Training Course: Embedded Analog Electronics - 2

This training course deals with the design and/or application of analog functions (filters, switches, comparators, limiters, AD and DA converters) for embedded systems.

table of contents

  1. course objective
  2. target group
  3. starting level
  4. target level
  5. final assignment
  6. duration
  7. description
  8. course contents

course objective

Being capable to apply, specify and design:

target group

This course is meant for designers of embedded systems.

starting level

Participants should have the knowledge implied by the courses:
  1. Introduction to Electronics
  2. Analysis Techniques
  3. Embedded Analog Electronics 1

target level

At the end of this course the participants will be able to specify, apply and/or realize:

final assignment

The final assignment consists of specifying, designing and engineering of one of the above functions.

duration

This course lasts five days:

  1. Passive filters, impedance matching, transformation and correction
  2. Active filters
  3. Power switches and single-bit converters
  4. Aspects of AD and DA conversion
  5. One day for participants’ final presentations

description

This course is a continuation of the course Embedded Analog Electronics 1.

course contents

  1. Passive filters
    1. Application<\li>
    2. Behavioral aspects and characterization
    3. Filter types and families
    4. Design of low-pass prototypes
    5. Network transformations and pole-zero transformations for other types
    6. Implementation aspects
  2. Impedance transformation, matching and correction
    1. Design of power matching networks
    2. Design of noise matching networks
    3. Design of impedance correction networks (Zobel networks)
  3. Active filters
    1. Application
    2. Behavioral aspects and modeling
    3. Design approaches
    4. GIC’s
    5. Biquads
    6. Second order sections for low Q and high Q filters
    7. Aspects of operational amplifier application
  4. Switches and comparators
    1. SNR vs. BER in one bit AD conversion
    2. Single bit AD conversion with transistors or comparators
    3. MOSFET power switches
  5. AD and DA conversion
  6. Application and characterization
    1. Types, Nyquist-rate AD and DA converters
    2. Aspects of sampling and quantization
    3. Noise shaping and dithering
    4. AD and DA converter interfacing.

Course Program 2010

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Education in Design

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Analog Electronics Education In Design