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ELEC-H3700

Electronique et Instrumentation

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Jean-François Determe (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

4

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

1. Linear circuits
     Properties and laws, Laplace transform, Fourier transform, Phasors, Bode plots, Nodal analysis for linear circuits
2. Operational amplifiers
   Ideal opamps, Main imperfections, Virtual grounds/virtual shorts, Main opamp circuits, Analysis of retroaction, Gain-Bandwidth product, The internals of opamps, Other imperfections
3. Filters
     Principle, Filter types (Butterworth, Chebyshev, Elliptiques et Bessel), Implementation based on LC ladder filters, Implementation based on opamps, Introduction to switched capacitor filters and microstrip filters
4. Instrumentation
     Standard acquisition chain, Transducers and sensors, Introduction to stochastic processes, Gaussian processes and white noise, Noises (Johnson-Nyquist noise, Flicker noise, Shot noise, etc.), Noisy quadripole models, Noise factor, Cascading noisy amplifiers, Analog-to-digital converters, Multiplexing, Typical instrumentation chain architectures

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Being able to analyze and design electronic circuits based on passive components (resistors, capacitors and inductors) and active components (opamps). Being able to design analog filters, both passive and active ones, and understand their main properties. Being able to design acquisition chains for instrumentation and measurement problems.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Course "Electricité, signaux et systèmes". Ideally, "Mathématiques pour l'ingénieur III".

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Course notes for theory
- Slides
- Full exercise manual, with solutions
- Laboratory manual

Course notes

  • Syllabus

Other information

Campus

Charleroi Ville Haute

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • written examination

written examination

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

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