Electronic Engineering is dedicated to the study of devices, circuits and

electronic systems, including their analysis, design, development, and operation,

as well as to the study of the principles on which they are based. Said
devices, circuits, and systems can be used in a wide variety of
applications, which includes, among others, digital systems, systems of
communications, automation and control systems, the systems of
transport and countless personal and household devices, which make more
easy and pleasant our life.

The electronic engineer has direct contact with the world of

technology par excellence. For this reason, it interferes in areas as cutting-edge as
telecommunications, data networks, networking, circuit development
integrated circuits, nanotechnology, design of digital devices and
analog electronics, bioengineering or bioelectronics, process control and many others
more.

Sources of employment
The Electronic Engineer has a wide range of possibilities for the
exercise of their profession. Among the companies that require them are:

• Public and private communication companies; Telephony,

Television, data transmission, broadcasting, radars, satellites,
mobile communications, etc.
• Basic industry of the state, and/or production of goods and services;
automation and control of industrial processes.
• Financial entities: Telematics.
• Oil industry: Telematics, communications, control, and
instrumentation.
• Empresas de generación de energía ; comunicaciones, telemática.
• Medical supply companies.
• Computing companies, etc.

The electronic engineering career at USB

Simón Bolívar University offers undergraduate and graduate programs.
in electronic engineering.

The Electronic Engineering degree at Simón Bolívar University has

as a fundamental objective to train a professional capable of performing in
the different fields of this Engineering, both current and those that emerge day by day
they are developed, with possibilities of adapting to advancements step by step
giants that occur in this area of Knowledge and to globalization
existing in our days.
 The curriculum includes a solid basic training in
mathematics, physics, and principles of computing and in the specific areas of the
degree: electrical, electronic and digital circuits and systems for then
apply them to the areas of Control, Communications, and Industrial. In the last
semesters of the degree through elective subjects, the internship or the
degree project, the student has the opportunity to delve into one or
more specific areas such as telecommunications, data networks,
automation and control systems, telephony, industrial electronics,
bioelectronics, biomedicine, microcomputers, among others.

The program lasts for 15 trimesters (5 years), granting the

Graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering. For more information, see the Plan
undergraduate studies.

Student profile
Simón Bolívar University focuses its attention on instilling in the future
professional of electronic engineering the following values. Values that
They must characterize the electronic engineer.

Personal Qualities

• Responsibility.
• Organization.
• Perseverance.
• Ability to establish appropriate interpersonal relationships.
• High ethical values.

Aptitudes

• Ability of abstract reasoning.

• Ability to solve numerical problems.
• Analytical and synthesis capacity.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Self-learning ability.

Academic Skills

• Solid preparation in basic sciences.

• Efficient methodology for both study and work.
• Ability to communicate in other languages, especially in the
English.
• Mastery of computer tools.
Electronic engineering is a branch ofengineering, which uses theelectricity,
specifically theelectronicsto solve engineering problems such as the
control ofindustrial processes, the transformation of electricity for the
operation of various devices and has application in theindustry, in the
telecommunicationsin the design and analysis ofelectronic instrumentation,
microcontrollersymicroprocessors.

This engineering is considered a field of study of theelectrical engineeringin the

United StatesyEurope.

Content
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• 1 Areas of knowledge
• 2 Areas of Action
o2.1 Power Electronics
o2.2 Computers or digital electronics
o2.3 Control of industrial processes
o2.4 Telecommunications
• 3 History
• 4 Component Engineering
• 5 Inventos destacados
• 6 See also

• 7 External Links

[editarAreas of knowledge
Electronic engineering is the set ofknowledgetechnicians, both theoretical and
practicals aimed at the application of thetechnologyelectronics for the
resolution of practical problems.

Theelectronicsit is a branch of thephysicsthat deals with the utilization and usefulness of the
behavior of electric charges in different materials and elements such as
thesemiconductors. TheengineeringElectronics is the practical application of electronics.
for which it incorporates, in addition to theoretical and scientific knowledge, other
technical and practical nature about semiconductors as well as many devices
electrical as well as other fields of human knowledge such asdrawingytechniques of
planningamong others.

Between electronic engineering and theelectrical engineeringthere are similarities

fundamentals, as both are based on the study of the electrical phenomenon. Without
the first specializes in low voltage circuits among them the
semiconductors, which have as a fundamental component thetransistoror the
behavior of charges in a vacuum as in the case of the old valves
thermionic and electrical engineering specializes in high voltage electric circuits
as seen in transmission lines and in electrical stations. Both engineering fields
they share common aspects such as the mathematical and physical foundations,
circuit theory, the study ofelectromagnetismand theproject planning.
Another fundamental difference lies in the fact that electronic engineering studies
the use of electrical energy to transmit, receive, and process information, being this
the basis of telecommunications engineering, of thecomputer engineeringand engineering
of automatic control. The common point of electrical and electronic engineering is
the power area. Electronics is used to convert the waveform of the voltages
that are used to transmit electrical energy; electrical engineering studies and designs.
generation, distribution, and conversion systems of electric energy, in sufficient
proportions to feed and activate equipment, electrical networks of buildings and
cities among others.

