Physics 440 Electronics Spring 2008
The
aim of this course is to give students a practical introduction to modern
electronic circuits. It consists of three weekly lectures where the theory and
principles of electronics circuits will be discussed,
and a three hour lab where students will get some hands-on experience with
electronic circuits and a variety of instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, pulesers, power supplies and digital multimeters.
The topics covered in the course will start with simple DC circuits and end in
computer design of programmable logic devices (PLD's).
In between we will study AC circuits, filters, diodes, bipolar transistors, FET's, operational amplifiers and a variety of digital
circuits. Where possible we will make use of computer programs such as LabView and software from the Xilinx
corporation to program field-programmable gate arrays
(FPGA's).
Instructors
Stuart Tessmer, professor,
tessmer@pa.msu.edu, 355-9200
x2210
Morewell Gasseller, TA, Curtis Walkons,
TA
Important Data
Lectures: MWF 3-3:50, Rm 1308 BPS
Labs: Tues
Tessmer
office hour: Mondays 9:30am,
1254/4237 BPS
Hallstein
office hours: Mondays 12-1pm, Wednesdays 10-11am,
1253 BPS
Gasseller
office hour: Thursdays 3-4pm,
Strosacker BPS
Walkons
office hour: Thursdays 10-11am,
Strosacker BPS
Assignment Schedule
|
Week of |
Day |
Topics |
chapter.section |
Homework chapter problem #s |
|
Jan 7 |
M |
Introduction |
|
|
|
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W |
Current,
voltage, resistance, Ohm's law |
1.1 - 1.5 |
|
|
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F |
Power,
series and parallel, circuits |
1.6 - 1.8 |
HW#1: 1 2 |
|
Jan 14 |
M |
Dividers,
pots, loading effects |
1.8 -
1.10 |
|
|
|
W |
Kirchoff, Mesh loop method, |
1.8 -
1.10 |
|
|
|
F |
Thevenins theorem |
1.11 |
HW#2: 1 3,4,5,6,7,13 |
|
Jan 21 |
M |
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day |
|
|
|
|
W |
DC measurements |
6.1 - 6.3 |
|
|
|
F |
Capacitance
and inductance |
2.1 - 2.4 |
HW#3: 1 8,9,10,15,20,21,22 |
|
|
Lab 1 |
6.4 |
|
|
|
Jan 28 |
M |
RC, LC
and RLC Circuits |
2.5 - 2.6 |
|
|
|
W |
AC circuits, complex numbers |
3.1 - 3.2,
handout |
|
|
|
F |
Impedance,
filters |
3.3 - 3.4 |
HW#4: 2 1,2,3,6,7,8,10,T1 |
|
|
Lab 2 |
6.6 - 6.7 |
|
|
|
Feb 4 |
M |
Filters |
3.4 |
|
|
|
W |
Band
width, quality factor |
3.5 |
|
|
|
F |
Bode
plots |
A-3 |
HW#5: 3 1,2,6,7 |
|
|
Lab 3 |
|
|
|
|
Feb 11 |
M |
Transformers |
4.1 - 4.2 |
|
|
|
W |
PN junction, diodes, Zener diodes |
5.1- 5.3,
5.7 |
|
|
|
F |
Diode
circuits - I |
5.4 |
HW#6: Ch3 24,25; T2;
Ch4 2; Ch5 3 |
|
|
Lab 4 |
|
|
|
|
Feb 18 |
M |
Diode
circuits - II |
5.8 5.9 |
|
|
|
W |
Bipolar
transistor introduction |
8.1 - 8.3 |
|
|
|
F |
Bipolar
transistor circuits - I |
8.3 - 8.6 |
|
|
|
Lab 5 |
|
|
|
|
Feb 25 |
M |
Bipolar
transistor circuits - II |
8.3 - 8.6 |
|
|
|
W |
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
F |
Field
effect transistors - introduction |
8.7 |
HW#8: Ch8 2,3; T3 |
|
|
Lab 6 |
|
|
|
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Mar 3 |
|
Spring Break |
|
|
|
Mar10 |
M |
JFET amplifier |
8.8 - 8.9 |
|
|
|
W |
Op amps -
Introduction |
9.1 - 9.4 |
|
|
|
F |
Op amps -
Differential amps, functions |
9.5 - 9.6 |
|
|
|
Lab 7 |
|
|
|
|
Mar 17 |
M |
Op amp
filters and real world op amps |
9.7 -
9.12 |
|
|
|
W |
Op amp
filters and logic |
10.1-10.2 |
