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Electronics

One of five optional topics. Develops the core electricity content into analogue and digital circuit techniques.

Topics in this section18
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The MOSFET

Structure, characteristics and use as a switch

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02

The Zener diode

Breakdown voltage and use as a voltage reference

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03

The photodiode

Characteristic curves and use as a detector

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04

The Hall effect sensor

Use as a magnetic field sensor and in tachometers

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05

Analogue and digital signals

Sampling, quantisation and pulse code modulation

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06

LC resonance filters

Resonant frequency, Q factor and bandwidth

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07

The ideal operational amplifier

Open-loop gain and use as a comparator

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08

The inverting amplifier

Virtual earth analysis and gain

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The non-inverting amplifier

Gain from the feedback network

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Summing and difference amplifiers

Combining several input voltages

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Real operational amplifiers

Frequency response and the gain-bandwidth product

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Combinational logic

Boolean algebra, truth tables and logic gates

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13

Sequential logic

Binary, BCD and Johnson counters

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14

Astables

The clock pulse, duty cycle and mark-to-space ratio

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Principles of communication systems

Block diagram of a real-time system

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Transmission media

Wire, optic fibre, radio and satellite

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Time-division multiplexing

Basic principles

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Amplitude and frequency modulation

Carrier waves, bandwidth and channel capacity

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