Università Roma Tre

- Basic concepts on electrical signals and devices.
- Laplace transform and system analysis in s-domain.
- Linear circuits analysis.
- Bode diagrams.

- Semiconductors main characteristics and PN junction.
- Diodes in both signal and power applications. Zener and Schottky diodes
- BJT, MOSFET and JFET devices in both signal and power applications. IGBT characteristics and applications.
- Power electronics converters: single-phase and three-phase diode rectifiers, DC-DC converters (Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost and Full-Bridge), introduction to DC-AC converters, sinusoidal voltage regulation with PWM technique, 1ph and 3ph DC-AC converters for 4-quadrans operation, hysteretic current control.

- Digital circuits.
- Boolean algebra.
- Combinational and sequential circuits.
- Microcontroller and Digital Signal Processors. Memory devices. Analog-to-digital conversion.
- Hall effect. Current and voltage transducers. Position and speed sensors. Temperature sensors. Voltage-to-frequency and frequency-to-voltage converters.
- Operational Amplifiers. Digital-to-analog converters. Analog filters.

Notes provided by the course manager