[editAction fields
The specific areas in which the electronic engineer can contribute to development are
can you summarize in:

[editPower electronics

Main article:Power electronics

This branch consists of adapting and transforming electricity for its subsequent use in
electrical and electronic devices, such aselectric motorsyservomotorsIt
they mainly useresistances, rectifiers, Investors, cycloconvertersy
choppers.

[editComputers or digital electronics

See also:ComputeryDigital electronics

The increasing automation of systems and processes that necessarily leads to the
efficient use of digital computers. The typical fields of this engineer
son: computer networks, operating systems and system design based on
microcomputers or microprocessors, which involves designing programs and systems
based on electronic components.

Among the companies related to these topics are those that

they supply equipment and develop computing projects and the companies and
service institutions.

[editIndustrial process control

See also:Manufacturing processyControl system

The activity focuses here on planning, design, management, supervision and

exploitation of instrumentation, automation and control systems in lines of
assembly and processes of industrial systems, such as companiesbins, fisheries,
textiles, manufacturing, mining, and services.
Modern automatic control employs computers intensively and increasingly in
various schemes. Likewise, the discipline involves systems of a non-nature.
conventional ones such as robotics, expert systems, neural systems, systems
diffused, evolutionary artificial systems and other types of advanced control.

[editTelecommunications

See also:Telecommunications EngineeringyTelecommunication

The processing and massive transmission of information requires planning.

design and management of broadcasting, television, telecommunications, networks
computers, fiber optic networks, satellite networks, and increasingly
significant wireless communication systems, such as cellular telephony and
personal.

[editHistory
The experiments carried out by different scientists at the end of the 19th century and
principles of the 20th century regarding electric and electromagnetic phenomena were
laying the foundations for what would soon become a new specialty,
first of physics, and subsequently of engineering. In1884Thomas Alva Edisonin
their efforts to improve theincandescent lamphe detected the thermionic phenomenon,
phenomenon that bears his name. This fact would give rise to the firstelectronic valve
(oelectronic bulb) and the birth of the new engineering. This first valve was the
diode. In1907Lee de Foresttrying to perfect the telegraphic receivers added
a grid between thecathodeand theanodeof a diode. With this addition, I could control the
current flow between the plates of the primitive diode, the new element received the
name oftriodoand was the foundation of modern electronics. Until the birth of the
transistorsand even a long time later, vacuum tubes have been used
for electronic circuits. Nowadays it is still alive, although it seems to be
which has its days numbered, some element of that technology, that element is the tube
ofcathode rayswhat is used for television screens and othersterminals
graphics and is being replaced by LCD and plasma screen technologies.

The birth of thetransistor, at the end of the decade of the 50of the 20th century that came to
revolutionize electronics and as the third phase of development we have the technology of
integrated circuitschip).

[editComponent Engineering
A large part of the production process in electricity and electronics companies is
related to circuit design. In this process, it is of great importance a
specialized knowledge of thecomponents, which has led to a
specialty within electronic engineering called engineering of
components.

In this specialty, the engineer will be responsible for a series of functions in which
the following should be highlighted:
 Advise the designers: For this, you must have in-depth knowledge.
about components both theoretically and practically. It should also be
constantly up to date to know the market news as well as its
trends.
Draft rules: Related to the handling of components since
They enter the company until they move to the assembly line.
Create a list of preferred components.
•Select components: You must choose it from the list of favorites and if not
to conduct a study of potential candidates. The goal is to improve the
designs.
•Interact with suppliers: To solve technical or
any other type.

In component engineering, the materials used are taken into account as well as
the manufacturing processes, so the engineer must have knowledge of
regarding.

Electronic Engineering

ORIENTATION: What is this career about?

Characteristics:

The objective of the Electronic Engineering degree is for the student to develop
knowledge and managed to design, plan, develop, maintain, and manage systems,
electronic equipment and components, with creativity due to constant change that is
experiments in the technological field. The student must be aware of the need
to transform, perfect and update the industrial and technological structures of
country, to allow them to effectively engage with new trends
globalizers.
The Electronic Engineering degree provides a balanced education of knowledge.
scientific, technological, and management, along with basic humanistic training, that
enable the professional to quickly adapt to the constant changes in their
specialty.
In addition to the cognitive dimension, it promotes the development of the attitudinal dimension.
to promote interdisciplinary work and teamwork in the professional, achieving the
fluid communication with professionals from other specialties.

Professional Role:

The graduate of the Electronic Engineering degree will be able to perform the following tasks:
Project, organization, design, measurement, feasibility study, management
["programming","development","installation","operation","testing","maintenance","repair"]
reform, transformation in telecommunications areas, control systems,
power electronics, industrial instrumentation, digital techniques, etc.
He/She will be trained to
Create and act in complex electronic systems.
Develop digital systems according to established structures.
Act on large-scale engineering plans.
Plan and manufacture analog or digital circuits.