Dawood University of Engineering & Technology,

Karachi
Department of Electronic Engineering

Course Report: Pre-Assessment

ES-217 – Electronic Circuit Design

Semester- 20F

Dr. Musharraf Alam

 Guidelines for course assessment
1. Assessment means primarily the assessment of course learning outcomes and program learning outcomes
covered by the course. Other additional types of assessment can be used if useful (such as the online student
survey or other assessment techniques).
2. Assessment is mandatory for all courses in each semester. Each faculty member teaching a course must
produce a course assessment report (CAR) as part of the course portfolio.
3. If a course has several sections and each section is taught by a different instructor, assessment must be done
for each section separately.
4. CAR must contain both direct assessment (opinion of the teacher using quizzes, exams, assignments, etc.)
and indirect assessment (opinion of students through surveys).
5. Each faculty member must keep his data at the most detailed level (marks by student, by outcome, and by
quiz/exam/assignment, etc.). Having the data at the detailed level will serve as evidence. It will also allow
generating any aggregation we might need later.
6. Assessment is based on two different levels, first is average score of all students in a specific program
outcome, and second is how well a student has performed in each course learning outcome.

7. The attainment of PLOs must be judged primarily by using the average score of all students in a specific
outcome.
8. Levels of satisfaction in Program Learning Outcomes is defined through KPIs set as follows:
a. For direct assessment:
 Level 4: Unsatisfactory is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is 60% or lower,
 Level 3: Developing is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is between 60% and
69%,
 Level 2: Satisfactory is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is between 70% and
79%,
 Level 1: Exemplary is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is equal or above 80%.

b. For indirect assessment:

 Unsatisfactory: corresponds to Disagree + Strongly Disagree in a specific outcome.
 Developing: corresponds to Neutral in a specific outcome.
 Satisfactory: corresponds to Agree in a specific outcome.
 Exemplary: corresponds to “Strongly Agree” in a specific outcome.

9. The final judgment of the attainment of PLOs is based on the followings:

Table 1: Criteria for attainment of PLOs

Exceeds Meets Progressing Does Not Meet
Expectations Expectations Towards Expectations Expectations
(EE) (ME) (PE) (DNME)

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 The average grade is The average The average The average
80% or more grade is between grade is between grade is less than 60%
70% - 79% 60% - 69%

10. When analyzing the results of the assessment of a course, we must necessarily pay attention to the
following cases:

 Cases with DNME in a specific outcome.

 Cases with PE in a specific outcome.
 Cases with an important discrepancy (let's say > 15%) between direct and indirect
assessment for a specific outcome; especially if the direct assessment (opinion of teacher)
is much higher than the indirect assessment (opinion of students).
 Online Student Survey: if we have questions with Unsatisfactory or Developing, we
should also comment them.

11. The analysis of the assessment results must be oriented towards:

 Identifying the issues and root causes behind the non-attainment of a specific outcome.
 Determining corrective actions to be taken in the following semester(s) to resolve those
issues and root causes.

12. Level of satisfaction in CLOs for individual student are defined through the KPIs set as follows:

 Unsatisfactory is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is 60% or lower,

 Developing is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is between 60% and 70%,
 Satisfactory is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is between 70% and 79%,
 Exemplary is given to a student whose score in a specific outcome is equal or above 80%.

13. At the end of each semester / beginning of following semester, an assessment meeting will be held at
the department level in order to evaluate the teaching achievements and issues of the past semester
based on course assessment reports done for each course taught. An improvement plan will result
based on that assessment meeting. All faculty members should be involved and work to implement
the improvement plan during the following semester(s).

14. Process of reviewing of CLOs shall be based on data collected by CLO assessment. A CLO shall be
revisited in case an overall satisfactory level of that CLO goes below 60%. Recommendation (or
mapping) shall be discussed by and reviewed by OBE Implementation team and shall be forwarded for
further approval at BoS.

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1. Course Summary
Table 2: Course Summary

COURSE SUMMARY
Course Code and Title Electronic Circuit Design
Semester 3rd Semester
Instructor Dr. Musharraf Alam
Course Format (3+1) – 3 hours lectures per week
No. of Students 1 section, 32 students
Average GPA --/ 4

2. Course Contents
Title of Course : Electronic Circuit Design
Course Code : ES-217
Discipline : B.E. (Electronic Engineering)
Semester : 3rd Semester
Effectiveness : Batch 2021/Fall onward
Course Type : Compulsory
Pre-Requisite : Electronic Devices and Circuits
Marks : Theory: 100 Practical: 50
Credit Hours : 3 CH 01 CH
Teaching Scheme : 3 Hours / Week 03 Contact Hours / Week
Assessment : 20% Sessional, 30% Mid Semester Examination, 50% Final Semester

Aim:
The objective of this course is to provide the students an insight into analysis and design of the electronic
circuits that find extensive application in such fields as computers, control systems, digital
instrumentation, communications, radar etc. This course is devoted to the study of analog circuits
emphasizing amplifiers.

