Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
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Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** | |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
305415 (v.3)
Physics 102
or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Review AC/DC analysis. DC power supplies - transformers. Rectification, filters, regulation. FET and FET amplifiers. Bipolar transistors. Op amps and applications. Comparators. Transducers and systems - pulse shaping. Integration, differentiation, clipping, squaring, trigger and vibrator circuits. Transducers - photocells, photo-voltaic, photodiodes, PIN, avalanche, CCDs and circuitry. Temperature measurement, thermo couples, temperature-dependent resistors - amplifier requirements. Strain gauges - uses,construction, bridges, gauge factors, load cells. Piezo-electric, pyro-electric transducers and ultrasonic applications. Accelerometers, frequency response and amplifier requirements. Differential transformers, capacitor transducers, salinity and humidity. |
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** | |
Field of Education: | 010301 Physics |
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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