Essentials of Analog Circuit Design

							Essentials of Analog Circuit Design


                 Training Programme
                          by
             Dream Catcher Technologies




       Dream Catcher Technologies Pte Ltd
                      (200805546W)

              Block 11 #07-01, Kallang Place

                   Singapore 339155.



                   Tel : (65) 62981892

                   Fax: (65) 62968392

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Quick Overview

With the prevalent of the digital electronics in every aspect of our life, it is easy to overlook the importance of analog circuits design
techniques that is increasingly become a forgotten art for practicing design engineers. However, as real world signals are
predominantly analog, there will always be a need for engineers to understand analog electronics in area of e.g. signal conditioning
before converting it to the digital domain. Further more, the trend of pushing digital signals to operate at increasingly higher frequency
but towards lower voltage levels also blur the distinction between digital and analog signal domains.

Course Highlight

This course starts with some of the commonly-used circuit analysis techniques. Simple linear and non-linear electronic circuits are
then introduced. Once equipped with the basics and knowledge of analog electronics, the participants are then taught the more
commonly-used analog electronic circuits based on discrete BJTs and op-amps, with hands-on practical experiments in the laboratory.

What previous participants say about this course

Answers to the question 'what did you like most about the course'
• "BJT application (advantage and disadvantage), design and filtering operational" - 13 Dec 05
• "A lot of examples given" - 13 Dec 05
• "Circuit analysis and design examples" - 13 Dec 05
• "All" - 13 Dec 05
• "Very practical & relate to practical work" - 6 Jun 07
• "The explaination is very good. Easy to understand Prof's lecture" - 26 Sep 07
• "Instructor is very knowledgeable in the field he teaches" - 26 May 08
• "Knowledgeable training materials, experienced instructor, lab is interesting but not enough due to time constraint" - 21 May 08

Figures below showing the instruments used in the training




 Synopsis


With the prevalent of the digital electronics in every aspect of our life, it is easy to overlook the importance of analog circuits design
techniques that is increasingly become a forgotten art for practicing design engineers. However, as real world signals are
predominantly analog, there will always be a need for engineers to understand analog electronics, especially in the area of signal
conditioning before converting it to the digital domain. Further more, the trend of pushing digital signals to operate at increasingly
higher frequency but towards lower voltage levels also blur the distinction between digital and analog signal domains.

This course starts with some of the commonly-used circuit analysis techniques. Simple linear and non-linear electronic circuits are
then introduced. Once equipped with the basics and knowledge of analog electronics, the participants are then taught the more
commonly-used analog electronic circuits based on discrete BJTs and op-amps, with hands-on practical experiments in the laboratory.




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 What You Will Learn


•   fundamental concepts and analysis techniques for those working with analog circuit design
•   understanding and appreciation of commonly used terms like dB, CMR for analog signal measurement
•   design of commonly-used analog circuits
•   applications of Voltage and current feedback operational amplifiers
•   signal conditioning circuit design techniques for Instrumentation and Data Acquisition System




 Who Should Attend


Technicians and engineers who are involved in design, production, test and development of electronics products and systems. It is
also applicable for those deploying and maintaining such systems in the field




 Prerequisite


Technical background in electrical, electronics, mathematics at Diploma or Degree levels.




 Course Methodology


The students are first taught the theories in classroom setting. The concepts are then re-enforced through lab exercises and examples
of how the theories are applied in practical circuit.




 Course Duration


4 days, 9am - 5pm




 Course Structure


Part 1
• Basic Circuit components and their Characteristics - Resistor, Capacitor and Inductor
• Magnetic Circuit - Inductance, mutual inductance, Transformer
• Practical Circuit Analysis Technique - Nodal analysis, Mesh Analysis, Loop analysis, KVL, KCL, Ohm laws, Superposition
theorem, Transient Response of passive RL & RC circuit
• Frequency Response of circuit: Decibel, Bode plot, Resonance, Q factor, Bandwidth, 3dB
• Power - DC, average, RMS, Maximum Power




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Part 2
• Semiconductor components and characteristics - Diode, Zener Diode, Schottky Diode, LED, Photodiodes Transistors, Mosfet
• Semiconductor Circuits and applications - Half wave rectifier, Full wave rectifier, Voltage Doubler, Voltage regulator
• Other circuits - Phase Lock Loop
• Amplifier Analysis Design - BJT (Common Emitter, Common Collector, Common Base) and Mosfet (Common Source, Common
Drain)
• Laboratory exercises - designing BJT based amplifiers and frequency response measurement.

Part 3
• Op-Amp Characteristics - Ideal and practical (Offset, Biasing current) characteristics, Feedback operation, Slew rate, GBW
• Op-Amp Applications - Inverting, Non inverting Amplifier, Integrators, Differentiators, Summing Amplifier, Comparator and Schmitt
Triggers
• Signal Conditioning Circuits - Differential Amplifiers, Instrumentation Amplifiers, Active Filters Design
• Laboratory exercises ?comparing the GBW and slew rate between voltage feedback and current feedback op-amplifier




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