Objective:
Teach the operation, analysis, and design of electronic amplifiers and oscillators.

Contents:
Classification of amplifiers on the basis of biasing: Class A amplifier, class B amplifier, class AB
amplifier, class C amplifier, push-pull amplifier, and complementary symmetry amplifier. Classification
of amplifiers on the basis of coupling: RC-coupled amplifier, transformer-coupled amplifier, direct-
coupled amplifier. Classification of amplifiers on the basis of frequency: Audio-frequency amplifier,
radio-frequency amplifier, tuned amplifiers. Feedback: Feedback concept, feedback amplifiers, voltage
feedback amplifier, current feedback amplifier. Effect of feedback on frequency response. Practical
amplifier considerations: Input and output impedance, amplifier loading, impedance matching.
Oscillators: Basic theory, tank circuit, damped and undamped oscillations, phase-shift oscillator, Colpitt
oscillator, Hartley oscillator, Wein Bridge oscillator, Clapp oscillator.
Basic Operational Amplifier Circuits: Comparators, Summing Amplifiers, Integrators and Differentiator,
Instrumentation Amplifiers, Log and Antilog Amplifiers

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3. Course Learning Outcomes

Mapping of CLOs and PLOs

S. No. Course Learning outcomes PLOs Blooms Taxonomy

Infer the frequency characteristics and stability analysis of

CLO 1 P-1 C2
power amplifiers and oscillators
Analyze various electronic circuits using operational
CLO 2 amplifiers P- 2 C4

Design operational amplifier based electronic circuits

CLO 3 P- 3 C5

Recommended Books:
1. Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith “Microelectronic Circuits,” Oxford University Press, Latest Edition,
ISBN: 0199339139.
2. Behzad Razavi “Fundamentals of Microelectronics,” Wiley, Latest Edition, ISBN: 1118156323.
3. Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky “Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory”, Prentice Hall, Latest
Edition, ISBN: 0132622262.
4. Thomas L. Floyd “Electronic Devices (Conventional Current Version)” Prentice Hall, Latest Edition,
ISBN: 0132549867.
4. Course Delivery (Topics Planned)

a. List the topics you planned at the beginning of the course.

Table 3: Course Lecture Plan

Week Lecture Reference Assignment Related
Date Topics
No. No. material / Quiz CLO
1 Classification of amplifiers on the basis of biasing
Week 1 2 Class A amplifier
3 Class B amplifier
4 Class AB amplifier
Week 2 5 Class C amplifier
6 Push-pull amplifier
7 Complementary symmetry amplifier
Week 3 8 Classification of amplifiers on the basis of coupling
9 RC-coupled amplifier
10 Transformer-coupled amplifier Reference
CLO 1
Book (4)
Week 4 11 direct-coupled amplifier
12 Classification of amplifiers on the basis of frequency
13 Audio-frequency amplifier
Week 5 14 Radio-frequency amplifier
15 Tuned amplifiers
16 Feedback concept, feedback amplifiers
Week 6 17 Practical and Ideal amplifier considerations Assignment
18 Input and output impedance 1
19 Amplifier loading, Impedance matching
Week 7
20 Basic Operational Amplifier Circuits
21 Op-amp Comparators
22 Op-amp Hysteresis Quiz 1
Reference
Week 8 23 Zener Bounding CLO 2
Book (4)
24 Quiz
25 Comparator Applications
Quiz 2
Week 9 26 A/D converter
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 27 Summing Amplifiers
28 Averaging Amplifier
Week 29 Scalling Adder
10 30 D/A converter
31 R2R Ladder
Week 32 Integrators and Differentiator
11 33 Log and Antilog Amplifiers
34 Basic Filter Responses
Week 35 Active Low Pass, Active High Pass Filters
12 36 Active Band Pass Filters
37 Oscillators Basic theory
Week 38 damped and undamped oscillations
13 39 phase-shift oscillator
40 Colpitt oscillator
Week 41 Hartley oscillator
14 42 Wein Bridge oscillator Reference
CLO 3
43 Clapp oscillator Book (4)
Week 44 Crystal Controlled Oscillator
15 45 Triangular wave Oscillator
46 555 timer as an oscillator Assignment
Week 2
47 A-stable mode of 555 timer
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48 Quiz

b. Assessment Plan

Assessment tools CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO-3 Total

Assignment 1 5 Marks 5
Assignment 2 (CEP) 5 Marks 5
Quizzes 10 Marks 10
Mid Exam 15 Marks 15 Marks 30
Final Exam 10 Marks 10 Marks 30 Marks 50
Total 30 Marks 35 Marks 35 Marks 100

c. Marks Distribution against CLOs

Marks Distribution
CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO-3 Total
30 Marks 35 Marks 35 Marks 100

d. Marks Distribution against PLOs

PLO-1 PLO-2 PLO-3

CLO 1 30 Marks
CLO 2 35 Marks
CLO 3 35 Marks
Total 30 35 35