Solid State Electronics

Course: Solid State Electronics- Renewable Energy   
1st Nine Weeks2nd  Nine Weeks3rd NineWeeks4th Nine Weeks

Unit 0: (1 week) Community building and P&P 

 

Unit 1: (2 week) Employability, Profession Standards and Careers

Unit(s):Unit(s):Unit(s):

Unit 0: (1 Week )

 

-Procedures & Getting to know students

 

-Unit 1 (1 Week) Employability 

 

-appropriate work habits

-appropriate dress for the work environment

-communication Skills

-listening Skills

-collaboration / teamwork skills

- punctuality and time management

 

-Types of Jobs

-identify local and regional labor markets

• differentiate between job titles / positions / duties

• identify education, training and certifications to acquire career advancement

• discuss ethical issues related to electronics

• discuss  Protections Against Discrimination and Other Prohibited Practices

 

 

 

-Identify postsecondary education for the trade

 

-Unit 2 Safety and Tool Usage

• Hand Tools

• Power Tools

 

-Unit 3 Basics of Electricity

• switches, voltage source, current source, ground, resistors, fuses, circuit breakers, volt meters, amp meters, voltage, current, and resistance

• Analog vs Digital

 

-Unit 4 Schematics and Patents

-Unit 5 Precision Electrical Instrumentation and Solid State Components.

• Digital circuits, semi-conductor circuits through Thevenin and Norton's theorems;

• voltage regulation devices;

• Design and use of diodes, transistors, and analog components with integrated circuits;

• Solid-state components and devices such as a power supply design;

• Optoelectronic devices;

• Transmission theory;

• Microprocessor applications;

 

-Unit 6 Solar Electronic Grid and Monitoring

• Array, Array Current and Voltage, BTU, Fixed Tilt Array, Grid, Kilowatt, KW KWH, Orientation, Passive Solar, PV or Photovoltaic Effect, Photovoltaic Cell, Tracking Array 

 

Fall CCA

-Unit 7 Wind Electronic Grid and Monitoring

 

• Adequacy, Aggregation, Airfoil, Anemometer, Armature, Availability Factor, Balancing, Betz Coefficient, Blades, Braking System, Capacity, Capacity Factor, Chord, Cut-In Speed, Cut-Out Speed, Cowling, Direct Drive, Feathering, Footing, Furling, Hub, Inverter, Jacket, Katabatic Wind, Nacelle, Peak Wind Speed, Power Curve, Rated Wind Speed, Rotor, Reynolds Number, Root End, Twist, Tail, Tail Boom, Tip Speed Ratio (TSR), Wind Farm, Wind Power Class, Wind Shear, Wind Vane, and Yaw

-Unit 8 Renewable Energy Off Grid Design with Remote Monitoring

 

-Unit 9 Group Project Presentation

 

 

 

Spring CCA

Required Project:

-Schematic Drawing Project

 

-Renewable Energy Patent Research Paper

Required Project:

-Solar Grid using Solid State Components

Required Project:

-Wind Farm using Solid State Components

Required Project:
Employability Skills:Located in Main Curriculum Folder   

Employability Skills:

-Professionalism

-Teamwork-Problem Solving

Employability Skills:

- Job Seeking Skills

Employability Skills:

-Communication Skills

-Self Management Skill

Employability Skills:

-Civic and Social Responsibility