Schedule for Physics 440 Electronics, Spring 2014
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 stem from the Horowitz & Hill textbook and are linked from this
page, typically as pdf documents. The linked DH problems stem from the
Diefenderfer&Holton textbook. A few additional problems (P and T) are also
linked from this page. The problems represented in italic are worth 5 pts and
other 10 pts.
There will be unannounced short quizzes every week, typically one per week.
Please read ahead of each lecture and even more so ahead of each lab.
Week of |
Day |
Lect |
Topics |
Reading |
Problems due |
Jan 6 |
M |
1 |
Introduction, assessment test |
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W |
2 |
Current, voltage, Ohm's law, resistors in series and in parallel, power |
1.1 - 1.3 |
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F |
3 |
Kirchoff's equations, voltage and current divider |
1.3.7, 1.5.1 |
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no lab |
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Jan 13 |
M |
4 |
Batteries, Voltage and current sources |
1.4.4-1.4.5 |
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W |
5 |
Series and parallel circuits, Norton & Thevenin |
1.5, 1.6 |
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F |
6 |
Mesh loop method |
1.7 |
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no lab |
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Jan 20 |
M |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes |
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W |
7 |
Capacitors and inductors in series and in parallel, AC circuits |
1.4.1-1.4.3, handout from Cook |
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F |
8 |
RC, RL, LC, RLC circuits |
1.8 |
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lab 1 |
1.3, 1.4.4, Meters handout |
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Jan 27 |
M |
9 |
AC circuits, complex notation |
2.1, 2.2 |
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W |
10 |
Generalized Ohm's law |
2.2 |
HW III: 1.22 (check here), DH2.1, DH2.2, HH1.14, 1.48, 1.51, 1.52, 1.19, 1.21 (check here) |
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F |
11 |
RC, RL, RLC filters |
2.3, 2.4 |
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lab 2 |
2.1, 2.2 |
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Feb 3 |
M |
12 |
Bandwidth, quality factor, Bode plots |
2.4.3 |
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W |
13 |
Transformers |
2.5, 2.6 |
HW IV: 1.34, 1.36, HH1.9, P5.21, 1.55, DH2.6, 2.5* (phasors given for t=0) |
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F |
14 |
Semiconductors, PN junction, diode |
4.1-4.3 |
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lab 3 |
2.1, 2.2, 2.3 |
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Feb 10 |
M |
15 |
Diode circuits, Zener diode |
3.1-3.4 |
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W |
16 |
Diode circuits, regulators |
3.1-3.4 |
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F |
17 |
Bipolar Junction Transistor, Configurations |
4.4.1, 4.5.1 |
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lab 4 |
2.4, 2.5 |
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Feb 17 |
M |
18 |
Bipolar transistor circuits |
4.5.2-4.5.4 |
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W |
19 |
More bipolar transistor circuits |
4.5.2-4.5.4 |
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F |
20 |
Field effect transistors |
4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.6 |
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lab 5 |
3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 |
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Feb 24 |
M |
21 |
Junction Field effect transistors |
4.5.6-4.5.8 |
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W |
22 |
More JFET circuits and other FETs |
4.5.6-4.5.8, 4.4.4 |
HW VII: HH1.29, HH1.27, DH5.12, DH5.3, P5.22, 4.13, 4.17, 4.19 |
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F |
23 |
TBA |
TBA |
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lab 6 |
4.4.1, 4.5.1-4.5.3 (measuring beta ) |
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Mar 3 |
Spring Break |
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Mar 10 |
M |
24 |
Amplifier |
5.1, 5.2, 5.4 |
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W |
25 |
Operational amplifier |
6.1, 6.2, 6.3 |
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F |
26 |
Op-amp difference amplifiers, real world op amps |
6.4, 6.5, 6.5.1 |
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lab 7 |
4.5.3-4.5.5 |
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Mar 17 |
M |
27 |
Op-amp integrator and differentiator, filter |
6.6, 6.7 |
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W |
28 |
Op-amp comparator and oscillator |
6.8, oscillator handout |
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F |
29 |
Digital electronics |
7.1, 7.2 |
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lab 8 |
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Mar 24 |
M |
30 |
Logic gates |
7.3 |
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W |
31 |
Boolean algebra and numbering systems |
7.3.5, 7.4.1-7.4.3 |
HW X: 5.14, 6.8, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13 (corrected figure), T10 |
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F |
32 |
Encoder, decoder and display |
7.4.4-7.4.5 |
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lab 9 |
5.4, 5.5, 6.7 |
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Mar 31 |
M |
33 |
Flip flops |
7.5.1-7.5.6 |
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W |
34 |
Counters and registers |
7.5.7-7.5.11 |
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F |
35 |
Programmable logic devices |
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lab 10 |
4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 |
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Apr 7 |
M |
36 |
Digital to analog conversion, analog to digital conversion |
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W |
37 |
Multiplexing |
handout |
HW XII: HH8.2, 7.12 (simplify outputs), 7.13, 7.14, P3.10, 7.15, DH11.16 |
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F |
38 |
Computers |
8.1, 8.2, 8.3 |
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no lab |
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Apr 14 |
M |
39 |
ROM and RAM |
8.3.3, 8.3.4 |
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W |
40 |
Transducers |
Handout |
HW XIII: T13, P3.20, 7.18, 7.19, P2.5, P2.6, 7.29 (check the Boolean formula) |
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F |
41 |
Lock-in amplifiers |
Handout |
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lab 11 |
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Apr 21 |
M |
42 |
TBA |
TBA |
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W |
43 |
TBA |
TBA |
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F |
44 |
TBA, Remember SIRS forms |
TBA |
HW XIV: 7.34, DH12.9, P2.8, P2.9, P2.20, P2.4, DH9.2, P2.2, 7.37 |
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lab 12 |
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Apr 28 |
Finals Week , no labs, no class, no final exam |