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Applied Circuit and PCB-Design

Schaltungs- und Leiterplattenentwicklung in der Praxis

Lecturers & Examiners: Alfonso Blanco Fontao
Number of participants limited to 24.
VVZ CR 4.4

Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:34:32

Abstract

Participants learn how to design a predefined electronic circuit and how to lay out the pertaining circuit board. CAE and CAD activities for design and simulation are carried out with the aid of Altium Designer.

Objective

The goal is to become acquainted with all those practical aspects of electronic circuit and PCB design by working through a modest but complete application example. This involves analysis of specifications, the evaluation of electronic parts, efficient testing and failure search, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), the usage of industrial CAE/CAD tools for circuit simulation and PCB layout, generating production data for the board manufacturer, board mounting, testing and start up.

Content

Content: - Understanding circuit, system, and product specifications - Guidelines, standards, and regulations - Design and development flow - Introduction to the Altium Designer environment - Selection of components and circuit sizing - Preparing schematic symbols and footprints for CAE/CAD - Working with database component libraries - Logically structured schematic circuit diagrams - Capturing a predefined circuit - Definition of net classes and layout rules in schematics - Design for EMC - Checking schematic data - Simulation of mixed signal circuits using Spice - Hints for improved testing and debugging - Component placement on the PCB - Turning circuit diagrams into a workable layout - Manual and automatic interconnect routing - Definition of layout rules - RF- and EMC-guidelines for circuit wire routing - Differential pairs and impedance-controlled routing - Introduction to PCB manufacturing - Preparation of production and assembly data - PCB and device assembly (component mounting) - Final circuit testing and start up

Resources

Literature

All necessary documents will be available as electronic documents (PDF).

Learning Materials (Links)

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Semesterly recurring

Examination

Type
ungraded semester performance
Voraussetzung zur Erteilung der ECTS Kreditpunkte und für eine schriftliche Teilnahmebestätigung ist ein erfolgreicher Abschluss des Kurses mit Inbetriebnahme des Kursprojektes.To receive ECTS credit points and a written confirmation of participation it is required to complete the course project.Anmerkung:Als Leistungskontrolle gilt: Erfolgreiche Ausführung des Kursprojektes mit abschliessender Inbetriebnahme.Note:A successful course project commissioning is taken as "pass" condition.

Registration & Places

Max Places
24

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Schaltungs- und Leiterplattenentwicklung in der Praxis
The course is offered in hybrid form (students come every second time to the classroom). First lesson (Thu September 17, 2020) will last approx 2 hours: course presentation. Some parts of the course might be given as pre-recorded video lectures or as remote teaching. Although not strictly mandatory, attendance is of high importance and will be considered as part of the evaluation criteria. Students not willing to attend regularly to the lectures are not encouraged to register to it. The deadline for deregistering expires at the end of the second week of the semester. Students who are still registered after that date, but do not attend the course, will fail to get the credits.
  • Thu 08:00-12:00 (ON LI NE)
  • Thu 08:15-12:00 (ETZ K 63)
4 h weekly

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