|
|
|
F |
Oscillators
and timers |
10.3-5 |
|
|
|
Lab 8 |
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Mar 24 |
M |
IC Gates |
11.1-3 |
|
|
|
W |
Boolean algebra,
numbering systems |
11.4-11.6 |
|
|
|
F |
Open
collector and three-state Logic |
11.6-11.8 |
|
|
|
Lab 9 |
10.4 |
|
|
|
Mar 31 |
M |
Digital
circuitry - flip flops |
12.1-12.2 |
|
|
|
W |
Digital
readouts - counters |
12.3-12.5 |
|
|
|
F |
Counters
and registers |
12.5 -
12.6 |
HW#12: Ch11 2, 5b, 6a&c, 9;
HH 8.8
|
|
|
Lab10 |
12.2 |
|
|
|
Apr 7 |
M |
One shots
- debouncing |
12.7-12.9 |
|
|
|
W |
Digital
to analog conversion |
14.6 |
|
|
|
F |
Analog to
digital conversion |
14.7 |
HW#13: Ch11 7b, 7d, 13; Ch12 5;
HH 8.2
|
|
|
Lab11 |
|
||
|
Apr 14 |
M |
Programmable
logic devices I |
|
|
|
|
W |
ROM and
RAM, frequency to voltage converters |
13.3,14.9 |
|
|
|
F |
FIFO' and
other devices |
|
HW#14: Ch14 11, 17, 17b (For 11, use buffers and op-amps. 17b is same as 17 except for a 1.5000 V signal.)
|
|
|
Lab12 |
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Apr 21 |
M |
State machines |
|
|
|
|
W |
Lock-in amplifiers |
15.4 |
|
|
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F |
Transducers
I |
7.1,2 |
|
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|
Lab13 |
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Apr 28 |
|
Finals Week |
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Textbooks
Required Text: Diefenderfer
and Holton, Principles of Electronic Instrumentation, 3rd Ed. Saunders,
1994.
Suggested Reference: Horowitz and
Hill, The Art of Electronics, 2nd Ed. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995.
This book is an excellent reference and
students planning to continue with electronics in future years should consider
acquiring it. It will be put on reserve in the BPS library.
Homework
and Quizzes
There will be weekly homework assignments, due at
the beginning of class on Fridays. Each assignment will be given on Monday and
may be amended on Wednesday. Quizzes will be given during lecture; there will
be roughly twelve quizzes throughout the semester.
Laboratory
Procedure and Notebook
The laboratory part of the course consists of a
series of experiments that students will perform working alone. Students are
required to purchase a lab notebook into which all relevant information
associated with an experiment will be recorded. This notebook should have
numbered pages with quadrille ruling. The laboratory exercises will be
performed during the 3 hour lab period, the data entered into the notebook
which will be left with the TA for grading. No formal writeup
will be required but students are cautioned to enter all relevant data and
explanations clearly and succinctly so that the TA can easily follow the work
done. No erasures or page removal is allowed. If an error is made it should be
neatly crossed out and the corrected data re-entered.
Grades
Your Total Score will be determined by the scores on
the homework assignments, quizzes, and laboratory notebook. The Total Score is
weighted as follows: 25%-Homework, 25%-Quizzes, 50%-Laboratory.
Grade assignments at
the end of the term will be taken from the table below. (It may be shifted
slightly in your favor.)
|
Total Score % and Grades |
|
|
Minimum % |
Grade |
|
85 |
4.0 |
|
80 |
3.5 |
|
75 |
3.0 |
|
70 |
2.5 |
|
65 |
2.0 |
|
60 |
1.5 |
|
50 |
1.0 |
|
<50 |
0.0 |