Physics 440 Electronics I
Spring Semester 2011 - Schedule

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 DH textbook. The HH problems are from the Horowitz & Hill textbook and are linked as pdf documents from this page. A few additional problems are also linked from this page.
There will be unanounced short quizzes every week, typically one per week.
This schedule was updated on January 2 and is current. Please read ahead for each lecture and especially for each lab.
Week of
Day
Lect
Topics
Reading
Problems due
Jan 10
M
1
 Introduction, assessment test    
 
W
2
 Current, voltage, Ohm's law, resistors in series and in parallel 1.1 - 1.7  
 
F
3
 Voltage divider, Kirchoff's equations, real battery 1.8 - 1.9  
 
no lab
      
Jan 17
M
   Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes    
 
W
4
 Current source, Measuring devices, Thevenin theorem 1.10 - 1.11, 6.1, 6.2  
 
F
5
 Mesh loop method, Thevenin & Norton, Pots 1.12, 1.13 HW 1: Ch1- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 
no lab
      
Jan 24
M
6
 Capacitors 2.1 - 2.3  
 
W
7
 Capacitors, Inductance 2.4 - 2.5  
 
F
8
 RC, RL, LC, RLC circuits 2.6, 3.1 HW 2: Ch1- 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22
 
lab 1
 Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter 1.9, 6.4  
Jan 31
M
9
 AC circuits, complex numbers 3.1 - 3.4, handout  
 
W
10
 generalized Ohm's law handout  
 
F
11
 band width, quality factor 3.4, 3.5 HW 3: Ch2-1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10; T1
 
lab 2
 DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope 3.1, 3.2, 6.6, 6.7  
Feb 7
M
12
 quality factor, Bode plots 3.5, A3
 
W
13
 resonant circuits, transformer 4.1 - 4.3  
 
F
14
 PN junction, diode 5.1 - 5.3 HW 4: Ch3- 1, 2, 6, 7
 
lab 3
 Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits 2.5, 2.6, 3.4  
Feb 14
M
15
 ??    
 
W
16
 diode circuits, Zener diode 5.3, 5.4, 5.7  
 
F
17
 diode circuits, regulators 5.8 - 5.10 HW 5: Ch3-24 (note), Ch3-25; Ch5- 3; T2
 
lab 4
 RLC Passive Filters 3.4, 3.5, A3  
Feb 21
M
18
 Bipolar Junction Transistor, Configurations 8.1, 8.2  
 
W
19
 Bipolar transistor circuits 8.3, 8.4  
 
F
20
 more bipolar transistor circuits 8.5, 8.6 HW 6: CH5- 12 A, B, D; HH 1.27, HH 1.29, HH 1.30; CH8- 1
 
lab 5
 Diodes, LEDs Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners 5.3 - 5.5, 5.7, 7.3, 12.3  
Feb 28
M
21
 Junction Field effect transistors 8.7  
 
W
22
 JFET Amplifiers 8.8, 8.9  
 
F
23
 Insulated-Gate FETs 8.10 HW 7: Ch8- 2, 3; T3
 
lab 6
 Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers 8.2 - 8.4, 8.6 (measuring beta)  
Mar 7
     Spring Break
Mar 14
M
24
 Operational Amplifiers 9.1 - 9.4  
 
W
25
 Op-Amp Difference Amplifiers, Math Functions 9.5, 9.6  
 
F
26
 Op-Amp V-I Converters, Filters 9.7, 9.8 HW 8: T4, T5; CH9- 3
 
lab 7
 Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction 5.7, 8.4  
Mar 21
M
27
 Comparator Circuits, Real-Life Op-Amps 9.9 - 9.12  
 
W
28
 Waveform generators 10.1 - 10.5  
 
F
29
 Digital electronics, logic gates 11.1, 11.2 HW 9: Ch9- 4, 5, 7; T6, T7
 
lab 8
 JFETs, Op Amps I 8.7, 8.8, 9.2, 9.3, JFET, Op-Amps (FET hint)  
Mar 28
M
30
 IC gates, Boolean algebra 11.3, 11.4  
 
W
31
 Numbering systems, binary representation 11.5 - 11.7  
 
F
32
 Flip-flops, digital read-outs 12.1 - 12.3 HW 10: Ch10- 5, 6, 7; T8, T9
 
lab 9
 Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters 8.13, 9.12, 10.4, A3  
Apr 4
M
33
 Counters & registers 12.4 - 12.5  
 
W
34
 Multiplexing, Monostables 12.6, 12.7  
 
F
35
 digital to analog conversion, analog to digital conversion 14.6, 14.7 HW 11: CH11- 2, 5b, 6a, 6c, 9; HH 8.8
 
lab 10
 Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1 11.2 - 11.4, 12.2, 12.3  
Apr 11
M
36
 Programmable logic devices PLD Intro  
 
W
37
 Computers 13.1, 13.2  
 
F
38
 ROM & RAM 13.3, 13.4 HW 12: Ch11- 7b, 7d; CH11-13 (note); Ch12- 5
 
lab 11
 Schmitt Triggers and Decoders 10.7, 11.2, 11.3, 12.3, 12.6, 12.8, 12.9, SN74138  
Apr 18
M
39
 Transducers 7.1 - 7.3  
 
W
40
 particle detectors 7.10  
 
F
41
 Lock-in amplifiers 15.4 HW 13: Ch14- 11; T10, T11, T12; Ch13-1
 
lab 12
 FPGA Logic - I Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting  
Apr 25
M
42
 TBA TBA  
 
W
43
 TBA TBA  
 
F
44
 Last lecture, assessment test   no HW
 
lab 13
 FPGA Logic - II Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting  
May 2
     Finals Week, no labs, no class, no final exam
PHY 440 course web page is at http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2011spring/PHY440/.

Last updated in January 2011 by R. Schwienhorst