Code: ECE 509

Credit Unit: 3
School: Engineering (Electrical and Electronics)
Title: Industrial Electronics
Type: Departmental Course (DC)
Pre-requisite:

Content:
Principles, design and construction of power rectifiers and their applications in power
circuits; rectification and smoothing techniques; voltage and current regulation and regulator
circuits;

The thyristor or SCR and its applications: timing, motor speed control.

The characteristics and limitations of power transistors at high currents and voltages; design
of triacs, quadracs and other power devices.

High power microwave generators. Applications.

Opto-electronics – photoconduction cells, solar cells, L.E.D, L.C.D and LASER.

Noise in electronic circuits: types, signal – to- noise ratio, noise figure.
Analog and liquid computer applications:
Analogue simulation of engineering systems; linear and non-linear applications,
ADC, DAC and computer aided drafting of analog diagram.