Course title
F00120002
Electronic Circuits

GYODA Koichi
Middle-level Diploma Policy (mDP)
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Information and Communications Engineering B-1 情報通信工学に共通する基礎的な概念を習得することができる。 Main
Computer Science and Engineering G 技術的課題に対してさまざまな工学分野の知識を関連付けながら主体的に取り組み、継続的に学修する能力を身に付けることができる。 Sub
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Purpose of class
The purpose of this class is to understand the properties of semiconductors and to be able to analyze the operation of transistors which is the fundamental building blocks of electronic circuits, as well as analyze and design basic amplifier circuits and oscillator circuits.
Course description
Electronic circuits include analog and digital circuits, but this course focuses primarily on analog circuits. Building upon the knowledge acquired in “Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits,” students will gain an understanding of various semiconductor devices that constitute analog circuits. They will also learn the operating principles and analysis methods of amplifier circuits, which form the basis of analog circuit design. Furthermore, students will study the operating principles and specific examples of oscillator circuits, which are derivative forms of amplifier circuits, as well as power supply circuits.
The circuits covered in this course are fundamental and essential components used in various communication devices. They form the foundation for the specialized knowledge in information and communication engineering that students will acquire in future studies.
Goals and objectives
  1. The students who succeeded in this course will be able to understand and explain about the principle of various semiconductors for electronic circuits.
  2. They also will be able to understand and explain about the equivalent circuits of bipolar transistors and field effect transistors.
  3. They also will be able to understand the principle of basic amplifiers using transistors and analyze those operating quantity.
  4. They also will be able to understand and explain the principle of operation of various oscillation circuits.
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

Tasks Final examination Total.
1. 10% 5% 15%
2. 5% 3% 8%
3. 30% 16% 46%
4. 20% 11% 31%
Total. 65% 35% -
Evaluation method and criteria
Evaluated by the submitted tasks (65%) and final examination (35%), and the total score of 60 points or more is required to pass.
Score guideline: 60 points can be obtained if the student is able to understand, solve and submit each assignment without fail.
Language
Japanese
Class schedule

Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Fundamentals required for electronic circuits, operation and characteristics of semiconductor devices (1)
- Fundamentals of electronic circuits
 - Power supply
 - Theorem of superposition
 - Thevenin’s theorem
 - Expression of power ratio, voltage ratio, and current ratio
 - Expression of frequency characteristics
- Operation and characteristics of semiconductor devices (1)
 - True semiconductors and impurity semiconductors
 - Carrier transfer in semiconductors
 - pn junctions and diodes
Preparation: check the material of 1st class which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
2. Operation and Characteristics of Semiconductor Devices (2)
- Operation and characteristics of bipolar transistors
 - Structure and operation of bipolar transistor
 - Current Amplification Factor
 - Diagrams of bipolar transistors
 - Static characteristics of transistors
 - Amplification of Transistors
 - Various characteristics of emitter grounded transistors
- Field Effect Transistor (FET)
 - Operation and characteristics of junction type FETs
 - Operation and characteristics of MOS FETs
 - Diagrams and symbols of FETs
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
3. Equivalent Circuit of Transistor
- DC equivalent circuit of transistor
- Small-signal equivalent circuit of transistor (AC equivalent circuit)
 - AC equivalent resistance of diode
 - AC Equivalent Circuit of Base-Grounded Transistor
 - AC equivalent circuit of emitter ground transistor
 - Equivalent circuit with h-parameter
 - Emitter grounded equivalent circuit with h-parameter
 - Relation between h-parameters and constants of T-shaped equivalent circuits
- Small-signal equivalent circuit of FET
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
4. Small-Signal Amplifier Circuit of Transistor
- Small-signal basic amplifier circuit
 - Separation of DC and AC
- Transistor Bias Circuit
 - Dual power supply bias circuits
 - How to choose an operating point
 - Single power supply bias circuits
 - Bias stability
- Simple calculation of bias circuits with ideal transistors
 - Ideal transistors, simple calculation of bias circuits using the narrator-norator model
 - Temperature compensation of bias circuits
- Basic transistor amplifier circuits
 - Amplifier circuit characteristics
 - The basic amplifier circuit with base ground, emitter ground, and collector ground
 - Characteristics of each grounding type
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
5. Small-signal basic amplifier circuit of FET, Vertical connection of basic amplifier circuit, High-frequency equivalent circuit (1)
- Small-signal basic amplifier circuit of FET
 - Bias circuit
 - Basic amplifier circuit
- Basic amplifier circuit
- High-frequency equivalent circuit (1)
 - High-frequency equivalent circuit of transistor
 - Parasitic elements of transistors
 - Diffusion capacitance of a true transistor
 - Frequency characteristics of (base ground) current amplification factor α
 - Frequency characteristics of (emitter ground) current amplification factor β
 - High-frequency equivalent circuit of (final) transistor
 - High-frequency equivalent circuit of FET
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
6. High Frequency Equivalent Circuit (2)
- Miller effect in amplifier circuits
- Frequency response of small-signal amplifiers considering the Miller effect
- Frequency characteristics of multistage amplifier circuits
- Frequency characteristics of broadband amplifier circuits
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
7. Negative feedback amplifier circuit
- What is negative feedback?
- Principle of Negative Feedback
- Effects of Negative Feedback
- Types of Negative Feedback
- Input/Output Impedance Change by Negative Feedback
- Actual use of negative feedback circuits
- Stability of negative feedback circuits
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
8. Integrated Analog Electronic Circuits (1)
- What is an integrated circuit?
- Problems in integrating analog electronic circuits
- Differential amplifier circuits
- DC current source circuits
- Single-output differential amplifiers
- High-gain Amplifier Circuits
- Darlington-connected transistors
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
9. Integrated Analog Electronic Circuits (2)
- Direct-coupled Amplifier Circuits
 - Problems of direct-coupled amplification circuits
 - Level-shift circuits
 - Direct-coupled Amplifier Circuits in Practice
- Multiplier circuits
- Large-Signal Amplifier Circuits
 - High Amplitude Operation of Transistors
 - Examples of Large-Signal Amplification Circuits (1) Class-A Power Amplifier Circuit
 - Examples of Large-signal amplification circuits (2) Class-B push-pull power amplification circuits
 - Examples of Large-signal Amplification Circuits (3) Class-C Power Amplifier Circuit

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Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
10. Fundamentals of Oscillation Circuits
- What is Oscillation?
 - Feedback Circuit
 - Conditions for Oscillation
 - Sine Wave Oscillation Circuit
- Low frequency CR oscillation circuits
 - Vienna bridge oscillation circuits
 - Phase-shift type oscillation circuits
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
11. High-frequency LC oscillation circuit
- Tuned type oscillation circuit
- Equivalent circuit of tuned type oscillation circuit
- Hartley oscillation circuit
- Colpitts oscillation circuit
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
12. Crystal Oscillation Circuit
- Frequency Stability of Sinusoidal Oscillation Circuits
- Crystals
 - What is a Crystal?
 - Piezoelectric Phenomena of Crystal
 - Equivalent Circuit of Crystal
 - Frequency characteristics of reactance of Crystal
- Crystal Oscillation Circuit
 - Principle Circuit of Crystal Oscillation Circuit
 - Stability of Crystal oscillation circuit
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
13. Voltage controlled oscillator circuit and PLL
- How to make the oscillation frequency variable
- Voltage controlled oscillator circuit
- PLL (Phase Lock Loop)
- Frequency synthesizer
Preparation: check the class material which can be downloaded from ScombZ and read though them, filling in the blanks as much as possible. 70minutes
Review: Download complete version materials and tasks from ScombZ, review using the complete version materials, and carry out tasks (and submit it to ScombZ before the next class ). 120minutes
14. Final examinaiton
- Exam coverage: all of classes
- Explanation of answers after the exam.
Preparation:review all materials for final exam. 190minutes
Total. - - 2660minutes
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Textbooks and reference materials
-Text: Nobuo Fujii, “Analog Electronic Circuits - In the Age of Integrated Circuits,” 2nd Edition (Ohmsha) (In Japanese)
-Reference materials will be distributed via ScombZ.
Prerequisites
Comprehension of Circuit theory
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • Before the class and after the class.
  • E-mail can be received anytime.
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  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
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Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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