Course Title: Troubleshoot amplifiers

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2012

Course Code: EEET6752C

Course Title: Troubleshoot amplifiers

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6108 - Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Kemps Cheng

Phone: +613 9925 4691

Email: kemps.cheng@rmit.edu.au

Ganesh Naik

Phone: +613 9925 4252

Email: ganesh.naik@rmit.edu.au

 

 

Nominal Hours: 80

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

NONE

Course Description

This unit covers determining correct operation of amplifiers. It
encompasses working safely, problem solving procedures,
including the use of voltage, current and resistance measuring
devices, providing solutions derived from measurements and
calculations to predictable problems in amplifier circuits.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	UEENEEH013B Troubleshoot amplifiers
Element:	1. Prepare to troubleshoot basic amplifiers.
Performance Criteria:	1.1 OHS procedures for a given work area are obtained and understood. 1.2 OHS risk control work preparation measures and procedures are followed. 1.3 The nature of the fault is obtained from documentation or from work supervisor to establish the scope of work to be undertaken. 1.4 Advice is sought from the work supervisor to ensure the work is co-ordinated effectively with others. 1.5 Sources of materials that may be required for the work are established in accordance with established procedures. 1.6 Tools, equipment and testing devices needed to carry out the work are obtained and checked for correct operation and safety.
Element:	2. Troubleshoot amplifiers.
Performance Criteria:	2.1 OHS risk control work measures and procedures are followed. 2.2 The need to test or measure live is determined in strict accordance with OHS requirements and when necessary conducted within established safety procedures 2.3 Circuits are checked as being isolated where necessary in strict accordance OHS requirements and procedures. 2.4 Fault finding is approached methodically drawing on knowledge of amplifiers using measured and calculated values of parameters. 2.5 Unexpected situations are dealt with safely and with the approval of an authorised person. 2.6 Fault finding activities are carried out efficiently without unnecessary waste of materials or damage to apparatus and the surrounding environment or services and using sustainable energy practices.
Element:	3. Complete work and document problem solving activities.
Performance Criteria:	3.1 OHS work completion risk control measures and procedures are followed. 3.2 Work site is cleaned and made safe in accordance with established procedures. Complete work and document problem solving activities. 3.3 Justification for solutions used to troubleshooting problems is documented. 3.4 Work completion is documented and an appropriate person or persons notified in accordance with established procedures.

Learning Outcomes

Details of Learning Activities

The classroom activities shall include the following:
Practical exercises and Project work on troubleshooting amplifier such as
o Following safety procedures in laboratories
o Identifying various single stage amplifiers
o Identifying multistage amplifier circuit configurations and their applications.
o Measuring and calculating values of voltage gain and output voltage for single stage and multi stage amplifier circuits
o Troubleshooting single stage and multistage amplifier circuits
o Methods for testing assumptions encompassing such as visual inspection of the amplifier circuits
o Dealing with intermittent faults in single stage and multistage amplifier circuits

Report Writing: Students will produce written reports on the practical exercises and project modules as per the specifications given and requirements.

Written Assessments on troubleshooting amplifiers, will include the following:
o Determination of d.c. bias conditions for a single-stage amplifier
o Determine the small signal terminal characteristics of single-stage amplifiers
o Effects of coupling and by-pass capacitors in single-stage amplifiers
o Operation of multistage amplifiers
o Frequency response of single and multistage amplifiers

Teaching Schedule

1 Introduction to OHS and the course 
   UEENEEH013B:  1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
   UEENEEH039B:  1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6

2 Small signal amplifiers 
   Single stage amplifiers 
    UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
    UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6


3 Characteristics of smalln signal amplifiers
    D C Bias for Single Stage amplifiers 
   UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
   UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

4. BJT abd FET Small signal amplifiers
    Types of D C Biasing
UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

5 Introduction to Operational amplifier 
  Small signal terminal characteristics (a c model) 
  UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
  UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

6 Characteristics of Op amps
   Effect of coupling and by-pass capacitors in single-stage amplifiers
   UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
   UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
 

7 Open Loop Configurations and Closed Loop Configurations
   Multistage Amplifiers 
  UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
  UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

8 Inverting Amplifier
   Types of Coupling 
   UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
   UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6


9 Non-inverting Amplifier
   Project Module 
    UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
   UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

10 Adder, Multi-channel Amplifier Project
     Effects of component values 
    UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
    UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

11 Subtracter 
      Frequency response of Single Stage amplifier 
      UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
      UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

12 Negative and positive feedback
     Bode Plot 
    UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
    UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

13 Integrator & Differentiator
      Frequency response of Multistage amplifier 
      UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
      UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6


14 Comparator Circuits 
      Negative Feedback in Multistage Amplifier 
      UEENEEH013B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
      UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

15 Additional amplifier information
      Effect of negative feedback on amplifier parameters and applications 
      UEENEEH013B: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
      UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6


16 Revision 
     UEENEEH013B: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
     UEENEEH039B: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6


17 Centralised Exam period Week 1 ,
      Project Module Due

18 Centralised Exam period Week 2 

 
 

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Electronics Devices and Circuit Theory, By Boylestead, Prentice Hall Publication

References

Other Resources

Practical Laboratories sheets and Project specification sheets will be available on the school’s local drive.

Overview of Assessment

This is a progressive assessment, the students are required to undertake summative assessments as follows:
A. Practical laboratories
B. Written reports for the laboratories
C. Written assessment

Assessment Tasks

This is a progressive assessment consisting of the following:
Assessment task 1 (Practical Exercises): 30%
Practical Laboratories: The students will have to complete minimum of three laboratories as specified by the teacher for the practical exercises and demonstrate the understanding of amplifier fundamentals through the developed project.
Project Modules: The students will design and develop the project modules (minimum two project modules) as specified by the teacher for the practical exercises and demonstrate the understanding of amplifier fundamentals through the developed project.

Assessment task 2 (Written Assessment)
Written Reports for the Laboratories and Project Modules :10%
Written technical report as per the requirement and specifications for each of the project modules should be submitted by each student individually. 

Assessment task 3
Centralised exam: 60%
The students will have written exam to demonstrate their theoretical knowledge based on basic amplifier circuits as detailed in the course.
 

CHD- Competent with High Distinction
CDI- Competent with Distinction
CC- Competent with Credit
CAG- Competency Achieved - Graded
NYC- Not Yet Competent
DNS- Did Not Submit for Assessment. (This grade is only to be used where the student’s attendance in the course has been ‘confirmed’ (but they have not participated in any form of assessment and did not withdraw by the census date.)
 

Assessment Matrix

Assessments                       Elements

Assessment task 1             2, 3

Assessment task 2             1, 3

Assessment task 3             1, 2
 

Other Information

• This course is delivered in a cluster (Troubleshoot Amplifiers) in conjunction with EEET6757C (Troubleshoot Basic Amplifiers). All the learning and assessment activities will include the component of both UEENEEH039B and UEENEEH013B.
• In this cluster, minimum student directed hour are 40 in addition to 80 scheduled teaching hours.
• Students directed hours involve completing such as reading online resources, project work, individual student-teacher course related consultation.
   

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Services offered by SLC to support numeracy and literacy skills of the students are:
- Assignment writing, thesis writing and study skills advice
- Maths and science developmental support and advice
- English language development

Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre to find more information about Study and Learning Support.

Disability Liaison Unit:

Students with disability or long-term medical condition should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to complete their studies.
Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit.

Late submission:

Students requiring extensions for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) must complete and lodge an Application for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager.
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. The student will be notified within no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgment as to whether the extension has been granted.

Students seeking an extension of more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 working days after the official due date.

Assignments submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.


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