Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
4507USST-JAN-PAR
Aims
To enable students to develop an understanding of the physical principles of electrical and electronic systems, and to analyse simple circuits which incorporate passive and active components.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Model the physical principles of electrical and electronic systems.
2.
Analyse circuits which include passive electrical components.
3.
Analyse circuits which include active electronic components.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Physical Principles of Electrical & Electronic Systems
• Charge, Current and Voltage
o Ohms Law
• Conductivity & Resistance
• Power & Dissipation of Losses
• Capacitance
• Magnetism & Inductance
• Motor and generator effects
• Electrochemical & Batteries (increasingly important given hybrid systems)
• Semi-conductors
o P-type, N-type
o Diodes and Transistors
• Basic Operational Amplifiers
• Fundamentals of A.C. (Sinusoids, Phasors etc)
Electrical Circuits
• Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws (LO1 & LO2)
• Resistive circuits in series and parallel (LO2)
• Simple inductive and capacitive circuits (LO2)
o RC, RL and RLC circuits
o Complex representation
• Active Electrical Circuits (LO3)
o Transistor and diode circuits.
o Inverting & Non-Inverting Amplifiers
o Summing, Integrating and Differentiating Circuits.
• Useful engineering circuits (LO2 & LO3)
• Instrumentation, sensors and measurement (LO1, LO2 & LO3)
Additional Information:This module is designed to provide an introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The module covers the essential concepts associated with DC and AC circuits, electromechanical systems and instrumentation.