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.
Please read ahead for each lecture and especially for each lab.
Week of |
Day |
Lect |
Topics |
Reading |
Homework |
Jan 6 |
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 | |
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F |
2 |
Kirchoff's laws, Circuit elements. |
Ch 1.3.7-1.4 | (HW1) Ch1: 17, 22, 26 |
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no lab |
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Jan 13 |
M |
3 |
Batteries and source equivalence. |
Ch 1.4-1.5 | |
W |
4 |
Thevenin and Norton theorems. | Ch 1.6 | (HW2) T1; Ch1: 28, 29, 30, 32 | |
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F |
5 |
Input/Output resistance. Circuit simplification. |
Ch 1.6 | HW 1 due |
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lab 0 |
Lab Preparation: Connectivity, Sockets and Switches, Soldering |
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Jan 20 |
M |
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No Classes |
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W |
6 |
Mesh loop equations. | Ch 1.7 | (HW2) Ch1: 34, 36; DH1. | |
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F |
7 |
RC circuit, Time constants. |
Ch 1.8.1, 1.8.2 | HW 2 due; (HW3) Ch1: 40, 48, 49, 50, 51; DH2 |
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lab 1 |
Ch 1.3, 1.4.4, Meters handout | |||
Jan 27 |
M |
8 |
RL circuits. (Quiz 1) |
Ch 1.8.3 | |
W |
9 |
Introduction to AC circuit. | Ch 2.1, 2.2 | ||
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F |
10 |
RLC circuit, Complex notation, Phasor analysis. |
Ch 2.2.1 | HW3 due; (HW4) Ch2: 5,6,13 |
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lab 1a |
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Feb 3 |
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 | |
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F |
13 |
Resonances, Q factor, Equivalences. |
Ch 2.4 | HW4 due; |
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lab 2 |
Ch 2.1, 2.2 | |||
Feb 10 |
M |
14 |
Bandwidth, Bode plots. |
Ch 2.4 | (HW5) Ch2: 22, 23 |
W |
15 |
Power analysis, RF circuit. | Ch 2.5 | ||
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F |
16 |
Transformers.(Quiz 2) |
Ch 2.6 | HW5 due; (HW6) Ch2: 47, 48 |
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lab 3 |
Ch 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 | |||
Feb 17 |
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 | |
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F |
19 |
Semiconductor physics basics, Doping. |
Ch 4.1, 4.2 | |
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lab 4 |
Ch 2.4, 2.5 | |||
Feb 24 |
M |
20 |
PN Junctions, Bias, I-V characteristics. |
Ch 4.3 | |
W |
21 |
Bipolar junction transistors (BJT). | Ch 4.4 | HW6 due; | |
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F |
22 |
BJT amplifiers, Gain curve. (Quiz 3) |
Ch 4.5.1, 4.5.2 | (HW7) Ch4: 12, 21 |
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lab 5 |
Ch 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | |||
Mar 2 |
Spring break | ||||
Mar 9 |
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 | ||
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F |
25 |
JFET transfer characteristics, JFET circuits. |
Ch 4.5.6 - 4.5.8 | HW7 due; |
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lab 6 |
Ch 4.4.1, 4.5.1-4.5.3 (measuring beta) | |||
Mar 16 |
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) | |||
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F |
28 |
Introduction to operational amplifiers (Op-Amp). |
Ch 6.1, 6.2 | HW8 due; (HW9) Ch6: 4,5,8 |
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lab 7 |
Ch 4.5.3-4.5.5 | |||
Mar 23 |
M |
29 |
Follower, Summer, |
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 | |
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F |
31 |
Active filters (Quiz5) |
Ch 6.7 | HW9 due; (HW10) Ch6: 19, 24;T11. |
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lab 8 |
Ch 6.1, 6.2 JFET , Op-Amps (JFET hint ) | |||
Mar 30 |
M |
32 |
Oscillator, Comparator, Analog-to-digital conversion. |
Ch 6.8 | (HW10) P3_13; T12. |
W |
33 |
Digital electronics, Gates, Truth table. | Ch 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 | (HW11) Ch7: 1,8; HH8.8 | |
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F |
34 |
Logic, Boolean algebra, Numbering systems. |
Ch 7.3.5-7.4 | HW10 due; (HW11) Ch7: 13e |
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lab 9 |
Ch 5.4, 5.5, 6.7 | |||
Apr 6 |
M |
35 |
Flip-flops. |
Ch 7.5.1-7.5.6 | |
W |
36 |
Encoders and decoders; display, DAC. | Ch 7.4.4, 7.4.5 | ||
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F |
37 |
Counters, Registers, Memory. (Quiz 6) |
Ch 7.5.7-7.5.11, 7.6 | HW11 due; (HW12) T13, T14, T15 |
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lab 10 |
Ch 4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 | |||
Apr 13 |
M |
38 |
Computer basics |
Ch 8 | |
W |
39 |
Modern computer and interfaces. | Ch 8 and lecture notes | ||
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F |
40 |
Digital communications |
Ch 8 and lecture notes | HW12 due; |
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lab 11 |
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Apr 20 |
M |
41 |
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W |
42 |
Term paper presentation II | |||
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F |
43 |
TBD |
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no lab |
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| Apr 29 |
Final week. No labs, no classes, no final exam | ||||
May 1 |
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Research paper on computers or digital communication due. (Email a digital copy to the instructor by Due day; please check the digital integrity!) |
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