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ESSENTIALS OF
ELECTRONIC
TECHNOLOGY
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7. Engineering &
manufacturing
technicians
This two-day course provides non-electrical engineer professionals with a practical, clear and jargon-free study of the
essentials of high-tech electronics. The material is presented in a logical, step-by-step progression that starts with basic
concepts and concludes with critical information about state-of-the-art microcomputers and communication gear. This
course will improve familiarity with electronics including the latest cutting edge information, make communication with
EE’s clearer, improve customer confidence in electronics knowledge, and improve marketing, legal advice, engineering,
and manufacturing.
Essentials of Electronic Technology
What You Learn
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The key aspects of electricity and electronics
Alternating current principles and parameters: resistance,
capacitance, and inductance
Semiconductor electronic devices from diodes, FETs, and
transistors to integrated circuits and amplifiers, including
CMOS, PMOS, and NMOS devices, PLDs, FPGAs
Digital circuits, binary logic, logic gates, and flip-flops
Computers and how they function, computer components,
CPU, ALU, PROM, RAM
Communication gear such as ADSL, DWDM, SONET, and
SERDES; using fiber optics; LANs, WANs, and MANs
Have you thought this to yourself?
“We have a problem with sales to engineering communication.”
“My job requires more knowledge about electronics.”
“I’m facing quality control issues that need electronics knowledge.”
“I have intuition about electronics issues but little solid knowledge.”
“Legal issues require a working knowledge of electronics at our firm.”
“Our designs need to integrate electronic elements. I need the knowledge.”
“Our customers speak in electronic jargon. I want to converse with them.”
“We encounter repeated situations requiring electronics knowledge.”
“I hope to learn valuable information quicker than I would on-the-job.”
This course will benefit you
Electronic technology has rapidly worked its way into a diverse array
of applications. For engineers and professionals who are not EEs, the
challenge of developing a working knowledge of the electronic devices, circuits,
and systems encountered in daily work can be formidable.
However, those who combine their professional expertise with the
latest knowledge about electronics become invaluable assets to their
organization. From capacitors, inductors, and resistors to computers and fiber
optic communication devices, this course gives the essential information you
need to be in the know about electronics.
You will learn new insights and timely information on circuit functions
and their components, computer memory, processors, communication gear,
and related technologies. Mr. Hanson clearly explains key concepts, offers
examples, and provides many opportunities for actual practice and use of
electronics essentials. From this newly gained knowledge, you can work better
with EE information, handle customer questions with more background, and
work out legal issues with stronger knowledge.
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Gain working knowledge of basic electronics that you can apply to
computers, factory automation, communications, and instrumentation.
Better understand the operation, specifications for, and applications of
electronic devices.
The course is taught by an
internationally recognized expert
“Mr. Hanson is well
spoken, patient,
knowledgeable . . .
gives practical
examples.”
“(I)nstructor’s
presentation was superb.
Very good job of
connecting electronics to
the real world.”
Participants in Mr.
Hanson’s courses
Consider the benefits for you, your
colleagues, and your company!
Mr. Hanson does private seminars as well.
The course discusses resistors & capacitors that
have very small sizes in SMT packages down to
10 mils by 5 mils (01005).
Robert Hanson teaches and
consults for 3-Com, Advanced Fibre
Communications, Alcatel, Allied Signal,
Apple, AT&T, Boeing, Chrysler, Cisco,
Compaq, Cray, da Vinci Systems, Data
Device, Dell, Delphi, EDA Technologies-So.
Africa, Ford, Gateway, GE, Gen Rad,
Honeywell, HP, IBM, Intel, Lockheed, Lucent,
Marconi, Micron, Motorola, NEC, eLuminant,
Nortel, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Rockwell,
Samsung-Korea, Solectron, Storage Tek,
Sun, Tektronix, Teradyne, TI, TRW, Tycom
Laboratories, Xerox, and Xilinx
This course is for you
The course is intended for professionals with
limited or no prior knowledge or experience in
electronics. People who will benefit from the
course include those in management and
design; purchasing and legal departments,
quality control, sales, and engineering &
manufacturing. Basic algebra and geometry is
used to illustrate the functions of various circuits
and their components. Anyone who desires to
have a better grasp of electronics will benefit by
utilizing the knowledge from this course.
Robert Hanson has unmatched experience in teaching and
knowledge of electronics. As a Testability Overseer for Boeing Commercial
Airline products, Mr. Hanson worked with non-EEs and quickly became
aware of the need for non-EEs to have a working understanding of
electronics and for EEs to communicate clearly with non-EEs.
Building on that practical knowledge, Mr. Hanson designed this
course to provide non-EEs the information they need. He has taught this
course over thirty times receiving outstanding reviews each time from
participants. He has presented the course for both the University of
California at Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin.
His clear instruction builds on 30 years of working experience in
electronics including in manufacturing, hardware testing, and
operational/test software. His teaching also reflects the fact that he has
taught electronics and digital design courses throughout the United States,
Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Mr. Hanson has an M.S.E.E. from the University of Southern
California, a B.S.E.E. from the University of Washington, and a B.S.I.E.
and a B.S.B.A. from the University of North Dakota. He brings his practical
experience and educational background to present a seminar that nonEEs will find accessible and useful.
