Schedule for Physics 440 Electronics
Fall Semester 2017

 

Note: Small schedule adjustments may be introduced as we go along. Please use the schedule on-line for up to date assignments and experiment descriptions.

Please read ahead for each lecture and especially for each lab.

Lecture Session

Week of

Day

Lect

Topics

Reading
Recommented Exercises
1

Aug 31

Th

31

Introduction. No-count assessment quiz. Plumbing analogies.

 No reading before class Ch.1: No recommended exercises
 

 

no lab

 

   
2

 Sep 4

Tu

5

Units, Current, Voltge, Ohm's law. Resistors in series and parallel, Power.

1.1,1.2,1.3,1.5 Ch.1: 4,6,7,9,12
3

 

Th

7

Kirchoff equations, Voltage and current dividers, Batteries I, Voltage and current sources.
Quiz 1: Material from Session 2

 1.3.7,1.4.4,1.4.5,1.5 Ch.1: 26,30,32,33
 

 

no lab

 

   
4

Sep 11

Tu

12

Thevenin and Norton theorems, Superpositon, Mesh loop equations.

 1.6,1.7 Ch.1: 28,34,37
5

 

Th

14

Capacitors and inductors in series and parallel, AC circuits.
Quiz 2: Material from Sessions 3 and 4.

 1.4.1,1.4.2,1.4.3 Ch.1: 21,22,25,50
 

 

lab 1

Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter

    
6

Sep 18

Tu

19

RC and RL, circuits.

1.8, 1.9 Ch.1: 8,49,51,53,54,55
7

 

Th

21

AC circuits, Complex notation, Impedance, Generalized Ohm's law.
Quiz 3: Material from Sessions 5 and 6.

 2.1,2.2 Ch.2: 1,2,3,5,10,11
 

 

lab 2

DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope

    
8

Sep 25

Tu

26

Phasor analysis, RC, RL, RLC filters.

2.3,2.4 Ch.2: 17,19,20,32
9

 

Th

27

Bandwidth, Q factor, Bode plots.
Quiz 4: Material from Sessions 7 and 8.

 2.4.3 Ch.2: 25,26,30
 

 

lab 3

Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits

    
10

Oct 2

Tu

3

Power factor and Transformers
Capacitor paragraph due

 2.6, 2.6 Ch.2: 40,41,44,45
11

 

Th

5

Power generation, transmission, distribution, local wiring.
Quiz 5: Material from Sessions 9 and 10.

 4.6.1, Web sites TBA  
 

 

lab 4

RLC Passive Filters

    
12

Oct 9

Tu

10

Diodes, Diode circuits, Rectifiers, Zeners

 All Ch. 3, but 3.5 lightly Ch.3: 1,3,5,10,11,14
13

 

Th

12

Semiconductors, Doping, PN Junctions.
Quiz 6: Material from Sessions 11 and 12.

 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Ch4: 1,3,5
 

 

lab 5

Diodes, LEDs Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners

    
14

Oct 16

Tu

17

Bipolar transistors -- amplifiers and switches

 4.4.1, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3 Ch.4: 12,13
15

 

Th

19

Common emitter amplifier
Quiz 7: Material from Sessions 13 and 14.

 4.5.4, 4.5.5 Ch.5: 17,19
 

 

lab 6

Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers

    
16

Oct 23

Tu

24

Junction field effect transistors

 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.6,
4.5.7, 4.5.8		 Ch.4: 23,29
17

 

Th

26

Op amps, basic circuits
Quiz 8: Material from Sessions 15 and 16.

6.1, 6.2, 6.3 Ch.6: 1,3,4,5
 

 

lab 7

Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction

    
18

Oct 30

Tu

31

Summing and differential circuits, real world op amps.

Diode paragraph due.

 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 Ch.6: 8,10,16
19

 

Th

2

Active filters, comparators, oscillator.
Quiz 9: Material from Sessions 17 and 18.

 6.7, 6.8 Ch.6: 22,24,28
 

 

lab 8

JFETs, Op Amps I

    
20

Nov 6

Tu

7

More filters, transfer function and impulse response

 6.7  
21

 

Th

9

Digital electronics, gates
Quiz 10: Material from Sessions 19 and 20.

 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Ch.7: 1,2,5,12
 

 

lab 9

Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters

    
22

Nov 13

Tu

14

Boolean algebra and adders

 7.3, 7.4 Ch.7: 13,14,17
23

 

Th

16

Flip-flops, shift registers
Quiz 11: Material from Sessions 21 and 22.

 7.5 Ch.7: 22,23,24,26
 

 

lab 10

Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1

    
24

Nov 20

Tu

21

Encoders and decoders; display, DAC

 7.4 Ch.7: 20,21
25

 

Th

23

Holiday, no class

   
 

 

 

 

No lab

   
26

Nov 27

Tu

28

AC Motors, induction motors, synchronous motors, DC motors

    
27

 

Th

30

Servo motors, stepping motors, motor control
Quiz 12: Material from Sessions 24 and 25. Last quiz of the term.

    
 

 

lab 11

FPGA Logic - I

    
28

Dec 4

Tu

5

Computer basics

 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 Ch8: 3,4,8,9,13
 

 

Th

7

Replaced by Review session on 11 December.

    
 

 

lab 12

FPGA Logic - II

    
 
Dec 11
 Mo
11
 7-10 pm Review session in room 1420 BPS.
 

 

Tu

12

7:45-9:45 Finals exam in Room 1420 BPS, comprehensive

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