Research-oriented junior/senior design projects: an analog circuit design example

Author

Halalu, Wael M. ; Elwakil, Ahmed S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Volume

47

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

99

Abstract

Briefly, the advantages of offering research-oriented design projects for undergraduate students of particular interest and talent are discussed. A successful research-based analog circuit design project is described as an example. The project is concerned with developing bipolar transistor circuit cells capable of realizing arbitrary nonlinear current transfer characteristics in piecewise-linear form using the Static Translinear Principle (STLP). The obtained results are shown.

Keywords

bipolar analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; computer aided instruction; electronic engineering education; further education; integrated circuit design; nonlinear network synthesis; piecewise linear techniques; team working; transfer functions; analog circuit design project; arbitrary nonlinear current transfer characteristics; bipolar transistor circuit cells; current-mode functions; electronic circuit design; nonlinear circuits; piecewise-linear functions; research-oriented design projects; static translinear principle; teamwork; translinear circuits; undergraduate students; Analog circuits; Bipolar transistor circuits; Design engineering; Electronic circuits; Employment; Eyes; Job shop scheduling; Laboratories; Nonlinear circuits; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2003.818273

Filename

1266755