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Students will gain a thorough understanding of the Physics of the electronics and devices covered in the module. Students will be able to solve problems requiring the application of the concepts encountered in the module and will get a deeper understanding of the physical measurement process and the electronics involved.
Indicative Module Content:Underlying Physics:
Elementary crystallography,
X-ray diffraction and Bragg’s law,
Drude’s classical theory of conduction,
Hall effect,
Electronic components:
Passive components (resistors (and resistor networks), capacitors),
Active components: semiconductors, the p-n junction, diodes, transistors, and operational amplifiers.
Circuits:
complex impedance, Ohm's law, Kirchoff’s laws.
Simulation of electronic circuits via (SPICE).
Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA).
Furthermore, the module will provide an introduction into Digital-Analog (DA) and (AD) converters, and µ-controllers (e.g. Arduino), with an emphasis on measuring physical data.
Devices:
Photodiodes, LEDs, photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), amplifiers, solar cells and CCDs.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 6 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 66 |
Lectures | 24 |
Laboratories | 18 |
Total | 114 |
PHYC20080
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Exam (In-person): High-stakes closed-book exam, at the end of a learning period. It's in-person, 2 hours long and takes place in an exam centre. |
End of trimester Duration: 2 hr(s) |
Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 |
No |
Practical Skills Assessment: 2nd year labs including lab reports and reflective writing. | Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
No |
Assignment(Including Essay): Problemsheets to be solved at home and submitted via Brightspace. 4 Tutorials are additionally offered for each problemsheet. |
Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 15 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback is provided in the following ways: 1. Corrected Homework with grading information provided to students during trimester (continuous assessment); 2. Lab work is corrected and reports are graded on a bi-weekly basis including feedback from demonstrators. 3. Examinations are graded and discussed post assessment for students which have not passed; 4. In module tutorial sessions; 5. Worked examples are discussed and additionally provided on Brightspace; 6. Students are free to ask/discuss problems during module and additionally to arrange meetings with the lecturer during teaching term.
Name | Role |
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Mr Silas O Toole | Tutor |