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TE 135 - Electronics I


Credit Hours: 3

This course is a study of electronic systems. Topics include semiconductors and integrated circuits. Students will investigate the common electronic functions used throughout the field by observation of typical input/output signal relationships. Included are general amplifier concepts, half and full wave linear power supplies, source and load regulation, filtering, frequency response concepts, amplifier classes, operational amplifiers, electro-optical devices, and switching power supplies. Circuits will be built, tested, and measured to observe basic electronic principles using hardware and software simulation resources. Applications of electronics in telecommunications are stressed.

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

  • describe the operation of transformers applied to power supplies;
  • understand and explain in general how semiconductors operate and how they differ from traditional electrical components;
  • describe the operation and applications of diodes applied to linear power supplies;
  • build, design and test half-wave and full-wave linear power supplies;
  • observe and describe source and load voltage regulation;
  • use hardware and computer simulation software to wire and test electronic circuits;
  • describe switching power supply operation;
  • analyze and design inverting and non-inverting IC Op Amp circuits for a specified gain;
  • identify, describe, and calculate the behavior of specialty Op Amp circuits such as comparators, window comparators, summing amps, scaling amps, averaging amps circuits;
  • explain frequency concepts in electronics;
  • describe the characteristics of light radiation and the operation of special purpose diodes such as LEDs and lasers; and
  • explain amplifier concepts, input and output impedance, gain in ratio and in decibels.


Prerequisites: TE 130
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