Basics of Electronic Circuits

Course information

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student

• is able to search detailed knowledge on DC, AC and nonlinear electronics circuit engineering
• can analyse the operation of basic electronic system based on its circuit diagram
• can design and analyse a basic electronic filter
• remembers the basic operation principles of diodes and metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors
• can analyse simple diode and transistor circuits.

Content

Quantities, definitions, and laws in electronics

Basic circuit components: resistor, inductor, and capacitor

Direct-current and alternating-current circuit-analysis methods

Frequency-domain representation and transfer functions

Nonlinearity in electronics

Operational amplifier

Teacher

Aleksi Tamminen, Henrik Wallén

Study material

Tildon H. Glisson, Introduction to Circuit Analysis and Design, Springer.
Lecture slides

Workload

Lectures, exercise sessions, and independent studying

Prerequisites

Recommended prerequisites: First-year bachelor-level courses in matrix algebra as well as differential and integral calculus, or equivalent

Evaluation

Exercises and exams

Teaching time and location

The teaching time and the location of the course can be found at Sisu information system

1. The link leads to Completion methods tab of the course page
2. From the top of the page (Version drop-down menu), check that academic year 2025-2026 is selected  

3. From the blue bar, click Lecture and open the Groups and teaching times tab to see the teaching time and the location of the course. Exam times can be seen by clicking Exam.
    

   Exam instructions at the Open University

The teacher has four (4) weeks to grade the exam submissions starting from the exam date.

Further information

This course is aimed for bachelor students who are not in the Elektroniikka ja
sähkötekniikka (EST) bachelor programme. Students in EST bachelor programme
can not enrol this course, because they have equivalent topics in their
programme courses.

Online learning environment for the course  

MyCourses online learning environment is a tool for both students and teachers for communication and managing everyday course work. You need an Aalto User ID to log in to the course's MyCourses workspace and participate in teaching.

Digital workspace of the course:
MyCourses

More details on completing the course will be available at MyCourses closer to the start of the course.

Registration and course fee

Registration for Open University courses is done via the link below: 
Course registration

Registration for this course starts on 4.8.2025 at 9.00  
Registration for this course ends on 28.8.2025 at 23.59

It is not possible to register before the registration period has started or after it has ended.

The number of participants is limited to 30.

This course is organized by the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering.

The course fee is paid upon registration for each course at a time and it is binding. Familiarize yourself with registration and payment rules as well as other guidelines for students:
Registration, payments and rules

Activating Aalto ID and Multifactor Authentication

You can activate your Aalto User ID the day after the registration and you should activate it no later than the day before the start of the course.
Instructions for activating your Aalto user ID

Once you have activated your Aalto user ID, also enable multifactor authentication. Some of Aalto University's services require multifactor authentication.

Instructions for using Multifactor Authentication