BASIC ELECTRONIC
CIRCUITS
Ashok Ranade
General circuit problem
Circuit
+ consisting of
v Load
-
Passive and
active
components
Analysis : v given , Circuit given.
Output across the load to be found
General method of solving the circuit
Write the differential equation in terms of the
output to be found. And then solve it.
Following relations are useful
v iR Replace active devices by their
equivalent circuits
di
v L
dt Use Kirchhoff's current and
dv voltage laws
iC
dt
Solution
The output will contain a transient part and a
steady state part
If the input is a sine wave output could be
v0 V sin ωt Ve α t sin ωt
Sinusoidal steady state
Differential equation not required
Phasor method used
Impedance concept
ZR Kirchoff’s Laws
Z j L
1
Z
j C
Design
Input –output specified
Design the circuit
No unique solution
Teaching sequence
Relations between charge and current, between power,
voltage and current, between power and energy
Voltage and current sources, Independent and dependent
sources
Purely resistive circuits
Circuit theorems
Operational amplifiers and applications . Comparators and
oscillators
Sinusoidal steady state.
Filters
Differential equations
Transistors and Special integrated circuits
Ltspice simulators
Useful in building and testing circuits
Listen to the lecture
Download on home computer
Practice at home
Books
Introduction To Electric Circuits :
By Richard C. Dorf and James A. Svoboda
Wiley
Electronic Principles
by Albert Malvino and Bates
Reference book
Six thinking hats
By Edward De Bono
Penguin
Evaluation
Mid semester examination 20%
End semester examination 40 %
Design and Simulation Exam 20 %
Project 20 %
It is advised that you
do the assignments
regularly. Answers
can be checked using
LTspice
Attendance Requirements
As per University guidelines
Project
A real life project or its working model
Often requires sensors
These convert non electrical quantities like
temperature, Water level etc into electrical
quantities (Thermocouples, Potentiometer)
Also to convert electrical quantities to non
electrical quantities (Electric heater, Electric motor
etc)
Some project ideas
Hardware projects. (No microcontroller like Arduino)
Control of water level in a tank
A sensor generates a signal proportional to water
level in a tank. If it is too low the motor –pump set is
started to fill the tank. Once the water level reaches
say 90% of the full value the motor pump set is
stopped
Music synthesizer
Assignment for project work
Study the following (What do they do? And which
Integrated circuits available)
Transducers
Comparators
Relays
Timers
Logic circuits
Forming teams
Each team to have 3 members
Skills
Design
Hands on
Communication
15 minutes for forming teams
Enter the roll number , Name and Team number in
excel sheet
Each team to sit in the allotted table
Activity
First think of a project individually
Write down your ideas
Discuss with team members
Six Thinking Hats
A tool For thinking
Useful in team meetings
Some team meetings
Ego problems
Six Hat Thinking
White Red Black
Information Emotion Weaknesses
Yellow Green Blue
Positive Creative Organizing
aspects thinking thinking
Component specs
Satisfaction of target user ?
Satisfaction of faculty ?
Any danger to the user?
Any outstanding feature ?
Can the idea be improved?
Activity
Hold Team discussions about the project
Prepare a presentation
Syllabus
Introduction. Voltage and current sources. Circuit
theorems. Time domain and Frequency domain
concepts. Bode plots. Rise time bandwidth
relationship. Operational Amplifiers.Linear ICs.
Linear Op Amp Circuits.Filters.Non linear op amp
circuits. Oscillators.Regulated power supplies.
Transducers . Electronic switches. Introduction to
digital circuits
Revision of circuit theory
Ohm' s Law
v
i : i in amperes
R
v in volts
R in ohms
Kirchhoff's Laws
Kirchhoff’s Current law
The algebraic sum of currents into a node at any
instant is zero
Node is a junction of two or more elements
Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
The algebraic sum of the voltages around any loop
in a circuit is identically zero for all time.
Loop is a closed path in a circuit that does not
encounter any intermediate node more than once.
An Example using Current law
+ - + -
V V1 V1 V1V 2
R1 R2 R3
V1V 2 V 2
R3 R4
The example using voltage Law
I1 I2
+ - + -
I1 and I2 are also
V I1 R1 ( I1 I 2 ) R 2 called mesh
currents
I 2 R 3 I 2 R 4 ( I 2 I1 ) R 2 0
Equivalent resistance
vs
is
R1 R2 R3
vs
is
Rs
Rs R1 R2 R3
In general
Rs R1 R2 R3 RN
Parallel circuit with a current source
is i1 i2
v v
G1v G2 v
R1 R2
is (G1 G1 )v
is
G p G1 G2
v
1 1 1
Rp R1 R2
R1 R2
Rp
R1 R2