4022061 – Electronics for Physicists (Analog Electronics)

Electronics is an integral part of our lives today. It also plays a central role in fundamental research in physics and other disciplines. The lecture will discuss the foundations of analog electronics, including basic passive elements (resistor, capacitance, inductance) and their behavior with direct and alternating currents, diodes as fundamental semiconductor element, operational amplifiers, transistors and transistor circuits as well as technical aspects of electronics, and system issues such as noise behavior. Frequent connects are made to applications in instrumentation for basic research, in particular in the area particle physics.