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ESSENTIALS OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE
DAY 1
FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICITY & ELECTRONICS
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The science of electricity and electronics--matter, atoms,
molecules, electrons, protons, neutrons, voltage, and current
CIRCUITS: PROVIDING THE PATHWAY FOR USING
ELECTRICITY
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How a circuit uses electricity
The four key elements of a circuit:
source, load, pathway, and switch
Measuring the four elements of
electrical circuits using volt meters,
ammeters, ohmmeters, watt meters
(using Watt’s law)
Controlling the flow of electricity on a
circuit: potentiometers, switches,
variable resistors
Two kinds of circuits: series and
parallel circuits
Using different kinds of parallel
circuits to save money and power
and to keep them efficient and
compact.
BASIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES
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INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
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anecdotes.”
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What is an integrated circuit?
How are integrated circuits constructed?
Common types of infrastructures for
integrated circuits: MOS devices,
CMOS, NMOS, PMOS. Examples of
these devices for constructing PLDs
and PLAs.
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Which types of integrated circuits are
most popular in today’s electronic
products and why?
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How do integrated circuits work?
State of the art ICs
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What are the methods for constructing
and circuit cards
amplifiers and linear integrated circuits?
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Using NPN and PNP transistors; how
provide hands-on
to bias amplifiers and linear integrated
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circuits to make them function;
deciding how you want the amplifier to
operate; and working to get a specified voltage and current gain.
“Bob Hanson is
very
knowledgeable
but most
importantly he
explains how
things work.”
Participants in Mr.
Hanson’s courses
RESISTANCE AND INDUCTANCE IN CIRCUITS
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Figuring out the amps/current, ohms/resistance, and voltage
in a circuit: Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws
Using resistors to limit the current to a specified amount
through the circuit
Using inductors to oppose changes in currents to provide
control over the rate of circuit activation
Two kinds of inductance: serial and
parallel
What happens in a circuit when current
is changing? Transient response
Changing the voltage and the current in
a circuit: transformers
How power is consumed by resistors
(Real power: watts) and how power is
absorbed, stored and released by
inductors (Reactive power: volt amps)
The importance of the power factor
How to figure out the power factor from
The course teaches
the inductance and resistance
how LEDs and LCDs
Trying to get the power factor lower:
function and where
balancing inductive loads
each type is used.
The biggest hurdle in making circuits go
faster: the inductance
The importance and properties of time constant and
inductance in high-speed circuits
DAY 2
CAPICITANCE IN CIRCUITS
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What is a capacitor? How is it different from an inductor?
Types of capacitors: Aluminum electrolytic, ceramic, tantalum,
mica, polystyrene, polarized, variable, and others.
The time required to charge a capacitor: RC Time Constant
Equivalent capacitance in series and parallel circuits
What happens in a capacitor when currents change?
Transient response
Reactive power in capacitors
Capacitance issues in today’s printed circuit boards and why
capacitance must be controlled in high speed operation of
microprocessors, RAMs, FPGAs, etc.
The difference between analog and digital circuits
Why do computers use almost exclusively digital circuits?
What are silicon devices? How are they laid out?
Basic silicon devices: diodes, transistors, and FETs
How silicon devices are constructed: doping, P-N junction, layout.
DIGITAL CIRCUITS
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What are digital circuits?
Using binary numbering systems employed by all digital circuits
Basic elements of digital information: bits and bytes
The basic elements of digital circuits: Logic gates
Types of Logic gates: OR, NOR, AND, NAND, XOR.
Flip flops: combinations of logic gates which provide the basic
building blocks for RAMs and PROMs
The two types of flip-flops: D and JK
COMPUTERS
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History of Computers
Microprocessors and mini-computers: What are the fastest ones?
How a computer works
How does the memory work (RAMs and PROMs)? Which are the
fastest?
How is programming for ROMs, PROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs,
and flash RAM done?
What are RDRAMs and double density clocking? How fast can
they operate? What type of RAMs and
PROMs will be used in the future?
Storage technologies used in
computers
LEDs and LCD flat panel displays
Why is Moore’s Law (that every 18
months the speed of computers will
double) no longer a law?
COMMUNICATION GEAR
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What are ADSL, DWDM, SONET, and
SERDES?
How fast, what are the risks, what is
the cost, and what are the future
expectations for these communication
technologies?
What are LANs, WANs, and MANs?
Why are fiber optics becoming more
popular for high speed communications?
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Fiber optic cables
can transmit the
maximum data
but as the course
asks, what about
cost risk and
reliability issues?
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
You can have a seminar at your location and attend one of our public seminars
For seminars at your location, email us at [email protected]
For the locations of our public seminars, visit www.americomseminars.com
Schedule: 8am to 5pm, First day; 8:30am to 5pm, Second day; lunch break from 12:30 to 1:30pm each day.
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Payment
Course Fee
See our web page for fees. The fee includes:
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Two full days of instruction covering electronic essentials
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One copy of Electricity and Electronics by Howard Gerrish and
William E. Duggen
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Comprehensive course notes
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Continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments daily (public
seminars)
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Certificate of Completion
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Firms that send three or more attendees receive a $50
discount for each person.
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Checks or Money Orders made to Americom Seminars, Inc.
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Purchase Orders; 10% fee for P.O.’s, waived if paid within 30
days of the invoice date.
Cancellations
You may cancel your enrollment up to 15 days prior to the seminar, but
you must pay a $100 processing fee. Cancellations 2 to 14 days before
the seminar pay a $250 fee ($150 for 1 day class). Cancellations the day
before or day of the seminar, owe the full amount. You may substitute
enrollees at any time. If this course is not held for any reason, Americom
Seminars, Inc.’s liability is limited to refund of the full course fee.
Questions: Email us at [email protected]
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Write us at: Americom Seminars; 2533 North Carson Street Suite
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