Realisation of Electronic Circuits

Higher education teachers: Jankovec Marko
Collaborators: Pirc Matija

Subject description

Prerequisits:

• Fundamentals of electrotechnics and physics.
• The condition to apply for the exam is a completion of laboratory practice.

Content (Syllabus outline):

Basic principles of design and construction of the electronic systems. Development cycle of products. Costs and incomes, internal rate of return. Cumulative profit. Tolerance, yield and waste. Permissible and tolerance range. Distribution functions, normal distribution. Tolerances of several parameters. Tolerance analyses. Reliability and system reliability computation. Environmental factors and modelling the effects of: temperature, humidity, voltage, temperature cycles. easurement of reliability. Reserve systems and fault tolerant design. Backup systems and reserves. Redundancy. Standardisation. European legislation in the field of free movement of goods. The CE marking. Using standards in the design process of electronic systems. Safety standards and standards in the field of EMC. EMI model and interference paths. Near and far electromagnetic field, differential and single ended signals. Measurement techniques and equipment for EMC. Materials, properties and technologies of PCBs. Flexible PCBs and buried passive components. Design techniques for EMC. Radiation of PCB. Signal loops. Ground connection. EMI reduction. The critical size of loops. Mirror plane and the return paths. Signal integrity in PCBs. Signal propagation speed, critical dimensions and frequencies. Fast transfer of signals on the lines and losses. Power supply blocking and filtering. Capacitance of power supply planes in PCBs. Heat transfer principles. Thermal management of electronic devices and systems

Objectives and competences:

To understand the electrical and mechanical phenomena that are present in the design process of electronic systems. Develops the ability to design and realize PCB assemblies that comply with standards and legislation. Students get acquainted with procedures of electronic system design from technical and business perspective.

Intended learning outcomes:

Students learn about phenomena and processes that are important to achieve the quality, reliability and compliance of electronic assemblies.

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures,
• laboratory practice.

Study materials

Readings:

1. Jankovec M., Realizacija elektronskih sklopov, slikovno gradivo in zapiski predavanj, Ljubljana, 2013.
2. Pirc M., Jankovec M., Realizacija elektronskih sklopov, laboratorijske vaje, Ljubljana, 2013.
3. Peršič B., Realizacija elektronskih sklopov, Založba FE, Ljubljana, 1998.
4. Spletna stran predmeta Realizacija elektronskih sklopov: http://lpvo.fe.uni-lj.si/izobrazevanje/1-stopnja-vs/realizacija-elektronskih-sklopov-res/
5. Mark I. Montrose, Printed Circuit Board Design Techniques for EMC Complience, Wiley-Interscience IEEE, ISBN 0-7803-5376-5, New York, 2000.
6. Howard W. Johnson, High-speed digital design, Prentice-Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, ISBN 0-13-395724-1, 1993.
7. Henry W. Ott, Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering, J. Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-18930-6,2009.