Short Introductions about Analogue Electronics and Physics

For anyone not able to access the new wiki thing on the University site, these are the notes from the first-year module introducing analogue electronics.

Maths and Related Concepts

• Frequency, Phase and Amplitude
• Decibels

Essential Physics

• Newtonian Physics
• Electrical Concepts and Parameters
• Electric and Magnetic Fields
• Electrons in Solids
• Electromagnetism

Components and Noise

• Diodes
• Passive Components
• Noise

DC Circuit Theory

• Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Laws
• Resistor Networks
• Linearity and Superposition
• Thévenin's and Norton's Theorems
• Circuit Loading
• DC Circuit Analysis
• Time Variance and Time Constants

Operational Amplifiers and Feedback

• Operational Amplifiers
• Linear Op-Amp Circuits
• Feedback
• Op-Amp Amplifier Bandwidths
• Non-Linear Op-Amp Circuits
• Non-Ideal Op-Amp Behaviour

AC Circuit Theory

• Phasors
• Complex Impedance
• AC Circuit Analysis
• Frequency Responses
• Bode Plots
• First-Order Responses
• Second-Order Frequency Responses
• Second-Order Step Responses
• Active Filters
• Power in AC Circuits