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Analogue electronics is necessary for signal sensing, amplification and filtering before digital techniques can be applied. Power electronics is necessary where efficient manipulation of electrical energy is required, for power supply, motion control and other applications. This course covers the basic principles of both analogue and digital electronic circuits, and the constraints that real components and devices place on these circuits. Emphasis is placed on circuit analysis and design skills.
In general semiconductor devices can be used in two ways – either in their linear operating regions, or as on/off switches. Instrumentation, amplification and filtering applications tend to use devices in their linear regions as amplifiers. In applications where high power or long battery life is necessary (or in digital systems), they are used as switches. Modern electronic circuits depend heavily on semiconductor switching-based power electronics for safety, stability and control, and on analogue electronics for sensing and signal conditioning. This course aims to equip students with in depth knowledge and fundamental design and analysis skills relating to• Power or switching circuit and component design, including dc to dc, dc to ac, and ac to dc conversion circuits. • Linear electronic circuit design, including noise, instrumentation, amplification and filtering.Topics covered include:Power Electronics• PWM generation• Buck, boost, buck-boost and fly-back converters• Magnetics and energy recovery• Forward converters• Sinusoidal PWM• Motion control• Single and three phase rectifiers• Brushless DC motor controlAnalogue Electronics• Noise • OP-Amp circuit design• Active Filter Design
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:LO1 Understand, analyse, and evaluate the performance of DC and AC sourced power electronic circuits, including consideration of safe operation (WA1, WA3, WA6)LO2 Identify the differences, similarities, and limitations of idealised and real components in the application of power and analogue electronic circuits (WA3, WA4, WA5)LO3 Analyse and design power and analogue electronic circuits, accounting for magnetics, and sources of noise and interference, using modern techniques and tools (WA1, WA2, WA3, WA4, WA5)LO4 Communicate the design of power and analogue electronic circuits in written form (WA9)LO5 Collaborate with and provide feedback to peers (WA8)
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
ENEL270
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Paul Gaynor
Christopher Hann
Hart, Daniel W; Introduction to power electronics ; Prentice Hall, 1997.
Mohan, Undeland and Robbins; Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design ; Wiley, 2003.
Sedra and Smith; MicroElectronic circuits ; Oxford University Press, 2011.
Artificial Intelligence ToolsThe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for each of the assessments in ENEL372 is summarised in the Table below. No AI use is allowed in the test and exam because these are restricted invigilated assessments. Students are always responsible for the accuracy of the submitted works, regardless of which tools are used.Assessment Item Permitted use of AI Laboratories Generative AI tools are not restricted for this assessment. LT Spice Assignment Generative AI Tools Are Permitted for Certain Parts of This Assessment. Test Generative AI Tools cannot be used for this assessment Project Inspection Generative AI Tools Are Permitted for Certain Parts of This Assessment. Project Report Generative AI Tools Are Permitted for Certain Parts of This Assessment. Exam Generative AI tools cannot be used for this assessment. Generative AI Tools Are Permitted for Certain Parts of This Assessment (Explained)In the LT Spice Assignment, you are permitted to use generative AI for the purpose of design concept suggestions, proof reading and editing the document, and for summarising knowledge. No other use of generative AI is permitted. In the Project Inspection assessment, you are permitted to use generative AI for the purpose of design and build concept suggestions to help with progress in the construction and testing of your project hardware. No other use of generative AI is permitted, and is not permitted to be used during the Project Inspection event.In the Project Report assessment, you are permitted to use generative AI for the purpose of proof reading and editing the document, and for summarising knowledge. No other use of generative AI is permitted beyond what was permitted for the Project Inspection preparation and LTSpice Assignment. To assist with maintaining academic integrity, you must appropriately acknowledge any use of generative AI in your work. You must include a Statement of AI use (if no AI tool has been used, then this must also be stated) and a listing of all prompts provided to the AI tool, clearly indicating which AI tools were used and how they contributed to each separate assessment identified (namely LT Spice Assignment, Project Inspection, and Project Report).
The examiners will award a failing grade to students who score less than 40% for the Test and Exam combined. More formally, (Test_Percent * 0.35 + Exam_Percent * 0.35) / 0.7 must be greater than or equal to 40 for a pass mark to be awarded. This note is put in place to ensure that each student has adequately shown to the examiners they have gained some minimum level of mastery of the topic.Scaling of marksIn order to maintain consistency across courses and fairness for students, scaling of raw marks occurs. In the Faculty of Engineering, target course GPAs are calculated based on the performance of the cohort of students in their courses in the previous year. Scaling of the raw total course marks is normally performed so that when converted to grades (using UC Grade Scale) the outgoing GPA is in line with the target GPA for a course. Scaling up or down can occur.The Grading Scale for the University: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/study-support-info/study-related-topics/grading-scale
Lateness PenaltiesFor the LTSpice Assignment and Project Report, a lateness penalty of 10% (in absolute terms) per day or part day late will be deducted from the original mark. For example, an assignment with a nominal mark of 83% submitted 0-24 hours late will receive a mark of 73%, and submitted 24-48 hours late will receive 63%.
Contact HoursLectures: 36 hoursTutorials: 3 hoursWorkshops: 0 hoursLaboratories: 3 hours Independent studyReview of lectures: 36 hoursTest and exam preparation: 36 hoursAssignments: 36 hoursTotal 150 hours
Domestic fee $1,190.00
International fee $6,488.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .