Course detail

Design of Electronic Circuits

FEKT-BPA-DECAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course discusses passive and active components for electronic circuits, describing the principles, properties, and applications of such items and proposing an insight into their fundamental production ranges. The topics analyzed comprise, among other issues, the basic layouts of analog circuits with bi- and unipolar transistors and operational amplifiers; in the given context, the relevant parameters, properties, and target applications are also introduced. The proper choice of suitable components is generally emphasized as a vital part of the operational chain. Further, the lectures and tutorials characterize the designing of electronic circuits from the perspectives of their feeding, minimization of spurious effects, and cooling of individual segments. The principles of circuit structuring are outlined, with a particular focus on the fabrication and mounting of printed circuit boards, devices cooling, and transient voltages suppressing.
The practices and laboratories are conceived to teach circuit designing and the choice of applicable components, enabling the students to examine the properties of typical circuits with transistors and operational amplifiers.  

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering (UTEE)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Good knowledge of the topics discussed within Electrical Engineering 1 and 2 is required, and a basic precursory insight into the physics of semiconductors may help the students substantially to reach successful completion of the course.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Overall course score is max. 100 points, including of 30 pts. for the written tests in the exercises and 70 pts. for the final written examination. A minimum score of 15 points on the tests and completion of the laboratory exercises is a condition for the award of credit. Successful completion of the course is conditional on obtaining credit and passing the final examination. The total number of points obtained for passing the course must be at least 50.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to provide the students with the knowledge of multiple topics, including real electronic components and their properties or applications; basic analog circuits with transistors and operational amplifiers; and power supplies for electronic circuits. The classes also outline practical rules for the designing of electronic circuits and devices.

The classes will acquaint the students with the fundamental range of passive and active components for analog electronic circuits, thus enabling them to reliably use catalog data in selecting suitable components for a given application and to recognize the functional principles related to various circuit elements. Upon completing the course, the students will be able to practice the typical circuit layouts comprising bipolar/unipolar transistors and operational amplifiers; design simple analog electronic circuits, including their power supply units; employ a simulator to verify the properties of the designed circuit and, if necessary, to optimize the parameters needed; seek and eliminate problems in the actual design of circuits and printed circuit boards; and to outline applicable solutions for signal and supply wiring, together with a convenient approach to conduct away the heat generated by power components. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BOYLESTAD, R. L. Introductory Circuit Analysis (13th Edition). Pearson 2015. ISBN 978-1292098951 (EN)
HOROWITZ, P.; HILL, W. The Art of Electronics (2nd Edition). Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-521-37095-7 (EN)
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY: Analog Circuit Design - A Tutorial Guide to Applications and Solutions. Linear Technology, 2011. ISBN 978-0-12-385185-7 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPA-ELE Bachelor's

    specialization BPA-ECT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    specialization BPA-PSA , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Passive electronic components
2. PN junction. Diodes
3. Bipolar transistors (BJT)
4. Unipolar transistors (FET)
5. Circuits with transistors
6. Operational amplifiers (OAs)
7. Circuits with operational amplifiers
8. Voltage and current regulators
9. Application rules in design of analog electronic circuits
10. Assembling technologies and printed circuits
11. Optoelectronic components
12. Generators and oscillators
13. Special electronic components  

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Passive circuits
Cooling of electronic components
Circuits with diodes
Rectifiers and power filters
Circuits with bipolar transistors
Circuits with unipolar transistors
Basic circuitry with opamps
Transducers with OZ. Integration amplifier. Oscillator. 
Voltage and current regulators
Frequency filters   

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Measurement of laboratory tasks
- Bipolar transistor NPN
- Unipolar transistor JFET
- Operational amplifier