EEE282 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

Course Code:3560282
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):4 (3.00 - 2.00)
ECTS Credit:6.0
Department:Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. ALİ MUHTAROĞLU
Offered Semester:Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

  • Use DC and AC circuit performance parameters to compare different digital electronics design technologies, and verify expectations by measurements
  • Identify the region of operation for diodes, BJTs, and MOSFETs to derive simplified circuit models
  • Analyze and interpret the functions of digital circuits implemented using diodes, BJTs and MOSFETs as active devices, and verify by measurement
  • Apply circuit analysis techniques to solve symbolically and verbally defined digital problems with small to medium complexity
  • Evaluate a given digital electronic circuit by quantifying input/output voltage thresholds, high-to-low and low-to-high delays, static and dynamic power dissipation
  • Use CMOS design techniques and building blocks to analyze, simulate, and design combinational and synchronous functions

Course Content

Semiconductor diodes. Diode characteristics. Diode circuits. Transistors, BJT, FET and integrated circuits. Inverters TTL, MOS, ECL structures. Logic Gates. Flip-flops. Bistable, astable and monostable multivibrators. Semiconductor memories. ROM, RAM structures. Programmable logic arrays. (Offered to non EEE students only)


Course Learning Outcomes

  • Learn digital circuit DC and AC circuit performance parameters, and use them to evaluate a given digital electronic circuit
  • Obtain competency to compare different digital electronics design technologies
  • Acquire lab skills to verify expectations by measurements
  • Learn to identify region of operation for semiconductor switches (Diode, BJT, MOSFET) for simplified circuit models
  • Learn to analyze digital circuits built using different technologies
  • Design circuits with small to medium complexity to solve symbolically and verbally defined problems
  • Learn to use CMOS design techniques and building blocks to analyze, simulate, and design combinational and synchronous functions