Schedule for Physics 440 Electronics
Spring Semester 2019

 

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.

Problem designations that lack hyperlinks refer to the Plonus textbook. The HH problems are from the Horowitz & Hill textbook and are linked as pdf documents from this page. The DH problems are from the Diefenderfer&Holton textbook and are linked as PDF documents. A few additional problems (T) are also linked from this page. 
There will be unannounced short quizzes every week, typically one per week.

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

Week of

Day

Lect

Topics

Reading
Homework
Jan 7
M
0
Introduction. Assessment test.    
 
W
1
Units, Current, Voltge, Ohm's law. Resistors in series and parallel, Power. Ch 1.1-1.3.6 (HW1) Ch1: 4,5,7,10,15

 

F

2

Kirchoff's laws, Circuit elements.

Ch 1.3.7-1.5 (HW1) Ch1: 17, 22, 26

 

no lab

 

   

 Jan 14

M

3

Parallel and serial circuits analysis, Equivalence, Superposition.

Ch 1.6  
 
W
4
Thevenin and Norton theorems, Input/Output impedance.   (HW2) T1; Ch1: 28, 29, 30, 32

 

F

5

Introduction to the experiments, laboratory basics.

  HW 1 due

 

lab 0

Lab Preparation: Connectivity, Sockets and Switches, Soldering

   

Jan 21

M

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No Classes

   
 
W
6
Mesh loop equations. Ch 1.7 (HW2) Ch1: 34, 36; DH1.

 

F

7

RC circuit, Time constants.

Ch 1.8.1, 1.8.2 HW 2 due; (HW3) Ch1: 40, 48, 49, 50, 51; DH2

 

lab 1

Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter

Ch 1.3, 1.4.4, Meters handout  

Jan 28

M

8

RL circuits. (Quiz 1)

Ch 1.8.3  
 
W
9
Introduction to AC circuit. Ch 2.1, 2.2  

 

F

10

RLC circuit, Complex notation, Phasor analysis.

Ch 2.2.1 HW3 due; (HW4) Ch2: 5,6,13

 

lab 1a

Input/Output Impedance

   

Feb 4

M

11

Impedance, Generalized Ohm's law.

Ch 2.2.2-2.2.3 (HW4) Ch2: 14; T2
 
W
12
RC, RL, RLC filters; Transfer function. Ch 2.3 (HW5) Ch2: 18; T3

 

F

13

Resonances, Q factor, Equivalences.

Ch 2.4 HW4 due;

 

lab 2

DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope

Ch 2.1, 2.2  

Feb 11

M

14

Bandwidth, Bode plots.

Ch 2.4 (HW5) Ch2: 22, 23
 
W
15
Power analysis, RF circuit. Ch 2.5  

 

F

16

Transformers.(Quiz 2)

Ch 2.6 HW5 due; (HW6) Ch2: 47, 48

 

lab 3

Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits

Ch 2.1, 2.2, 2.3  

Feb 18

M

17

Diodes, Diode circuits, Rectifiers.

Ch 3.1, 3.2 (HW6) Ch3:1, Ch4:10; HH1.27
 
W
18
Zener diodes, Voltage regulation. Ch 3.3, 3.4 (HW6) HH1.29, 1.30; DH5

 

F

19

Semiconductor physics basics, Doping.

Ch 4.1, 4.2  

 

lab 4

RLC Passive Filters

Ch 2.4, 2.5  

Feb 25

M

20

PN Junctions, Bias, I-V characteristics.

Ch 4.3  
 
W
21
Bipolar junction transistors (BJT). Ch 4.4 HW6 due;

 

F

22

BJT amplifiers, Gain curve. (Quiz 3)

Ch 4.5.1, 4.5.2 (HW7) Ch4: 12, 21

 

lab 5

Diodes, LEDs Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners

Ch 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3  
Mar 4
    Spring break

Mar 11

M

23

BJT cicuits analysis, Q-point.

Ch 4.5.3, 4.5.4 (HW7) Ch4: 22; T5
 
W
24
Junction field effect transistors (JFET). Ch 4.4.2, 4.4.3  

 

F

25

JFET transfer characteristics, JFET circuits.

Ch 4.5.6 - 4.5.8 HW7 due;

 

lab 6

Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers

Ch 4.4.1, 4.5.1-4.5.3 (measuring beta)  

Mar 18

M

26

JFET circuit examples, Analysis.

Ch 4.5.9, 4.6 (HW8) Ch4: 23; T6(updated), T7
 
W
27
More transistor applications. (Quiz 4)    

 

F

28

Introduction to operational amplifiers (Op-Amp).

Ch 6.1, 6.2 HW8 due; (HW9) Ch6: 4,5,8

 

lab 7

Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction

Ch 4.5.3-4.5.5  

Mar 25

M

29

Follower, Summer, Analog-to-digital conversion.

Ch 6.3, 6.4 (HW9) Ch6: 10,11
 
W
30
Differential circuit, Transfer function and impulse response. Ch 6.5, 6.6 (HW9) T8, T9, T10

 

F

31

Active filters, comparators, oscillator. (Quiz5)

Ch 6.7, 6.8 HW9 due; (HW10) Ch6: 19, 24; P3_13; T11,T12

 

lab 8

JFETs, Op Amps I

Ch 6.1, 6.2 JFET , Op-Amps (JFET hint )  

Apr 1

M

32

Digital electronics, Gates, Truth table.

Ch 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (HW11) Ch7: 1,8; HH8.8
 
W
33
Logic, Boolean algebra, Numbering systems. Ch 7.3.5-7.4 (HW11) Ch7: 13e

 

F

34

Flip-flops. (Quiz 6)

Ch 7.5.1-7.5.6 HW10 due;

 

lab 9

Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters

Ch 5.4, 5.5, 6.7  

Apr 8

M

35

Encoders and decoders; display, DAC.

Ch 7.4.4, 7.4.5  
 
W
36
Counters, Registers, Memory. Ch 7.5.7-7.5.11, 7.6 (HW12) T13, T14, T15

 

F

37

Computer basics (Quiz, bonus run)

Ch 8 HW11 due;

 

lab 10

Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1

Ch 4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3  

Apr 15

M

38

Introduction to Arduino

lecture notes  
 
W
39
Modern computer and interfaces. Ch 8 and lecture notes  

 

F

40

Digital communications

Ch 8 and lecture notes HW12 due;

 

lab 11

Arduino

   

Apr 22

M

41

Term paper presentation I

   
 
W
42
Term paper presentation II    

 

F

43

TBD

   

 

no lab

 

   
Apr 29
 
Final week. No labs, no classes, no final exam

May 2

 

 

Research paper on computers or digital communication due. (email a digital copy to the instructor by Due day, please check the digital integrity)

PHY 440 course web page is at http://web.pa.msu.edu/courses/2019spring/PHY440/