Electronic Processing and Communications
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| EEEE2044 | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 2 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- EEEE2044
- School
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This module provides an introduction to the theoretical background and the practical issues of electronic design. It provides the necessary knowledge and understanding for more specialist study of electronic and communications systems related topics in Years 3 and 4 of the degree courses in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and includes:
• Intermediate level electronic analogue circuits and their use within more complex systems.
• Digital design techniques and software tools.
• Communications systems
• Sources and impact of noise and interference.
• A companion project module (EEEE2070) provides extended coverage of some of the core ideas and reinforcement through application of the theoretical concepts in a design context.
Target Students
Only available to second year students on courses offered by Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Assessment
- 15% Coursework 1: 10 page report
- 2% Progress Test 8: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 9: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 10: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 15% Coursework 2: 3 page report
- 2% Progress Test 1: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 2: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 3: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 4: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 5: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 6: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 2% Progress Test 7: 4 questions (as part of a test for all level 2 modules with progress tests)
- 50% Exam (2-hour)
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
To introduce students to key underpinning technologies in electronic and communications circuits and systems and to give them a theoretical grounding in these topics.Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
LO1 Demonstrate knowledge of intermediate level electronic analogue circuits including oscillators, ADCs, DACs and comparators.
LO2 Utilise digital design techniques for combinational and sequential circuits.
LO3 Summarise the practical aspects of digital electronic circuits.
LO4 Design higher order analogue filters.
LO5 Design digital filters using pole zero plots.
LO6 Outline key analogue communication principles, including frequency content, modulation and demodulation techniques and circuits.
LO7 Explain key digital communication principles including sampling theorem, pulse shaping filters and matched filters.
LO8 Contrast a variety of digital and analogue modulation schemes.
LO9 Analyse the impact of noise and interference on the performance of real communications systems.
LO10 Model intermediate level transistor amplifier circuits.
This module contributes to the delivery of the following Engineering Council outcomes:
C1, C2, C3, M3, C12, M12, C13 and M13