan Riedel, Electric Circuits, 10th ed, Pearson, 2015
Robert Boylestad, Louis Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, 11th ed, Pearson, 2014
Laboratory Manual

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures / Presentation
Guided problem solving
Laboratory exercises

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In-semester studies will be evaluated with midterm exam and a number of laboratory activities.
The final exam will cover all course topics.

Assessment Criteria

All Learning Outcomes of the course will be evaluated by means of exams and laboratory activities.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Participation is mandatory (%70 theoretical courses and 80% practices)
2. Every cheating attempt will be finalized with disciplinary action.
3. Instructor reserves the right to quizzes. Notes should be added to these examinations, midterm and final exam grades.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Özlem ÖZTÜRK
Dokuz Eylul University
Department of Computer Engineering
Tinaztepe Campus 35160 BUCA/IZMIR
Tel: +90 (232) 301 74 17
e-mail: ozlem.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be determined according to the semester load.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Labratory 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Lab Preparation 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1433532
LO.24335342
LO.35333
LO.4433532
LO.54335342

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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