MEASUREMENTS FOR

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Conf. dr. ing. Ioana Marcu

Email: imarcu@radio.pub.ro / ioana.marcu@upb.ro

Grades Rules: Course support:

• 20% Lab Moodle platform:
• 40% Final exam https://curs.upb.ro/course/view.php?id=9895
• 40% Lab examination
• 10% Written test paper
 OVERALL COURSE CONTENT

1. Signals and instruments for their generation/measurement

2. Oscilloscope description/functionality

3. Voltage and electrical currents measurement

4. Impedances measurement

5. Frequency and time measurement

Lab support:
http://ham.elcom.pub.ro/metc/engleza.htm

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 COURSE 1

1. Basic knowledge

2. Periodic Signals: Shapes And Parameters

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Measurements for Electronics and Telecommunications

1. Basic Knowledge
 GENERAL CONCEPTS

Basic parameters for signals:

- frequency:
 marked f
 measurement unit: Hertz (Hz) [NOT s-1!!!]

- angular frequency (pulsation):

 marked ω or Ω
 measurement unit: radius/second (rad/s) [NOT Hz!!!]
 dependency on f: ω = 2πf

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 GENERAL CONCEPTS

Basic parameters for signals:

- period:
 marked T
 measurement unit: seconds (s. or sec.)
 dependency on f:
1
T=
f
 dependency on ω:
2π 2π
ω = 2πf = T =
T ω
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GENERAL CONCEPTS

Measurements for Electronics and Telecommunications

 GENERAL CONCEPTS

Basic parameters for signals:

- amplitude:
 marked A (amplitude) or U (voltage)
 measurement unit: Volt (V).

- power:
 marked P
 measurement unit: Watt (W)
 dependency on amplitude: A2
P=
R
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 GENERAL CONCEPTS

Basic components for circuits:

- resistance:
 marked R
 measurement unit: Ohm (Ω).

- capacitor (condenser):
 marked C
 measurement unit: Farad (F)

- inductance:
 marked L
 measurement unit: Henry (H)
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GENERAL CONCEPTS

Measurements for Electronics and Telecommunications

 GENERAL CONCEPTS

Basic parameters for circuits:

- Ohm’s law:
U in − U o
I=
R

Example:
A circuit with one resistor is supplied from a voltage source with
Uin=2V. Knowing that R=0.5kΩ:
a) compute the value of the electrical current through the resistor if
U0=1V; b) find U0 if the electrical current through the resistor is I=1mA.
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 GENERAL CONCEPTS

Multiples and submultiples:

- mili: [m] 10-3

- micro: [µ] 10-6
- nano: [n] 10-9
- pico: [p] 10-12

- Kilo: [K] 103

- Mega: [M] 106
- Giga: [G] 109
- Tera: [T] 1012
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 GENERAL CONCEPTS

Multiples and submultiples (examples):

1. Considering a periodic signal with T=1ms transform this value in

microseconds (μs), nanoseconds (ns) and picoseconds (ps).

2. If a periodic signal has f=100Khz what is the value of frequency in

MHz and GHz?

3. A capacitor has the real value C=100nF. Transform this value in mF,
μF and pF.

4. If a coil has the real value L=10mH, what is the value of the coil in
μH and nH?

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