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LABORATORY OF PHYSICS III

Fisica LABORATORY OF PHYSICS III

0512600016
DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
EQF6
PHYSICS
2020/2021

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
ANNUALE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
540LESSONS
784LAB
ANTONIO DI BARTOLOMEO T Curriculum
Objectives
THE TEACHING (12 CFU - 124 H) PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ANALOG (MODULE 1) AND DIGITAL (MODULE 2) ELECTRONICS. IT INTRODUCES THE PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (DIODES AND TRANSISTORS) AND THE PRINCIPLES OF DEVICE MODELING AND CIRCUIT DESIGN. IT FAMILIARIZES THE STUDENTS WITH THE USE OF LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE REALIZATION AND THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SIMPLE ACTIVE CIRCUITS. THE PROJECT OF CIRCUITS IS PERFORMED ALSO WITH THE SUPPORT OF SIMULATION SOFTWARE SUCH AS SPICE AND VHDL.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE COURSE BUILDS UP ON ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS AND ELECTROMAGNETISM. THE COURSE PROVIDES THE STUDENTS WITH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS. THE EMPHASIS IS ON DEVICE PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO DESIGN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING OF SIGNALS FROM SENSORS OR MORE COMPLEX EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SIMPLE ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND USE ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES. THEY WILL GET FAMILIAR WITH DIODES, TRANSISTORS, OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS, AND SEVERAL LOGIC CIRCUITS. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DESIGN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ACQUISITION AND THE PROCESSING OF SIGNALS FROM SENSORS OR MORE COMPLEX EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL PHYSICS AND MASTERING OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES.
Contents
THE TEACHING IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MODULES: (1) ANALOG ELECTRONICS, (2) DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

MODULE 1 ANALOG ELECTRONICS (6 CFU)
LECTURES (24 HOURS):
- EXAMPLES OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (2H): THE CELLULAR PHONE AND THE DIGITAL CAMERA. ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNALS. BASIC CIRCUITS THEOREMS.
- INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTORS (4H): CONDUCTORS, INSULATORS AND SEMICONDUCTORS. ENERGY BANDS. ELECTRONS AND HOLES. CARRIER DENSITY. ELECTRIC TRANSPORT.
- PN JUNCTION (4H): TRANSPORT MODEL. CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS. DIODE CIRCUITS.
- BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (4H): TRANSPORT MODEL. CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS. LARGE AND SMALL SIGNAL MODELS. BIASING. AMPLIFIERS.
- MOSFET (4H): TRANSPORT MODEL. CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS. LARGE AND SMALL SIGNAL MODELS. BIASING. AMPLIFIERS.
- OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS (4H): IDEAL MODEL. CIRCUITS WITH OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS. OP AMP NONIDEALITIES.
- A/D AND D/A CONVERTERS (2H): GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS. PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION AND MAIN CIRCUITS OF A/D AND D/A CONVERTERS.

LABORATORY PRACTICE(40 HOURS) :
- CHARACTERIZATION OF A SILICON DIODE, AN LED, A SOLAR CELL (4H).
- DIODES IN RECTIFIER, LIMITING AND CLAMPING CIRCUITS (4H).
- BARRIER IN A SCHOTTKY DIODE (4H).
- CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (4H).
- BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AS SWITCH FOR AN LED (4H)
- BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER (4H).
- CURRENT-VOLTAGE AND CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (4H).
- MOSFET AMPLIFIER (4H).
- GAIN, FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND SLEW RATE OF AN OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER (4H).
- FEEDBACK OPERATIONAL AMPLIEFIER CIRCUITS (4H).
- OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER INTEGRATORS AND DIFFERENTIATORS (4H)

MODULE 2 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (6 CFU)
LECTURES (24 HOURS)
- DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALS (2H): DIGITAL AND ANALOG QUANTITIES; LOGIC LEVELS; DIGITAL; BASIC LOGIC OPERATIONS.
- NUMBER SYSTEMS AND CODES (2H): BINARY NUMBERS; BINARY ARITHMETICS, 1'S AND 2'S COMPLEMENTS; BCD AND GRAY CODES.
- LOGIC GATES (2H): INVERTER, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, XNOR GATES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC; FIXED-FUNCTION LOGIC.
- LOGIC FAMILIES (2H): TECHNOLOGIES AND BASIC OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PARAMETERS; PMOS, NMOS; CMOS, TTL, ECL CIRCUITS.
- BOOLEAN ALGEBRA AND LOGIC SIMPLIFICATION (4H): DEMORGAN'S THEOREMS; BOOLEAN ANALYSIS OF LOGIC CIRCUITS; BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS AND TRUTH TABLES; THE KARNAUGH MAP. INTRODUCTION TO VHDL; UNIVERSAL PROPERTY OF NAND AND NOR GATES.
- COMBINATIONAL LOGIC (2H): ADDERS; COMPARATORS; DECODERS; ENCODERS; MULTIPLEXERS: DATA SELECTORS; DEMULTIPLEXERS; PARITY GENERATORS/CHECKERS).
- SEQUENTIAL LOGIC (4H): MULTIVIBRATORS; LATCHES, FLIP-FLOPS ,AND TIMERS.
- COUNTERS AND SHIFT REGISTERS (2H): COUNTERS; COUNTER DECODING; DIGITAL CLOCK; SHIFT REGISTER S ; BIDIRECTIONAL SHIFT REGISTERS.
- MEMORY AND STORAGE (2H): BASICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY; RAMS, ROMS, PROMS AND EPROMS; FLASH MEMORIES; MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL STORAGE.
- PROGRAMABLE LOGIC CIRCUITS(2H): INTRODUCTION TO DSP, AUTOMATIC DATA ACQUISITION , AND MICROCONTROLLERS.

