COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS I

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECE 221	B	3	3	0	2	4	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Endri Stoja , not available yet
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	not available yet
Course Description:	Diode, clipping circuits, rectifier circuits, Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), Operating point, Stability factors, The characteristics of diode, zener diode, bipolar junction transistor, Mosfet transistor. BJT and MOS amplifier design. Operation in the AC domain: Hybrid parameters, Ebers Moll model (re model), Field Effect Transistor (FET), DC analysis of FET circuits, small signal model of FET and mid-frequency analysis.
Course Objectives:	This is the first course in Electronic circuits and devices offered to our undergraduate students. As such, its goal is to introduce them to basic analysis techniques such as large/small signal analysis applied to transistor circuits. A brief introduction of the physics of transistors offers them an example of model building based on physical phenomena. Basic amplifying configurations are thoroughly treated.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to the course and brief review of circuit theory techniques
2	Operational amplifiers (OP amp) and their main use
3	AC circuits, sinusoids and phasors, impedance and admittance
4	Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, OP amp AC circuits
5	AC power analysis, maximum average power transfer
6	Frequency response, transfer functions, Bode plots
7	Diode characterization, rectifier, limiting and clamping circuits
8	MOS Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs), general considerations, current-voltage characteristics
9	Midterm Exam
10	DC analysis and biasing of MOSFET circuits
11	MOSFET composed amplifiers, small-signal operation and models
12	MOSFET amplifier configurations
13	BJT transistors and their DC biasing
14	BJT amplifiers and comparison to their MOSFET counterparts

Prerequisite(s):	ECE 114 Basics of Electric Circuits
Textbook:	A. S. Sedra, K. C. Smith, "Microelectronic Circuits", International Ed., Oxford University Press, 2011. C. K. Alexander, M. N. O. Sadiku, "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits", 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 2009.
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will advance their knowledge of circuit theory
2	They will be exposed to the mathematical modelling of physical phenomena related to diodes/transistors
3	Students will be able to conduct DC and AC analysis of transistor circuits
4	They will have hands on training and design simple transistor amplifiers by using CAD tools for EDA design
5	Students will be able to analyse medium complexity circuits containing non-linear elements

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Electronics and Digital Communication Engineering (3 years) Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.	5
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations	5
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.	3
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.	5
5	Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions.	4
6	Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue.	3
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology.
10	Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics.
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	2	32
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	5	80
Mid-terms	1	5	5
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	8	8
Other			0
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5