Titular Professors
Professors
Electronic and telecommunication principles.
The subject provides students with the following learning outcomes:
- Domain of telecommunication´s instrumentation and measurement procedures. Justification and correct interpretation of the results.
- Knowledge of instrumentation and measurement procedures in the field of electronic systems.
- Know and parameterize components, circuits and subsystems commonly used in telecommunications.
- Capacity for the analysis and synthesis of electronic systems.
More specifically, the students that course the subject of electronic measurements acquire the knowledge and develop the abilities mentioned below:
1. To have a practical and pragmatic view of different topics on electronics and communications systems.
2. To understand and to be skilled at using concepts, magnitudes and orders of magnitude explained on the different practices.
3. To have the capacity to analyze, understand, and justify correctly the measurements outcomes.
4. To acquire a high experience level on handling the hardware.
5. To be able to schedule work and show initiative to get good solutions to the problems introduced at the Laboratory.
6. To have teamwork skills and to be able to orally explain their ideas.
0. Measurement parameters - errors
0.1- Calculations
0.2- Error propagation
0.3- Decibels and sound
1. LEDS and colorimetry
1.1- LEDS, fundaments, kinds and important parameters
1.2- Colorimetry, theoretical fundaments and measurement parameters
1.2- Measurement equipment: espectometer, integrating sphere and luminous intensity probe
1.3- Practical part
2. Industrial automation
2.1- Introduction to industrial automation
2.2- Programming languages
2.3- The field buses
2.4- The three-phase induction motor
2.5- Practical part
3. High frequency spectral analyzer
3.1- Spectral analyzer `R&F FSL3´
3.2- Tracking generator
3.3- RF generator
3.4- Modulations used
3.5- Wires and filters measurements
3.6- Radio broadcast
3.7- Intermodulation study
3.8- Frequency synthesizer and Fourier series
4. Transceiver study
4.1- Introduction: Modulation and Demodulation
4.2- Modulation systems
4.3- Transmitter and receiver
4.4- CB-27 INTEK transceiver description
4.5- S.M.T. KENWOOD transceiver description
4.6- HP 8920A transceiver analyzer
4.7- Transmitter study
4.8- Receiver study
5. A/D and D/A converters
5.1- Introduction
5.2- Basic introduction to MATLAB
5.3- D/A converter
5.4- A/D converter
5.5- Course execution
6. Automatic data acquisition
6.1- Introduction to LabView
6-2- Equipment description and programming
6.3- Capacimeters
6.4- Study of a LED
6.5- Communications through infra-red
6.6- Telemeter
7. Parametric analysis of electronic components and circuits evaluation
7.1- Theoretical principles.
7.2- 4194A Spectrum Analyzer
7.3- Equivalent circuit evaluation
7.4- Impedance measurement application
7.5- Gain/Phase measurement application
8. Analogical electroacoustics measurements about amplifiers
8.1- Introduction
8.2- Equipments to measure
8.3- Practical accomplishment and parameters to measure
9. Digital audio
9.1- Introduction
9.2- Digital audio measurement, multi-channel amplifier
9.3- Digital audio formats
9.4- Real-time audio processing
10. Wave line transmitting
10.1- Pulse generator description
10.2- Wave line study by reflectometry
10.3- Theoretical study of an ideal wave line
11. Network analyzer
11.1- Introduction to the transmission lines
11.2- Dispersion parameters matrix (scattering)
11-3- Network analyzer description
11.4- Practices to carry out
12. Microwaves
12.1- Electromagnetic fields in a wave guide
12.2- Component description
12.3- Rectangular wave guide
12.4- Filter + slotted wave guide
12.5- Holed wave guide study
12.6- Received power on a two horn link
12.7- Directional coupling transfer function study
12.8- Isolator transfer function study
13. Transistor parameter measurement
13.1- Electronic probe
13.2- Hre, inverse transfer parameter
13.3- fT measurement
13.4- Base-collector capacitance joint
14. Knowledge and use of a `Phase Locked Loop'
14.1 PLL CD4046 performance
14.2 PLL COS/MOS technical description
14.3 Phase comparator
14.4 Voltage control oscillator
14.5 Low pass filter
15. Digital system analysis
15.1- Theoretical principles of a logical analyzer
15.2- HP1662A logical analyzer
15.3- The test bench
15.4- The 8088 microprocessor
15.5- Analyzer configuration
15.6- The clock generator and the watchdog
15.7- Periphery device access
15.8- Errors tracking
15.9- Machine code algorithms
15.10- Sketches.
16. Electromagnetic compatibility
16.1- Electromagnetic compatibility regulations
16.2- Measurement hardware
16.3- Radiated and guided interference measurements
16.4- Capacitive and inductive coupling
16.5- Interference reduction techniques
16.6- Diaphonia measurement
16.7- Wire and line coupling
17. Oscilloscopes uses
17.1 Digital and analogical oscilloscopes
17.6- NAND gate characteristic study
17.7 TV video signal study
18 Digital oscilloscopes applications.
18.3 LC circuit transitional state
18.4 Delay time of a relay and rebound analysis
18.5 Frequency measurement and damping factor of a tuning fork
18.6- Double voltage circuit and AF generator transitional state
The training activities that are used in the course are:
- Lab Work
- Individual practical lab work
- Individual study and project work
- Evaluations
The student must complete 18 practices through the whole course, each one of them is in a different table with all the required equipment. The practices are carried out in couples. A different practice is assigned to each couple every week.
From the beginning of the course students have a didactic handbook for each practice which has a brief explanation of the theoretical concepts, measurement procedure, hardware description and how to carry out each practice.
The student must understand the theoretical concepts and the proposal for each practice. Afterwards each couple has two hours at the laboratory to carry out the practice with the help of two professors. The laboratory remains open all a very long time in order to permit students to finish the practice and strengthen the knowledge and acquire experience. Professors are also open to answer whatever question the students may have.
As a teaching tool the e-campus is commonly used. The e-campus is a virtual environment which allows a fluent dialog between teachers and students in order to be able to exchange files, send e-mails and notices, forums can also take place in the e-campus, as well as many other issues.
Assessment activities:
- Exams
- Participation in the laboratory - Continuous assessment
The subject is structured in two partial courses, each of which consists of 9 internships. The exam is oral on 4 of the 9 practices. The midterm grade is the arithmetic average of the grade obtained in each practice. To carry out the practices, in the exam you can have a sheet with the notes that you think appropriate.
Students who pass the 2 exams have passed the subject with the average of the two exams. The average is only made if the two marks are equal to or greater than 5.
In the event of failing any of the midterms, or both, either of these can be recovered in the extraordinary call.
A rubric has been designed for the evaluation of oral exams. Evaluates by differentiating three aspects: Knowledge and theoretical foundations, Ability to apply methods and procedures to carry out the measurements, and oral expression and argumentation skills.
The continuous evaluation consists of an oral examination of the table carried out during the week. If they overcome it, they can release matter. In case of having passed some practices for continuous evaluation, the exam is done on the rest.
Manual de mesures electròniques. Publicacions Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle. 2025
Notes and documents from the other subjects.
Technical documentation sheets (Internet)