Enhanced Teaching/Learning Process in Analog Electronic Circuits with an Aid of Computer Simulation Tool

Analog Electronic Circuits (AEC) is a foundation course of many research fields in Electrical as well as Electronics Engineering stream. This is a necessary and an essential course for various analytical studies in Electrical Science curriculum. The course content emphasis on working of various analog devices and circuits, and their applications. Conventional Chalk-Talk method of teaching make students highly reliant on course instructor. Hence course was dealt with an objective of making students self dependent in the analysis of basic AEC. An attempt was made by the authors to introduce computer simulation in classroom teaching and laboratory for II year Under Graduate (UG) students. A survey was made to select an appropriate computer simulation tool which can aid students to use it even beyond college hours. Among different available tools, PSpice Schematics Evaluation Version 9.1 was opted. PSpice is an industry standard tool and is widely used for analog and mixed signal circuit analysis. Simulation was made a part of assignment, Self Study (SS) component and laboratory. The work presented in this paper discuss various types of analysis like transient, DC sweep, AC sweep, parametric, Bias point, and temperature analysis performed on typical analog electronic circuits. Authors also discuss about the difference in attainment comparing pedagogy method with conventional one.