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EE50224: Electronic control systems design

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: EX 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Examination (EX 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To equip students with the skills to be able to understand, design and critically appraise control systems and circuits for a variety of electronic systems.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit the student will be able to:
Demonstrate systematic and detailed understanding of linear and non-linear control systems design techniques.
Demonstrate detailed knowledge of suitable design techniques for the design of control systems.
Demonstrate critical understanding of the uncertainty and limits of control systems and where they can be applied in practical settings.
Employ a range of control system design techniques to practical problems.
Demonstrate the ability to use appropriate professional simulation and design tools.

Skills:
Numeracy:
Analysis and design of analogue and mixed signal circuits. (TFA)
Use IT to collect, analyse and present technical information; solve problems, communicate effectively and retrieve information. (TFA)
Use appropriate professional simulation and design tools. (TFA)
Employ a range of established and new techniques to review and critically analyse information concerning engineering problems, and to propose and implement solutions in a professional manner (TFA).

Content:
Control algorithms in common use in the electronic systems and electronic control system design, modelling and analysis.
PID controller design.
Compensation of feedback control systems to ensure stability.
Non-Linear control systems design.
Lyapunov analysis methods.
Frequency domain design methods including bode plots and pole-zero.
Dynamic controller design using frequency domain and state space approaches.
Controllable and observable systems.
MIMO control systems.
Non-linear system modelling and analysis.
System stability analysis.
Design and implementation of autonomous control systems.
Applications of Control in Electronic Systems.
Programme availability:

EE50224 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

EE50224 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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