Module code / TG-2305
Module Title / Circuits and Systems
Degree/Diploma / Bachelor of Engineering (Systems Engineering)
Type of Module / Major Option
Modular Credits / 4 / Total student Workload / 8hours/week
Contact hours / 4hours/week
Prerequisite / None
Anti-requisite / None
Instructor
Dr. Feroza Begum
  • Office Location: : CG-5, Integrated Sciences Building
  • Tel: 8653910
  • E-mail:

Office Hours Thursday: 9:30 p.m – 11:30 p.m
Course Objectives
  1. Ability to choose the suitable semiconductor materials with suitable specifications.
  2. Ability to analyse electrical and electronic circuits and systems with different voltages.
  3. Ability to design an electrical and electronic system to carry on given ideas for practical requirement.
  4. Ability to use electrical and electronic components and equipment in the design of various circuits.
  5. Ability to take some more advanced courses in the area of circuits and electronics.
  6. Ability to develop team work skills.

Course Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, a student will be expected to be able to:
  1. Knowledge
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  1. Identify different types of electrical components and circuits.
  2. Understand the basic principles of circuits using R, C and L
  3. Understanding the complex circuits in their simpler Thevenin and Norton equivalent forms.
  4. Understanding the operation of diodes, BJTs MOSFETs and CMOS.
  5. Understanding design of basic amplifier configurations.
  6. Understanding design of various Op-amp configurations.

2. Cognitive Skills /
  1. Apply the nodal methods of circuit analysis.
  2. Analyze basic amplifier configurations.
  3. Analyze different Op-amp configurations.

  1. Interpersonal Skills and Responsibilities
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  1. Design the different electrical and electronic circuits to meet desired needs within realistic constraints and implement it.
  2. Test the components and equipments before using.
  3. Use laboratory equipment to obtain data from electronic circuits.

  1. Communication, IT, and Numerical Skills
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  1. Write and present technical reports on the design of circuits and creating new design idea.
  2. Work effectively in professional teams utilizing appropriate communication skills.

Module Contents
  • DC circuits
  • Source transformation, parallel/series element combinations
  • Kirchhoff's current & voltage law equations
  • RC, RL and RLC Circuits
  • Sinusoidal and steady state analysis
  • Thevenin’s, Norton's and superposition theorems
  • Introduction to semiconductors
  • Diodes: properties and biasing
  • BJT: modes of operation and biasing
  • BJT single-stage amplifiers: design and analysis
  • MOSFETs and CMOS: construction and operation
  • Operational amplifier circuits

Assessment / Formative assessment / Monthly online multiple choice questions will be used to test and to give feedback for their learning
Summative assessment / 2 Class tests (10% each)20%
2 Laboratory Assignments 25%
Class Participation 5%
Final Exam (comprehensive, closed book) 50%
Text Books and References /
  • Richard C. Dorf and James A. Svoboda “Introduction to Electric Circuits”, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999.
  • Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith “Microelectronic Circuits”, 5th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Faculty of Integrated Technologies

Universiti Brunei Darussalam

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE:

Topic / Outcomes / Week No.
DC circuits, Source transformation, parallel/series element combinations / 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 / 1
Kirchhoff's current & voltage law equations and superposition theorems / 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 / 2
RC, RL and RLC Circuits, / 1.2, 3.1 / 3
Sinusoidal and steady state analysis / 1.2, 3.1 / 4
Thevenin’s, and Norton's theorems / 1.3 / 5
Semiconductors / 1.4 / 6
Diodes: properties and biasing / 1.4 / 7
BJT: modes of operation and biasing / 1.4, 2.2 / 8
BJT single-stage amplifiers: design and analysis / 1.4, 2.2 / 9,10
MOSFETs and CMOS: construction and operation / 1.4, 2.2 / 11,12
Operational amplifier circuits / 1.6, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2 / 13, 14
Final exam