PHYS 42034

>< Type/ Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Advanced Electronics
>< Pre-requisites : All PHYS Core Course units
>< Objectives : After successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand more advanced concepts of digital electronics, recent technological trends, practical applications and fault finding, fundamental concepts of operational amplifiers and applications including Digital-to-Analogue and Analogue-to-Digital Conversions.
>< Course Content :

Brief introduction to digital concepts; Number systems, operations and codes, logic operations and functions; basic operational characteristics of TTL and CMOS gates and their characteristics comparison, interfacing logic families and fan-out; MSI logic circuits (adders, comparators, decoders, encoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, parity generators/checkers); Sequential circuits (latches, edge-triggered flip-flops, flip-flop operating characteristics, applications and designing of counters (asynchronous, synchronous, up/down shift registers); Introduction to programmable logic devices and applications; Memories (ROMs, PROMs, EPROMs, RAMs); Introduction to microprocessors and microcomputers (8086/8088 microprocessor, CPU, data bus, address bus, memory system, I/O port, memory-mapped I/O; Operational amplifier characteristics and applications (architectures, stages [Gain, differential and output]); Digital-to-Analogue and Analogue-to-Digital Conversion and applications.

>< Methodology : A combination of lectures, seminars, and tutorial discussions
>< Scheme of Evaluation : End of course written examination.
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Millman, J. and Grabel, A. (1987). Microelectronics, McGraw-Hill.
2. Floyd, T. L. (1997). Digital Fundamentals, Prentice-Hall.
3. Smith, R. J. and Dorf, R. C. (1992). Circuits, Devices and Systems, John Wiley & Sons.
4. Clayton, G and Winder, S. (2003). Operational Amplifiers, Newnes Publications.
5. Crecraft, D. J. and Gorham, D. (2003). Electronics. Nelson Thornes Ltd.
6. Horowitz, P. and Hill, W. (1997). The Art of Electronics, Cambridge University Press.
7. Mano, M. M. (1993). Computer System Architecture, Prentice Hall.
>< Note: PHYS 42034 is offered for students who have not followed Electronics as a subject.

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