LABORATORY PRACTICE (36 HOURS) :
- REALIZATION OF A LOGIC PROBE (4H).
- BINARY TO BCD WITH THE BCD/7-SEGMENT DISPLAY DECODER (4H).
- TRUTH TABLES OF LOGIC GATES (4H).
- MEASUREMENTS OF I/O ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF A TTL INVERTER;
TRANSFER CURVE OF A CMOS INVERTER (4H).
- BOOLEAN RULES; OR, INV, AND GATES REALIZED WITH NAND /NOR GATES (4H).
- IMPLEMENTING TRUTH TABLES WITH A MULTIPLEXER (4H).
- EXPERIMENTS USING FLIP/FLOPS AND LM555 TIMER (4H).
- EXPERIMENTS WITH COUNTERS (4H).
- A SIMPLE PROJECT USING THE ARDUINO BOARD (4H).
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING IS ORGANISED AS FOLLOWS:
LESSONS IN CLASSROOM ON ALL THE TOPICS OF THE TEACHING;
EXERCISES IN THE LABORATORY TO EXECUTE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH ONE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED.
STUDENTS WILL BE ORGANIZED INTO GROUPS (2-3 STUDENTS EACH). AT THE END OF EVERY ACTIVITY THE GROUP MUST SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE EXPERIENCE MADE DESCRIBING OBJECTIVES, METHODOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS, DATA COLLECTED AND RELATED ANALYSIS.
Verification of learning
EACH LABORATORY PRACTICE IS FOLLOWED BY A LABORATORY REPORT DETAILING THE PERFORMED ACTIVITY AND THE ACHIEVED RESULTS. THE LABORATORY REPORTS CAN BE PREPARED BY GROUPS OF STUDENTS. TO BE ADMITTED TO THE FINAL EXAM THE STUDENT MUST SUBMIT AT LEAST 80% OF THE REQUIRED LABORATORY REPORTS.

THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL TEST WHERE:
1. TOPICS RANDOMLY CHOSEN IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS ARE DISCUSSED TO ASSESS THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND CREATE LINKS AMONGST THEM;
2. THE REPORTS OF THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES ARE DISCUSSED TO VERIFY THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND THE SKILLS TO MAKE SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS.

THE EVALUATION WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRESENTATION, THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF THE ANSWERS, AS WELL AS THE CLARITY IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE TOPICS AND OF THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.
THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF EVALUATION (18) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES UNCERTAINTIES IN EXPLAINING SPECIFIC TOPICS AND IN MASTERING THE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES.
THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF ANY TOPICS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES.
“CUM LAUDE” IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE MASTERS BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONTENTS OF THE COURSE AND ALSO SHOWS THAT HE IS ABLE TO PRESENT ANY TOPICS WITH PROPER LANGUAGE AND PROFOUND AND CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE.
Texts
BEHZAD RAZAVI: FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROELECTRONICS, 2ND EDITION, JOHN WILEY & SONS, NJ, 2014, ISBN: 978-1118156322
WILLIAM KLEITZ: DIGITAL ELECTRONICS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH WITH VHDL, NINTH EDITION, PEARSON EDUCATION, NJ, 2013, ISBN:978-0132543033
THOMAS L. FLOYD: ELECTRONIC DEVICES, TENTH EDITION, PEARSON EDUCATION, NJ, 2016, ISBN: 978-1292222998
THOMAS L. FLOYD: DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALS, 11TH GLOBAL EDITION, PEARSON EDUCATION, NJ, 2016, ISBN: 978-1292075983
ADEL S. SEDRA, KENNETH C. SMITH CIRCUITI PER LA MICROELECTRONICA, 5A EDIZIONE, EDISES, IT, 2019: ISBN: 978-8833190549

More Information
THE ATTENDANCE OF THE COURSE, ALTHOUGH NOT MANDATORY, IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED ESPECIALLY FOR THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.

TEACHER'S E-MAIL ADDRESS:
ADIBARTOLOMEO@UNISA.IT
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