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Electronics for Physicists, 7.5 credits

given by the Department of Physics.

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Contents

In this course, you will learn, understand, and use important tools and technologies that are used in experimental natural sciences in general, and physics experiments in particular, especially electronics and statistics and be orientated about future perspectives for the infrastructure of exerimental physics.

The aim of the electronics part is understanding how signal processing and data collection take place in modern experiments. The similarity with modern electronics and digital technology in society is striking and everyday examples are highlighted. The student obtains knowledge how to communicate the modern electronics with experts and the surrounding society. Statistics and the presentations have scientific and social relevance.

General information

Course codes: FYSN35 and FKFN05F (PhD)
Semester: autumn
Study period: second
Level: second cycle
Language: English
Forms of teaching: lectures, laboratory sessions and group work and study visits
Assessment: oral examination, written assignments, laboratory reports, reports from practical exercises, and compulsory participation
Grading scale: Fail, Pass, Pass with distinction (U, G, VG).
Syllabi on Lund University's central website:
- FYSN35 syllabus on lu.se (in English)
- FYSN35 syllabus on lu.se (in Swedish)
Previous course codes: FYSN15, FYSN25

Course literature

For the statistics part, a hand-out is provided for the students. For the electronic part, you can use almost any electronics book for reference reading. Thus, you do not need to buy a book, but we recommend:

Horowitz, Hill, The Art of Electronics (2nd ed. 1989, 3rd ed. 2015)
Kaplan, Hands on Electronics, available electronically from UB (Go to http://lubsearch.lub.lu.se/ and search for: "Kaplan Hands on")

Course coordinator

Hannah Herde, hannah.herde@fysik.lu.se

Schedule

The schedule for the course can be found on the schedule software TimeEdit:

Enter FYSN25 in the search box to search for the schedule on TimeEdit.

Entry requirements

Please refer to the syllabus.

Application

You will find the application details, course description and prerequisites for the course at Lund University's central web pages.

Please note that you might need to go to the Swedish website to see if the course is open for application. For non-Swedish speakers, please refer to below instructions in order to apply to the course via Antagning.se:
Instructions in English for applying to programmes and courses (pdf, 791 kB).

DOCTORAL STUDIES:

Sign up for the course by contacting course responsible. (Remember that you need to have the course listed in your individual study plan, ISP, to have it counted towards your exam.)

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