Â鶹´«Ã½

-


EE50228: Electronic systems design and manufacture

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 1
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Professional Skills and Practice (CW 30%)
  • Individual submission from group work exercise (CW 30%)
  • Technical Report (CW 40%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
The aims of this unit are to develop the communication, planning and critical evaluation skills needed to perform at a postgraduate professional level, and to develop an appropriate understanding of modern electronic systems design and manufacture.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit the student will be able to:
Critically appraise, design to a specification and manufacture an electronic circuit, including knowledge of practical issues in electronic circuit fabrication, commercial and financial constraints.
Communicate their work to technical and non-technical audiences.
Critically evaluate solutions to complex engineering problems.
Plan, monitor, adjust and document self-learning to improve performance (e.g. continuing professional development; CPD).
Plan, monitor, adjust and document a programme of work on an on-going basis.
Demonstrate structured reflection on own performance and skills development.
Exercise initiative and personal responsibility.

Skills:
Advanced automated and manual circuit fabrication techniques (TFA).
Electronic circuit testing and measurement (TFA).
Electronic design automation tools for design and test of electronic circuits (TFA).
Construction of logical arguments and critical evaluation in an engineering context (TFA).
Ensuring that arguments are credible and appropriately acknowledge the work of others (TFA).
Group working skills (TFA).
Time management and workload organisation (TFA).
Development of written and presentation skills to enable students to summarise and present technical and related issues to a range of audiences (TFA).

Content:
Introduction to the key concepts required for the manufacture of electronic circuits.
Principles of printed circuit board manufacture and electronic systems packaging.
Design tools for simulating electronic circuits, printed circuit board design, layout and simulation.
Discuss examples of ethical dilemmas in engineering practice, and the role of professional codes of practice.
Written communication in engineering.
Oral communication in engineering.
Time management and workload planning.
Techniques of critical analysis for the engineering literature.
Effective group work.
Structured reflection.
Programme availability:

EE50228 is Compulsory 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.
  • Undergraduates: .
  • Postgraduates: .