20810215 - ELECTRONICS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COURSE PROVIDES BASIC CONCEPTS INHERENT ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS WITH REFERENCE TO BOTH SIGNAL AND POWER APPLICATIONS. THE STUDENT WILL LEARN ABOUT MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN NATURAL AND FORCED COMMUTATION WITH EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS; BASIC CONFIGURATIONS FOR ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING AND FILTERING; BOOLEAN ALGEBRA AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS.
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Programme

1.1 Basic concepts on electrical signals and devices.
1.2 Linear system and their study in the time domain
1.3 Laplace transform and system analysis in s-domain.
1.4 Linear circuits analysis.
1.5 Analysis of the frequency domain functions, Bode diagrams and their applications.

2.1 Semiconductors main characteristics and PN junction.
2.2 Diodes in both signal and power applications. Zener and Schottky diodes
2.3 BJT, MOSFET and JFET devices in both signal and power applications. IGBT characteristics and applications.
2.4 Power electronics converters: single-phase and three-phase diode rectifiers, DC-DC converters (Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost and Full-Bridge), introduction to DC-AC converters, sinusoidal voltage regulation with PWM technique, 1ph and 3ph DC-AC converters for 4-quadrans operation, hysteretic current control.

3.1 Digital circuits. Boolean algebra. Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits.
3.2 Microcontroller and Digital Signal Processors. Memory devices. Analog-to-digital conversion.
3.3 Hall effect. Current and voltage transducers. Position and speed sensors. Temperature sensors. Voltage-to-frequency and frequency-to-voltage converters.
3.4 Operational Amplifiers. Digital-to-analog converters. Analog filters.
3.5 Industrial communication buses: RS-485, DeviceNet, Ethercat, etc. Time-Sensitive-Network (TSN) for deterministic applications.
3.6 Automotive communication buses: CAN, LIN.
3.7 Fieldbus for domotics applications.

Core Documentation

In addition to the lecture notes provided by the teacher, the texts of references adopted will be

D. Johns, K. Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Wiley

Digital Integrated Circuits, by Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic, Prentice Hall

Electrical circuits, Charles K. Alexander, Matthew N. O. Sadiku, Giambattista Gruosso, Giancarlo Storti Gajani


Type of delivery of the course

Class lessons. Moreover, exercises and simulations of the circuits that will be illustrated during the course will be used to clarify additional concepts

Type of evaluation

Learning verification takes place through an interview. The student will be asked two questions concerning the topics covered during the course.