Electronics Technology

This course presents the fundamentals of electricity as they apply to direct and alternating current circuits. Topics include the concepts of voltage, current, resistance, and power and their application to series and parallel circuits. Magnetism and the concepts of capacitance and inductance are also included. Laboratory activities allow students to gain hands-on experience making measurements on circuits and interpreting the data collected. There are three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Students continuing on to ETE 102 will need to take MAT 105 concurrently with ETE 101.

This course is the first of a three semester sequence in electronics. Topics include diodes and their applications, bipolar transistors, and field effect transistors. Biasing techniques are analyzed through the construction of load lines and calculation of quiescent points. A laboratory is included where students will become proficient using test equipment, and construct and test circuits described in class. There are three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

This first course in digital electronics includes number systems, Boolean algebra, the logic gates used in digital circuits and flip-flop devices. Applications of circuits critical to digital systems are emphasized. There are two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

Teaches and demonstrates control circuits, switch gears, protective devices, buses, breakers, and power distribution systems found in the industrial environment. Control circuits for both DC and AC motors are explained along with basic motor theory. Common power plant distribution systems are studied. The theory, use, and programming of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems in industry is emphasized and practiced. Students will also study the National Electrical Code. There are two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. The two-hour lab will provide practical, hands-on experience for students as they are required to design, build, test, troubleshoot, and repair various circuits and devices as well as programming PLC.

This second course of the electronics sequence is devoted to the analysis of amplifier circuits. Various single stage and cascaded amplifier circuits are studied using bipolar transistors, junction field effect transistors (JFETS) and metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETS). The response of amplifier circuits to a range of frequencies is also studied. There are three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

This is the third course of the electronics sequence. It is devoted to the study of the properties and characteristics of operational amplifiers, and how negative feedback affects their behavior. Both linear and non-linear applications are studied. There are two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.