Please note: this schedule is provisional and will evolve as we proceed
through the semester.
Sep. 08: (Bugg Ch. 1)
Discussion of organization of course;
introduction to circuits: components and sources;
Ohm's law and I-V characteristic;
nonlinear components and dynamic resistance;
KVL, resistors in series and voltage dividers;
the output resistance of a source.
Sep. 13: (Bugg Ch. 1)
Review of 9/8/04; KCL; resistors in parallel, current divider, conductance;
simple circuit example; nodal analysis;
Handouts
1,
2
Sep. 15: (Bugg Ch. 1)
2nd example of nodal analysis; same example with mesh analysis;
superposition
Sep. 20: (Bugg Ch. 2)
Thevinin and Norton equivalents
Problem Set 1 due
Lab 1: Voltmeters, Ammeters, and Simple Circuits
Sep. 22: (Bugg Ch. 3)
Discuss expectations for Lab 1 write-up,
Capacitance, Capacitors in series and parallel, transients in RC circuits:
response to step function, pulse function, pulse train
Sep. 27: (Bugg Ch. 4)
Review transients,
ac Circuits, ac power (wall socket), ac analysis of RC circuit
Problem Set 2 due
Lab 2: The Oscilloscope and RC Circuits
Sep. 29: (Bugg Ch. 4 and 6)
discussion of Lab 2, ac circuits continued, low-pass and high-pass filters,
complex impedance
Oct. 04: (Bugg Ch. 4 and 6)
ac circuits with complex impedance, low pass and high pass filters,
transfer function, decibels, bode plots
Lab 3: ac Circuits
Oct. 06: (Bugg Ch. 5 and 9, Sedra and Smith Ch. 3)
Inductors and LR circuits, transient and ac analysis - see handout;
Ideal diodes: I-V characteristic, some examples of applications:
clipping circuits, OR and AND logic gates
Problem Set 3 due
Oct. 11: (Bugg Ch. 9, Sedra and Smith Ch. 3)
Diode i-v characteristic, dynamic resistance,
equivalent circuit for DC with small signal ac signal.
Problem Set 4 due
Lab 4: Diodes
Oct. 13: (Bugg Ch. 9, Sedra and Smith Ch. 3)
Discussion of Lab 4;
Example of diode problem;
Introduction to bipolar junction transistor operation:
cut-off, active mode, saturation. Transistor characteristic curves
(to be measured in Lab 5). Simple example of active mode analysis.
Oct. 15: end of drop period
Oct. 18: (Bugg Ch. 9, Sedra and Smith Ch. 4)
Review of active mode;
discussion of transistor characteristics measured in Lab 5;
input and output impedance;
the emitter follower;
transistor as a current supply;
handout on Lab #5
Problem Set 5 due
Lab 5: Transistor Characteristics
Oct. 19: Midterm review session, DRL 2C2, 5-7pm
Cancelled
Oct. 20:
Midterm #1
Oct. 25:
Fall Break (no classes)
Oct. 27:
Review emitter follower & current source;
DC amplification in transistor;
Saturation;
Lab 6: why you cannot set the base voltage above a certain
limit using a voltage divider.
Nov. 01:
The four amplifier types;
amplification of an ac signal in a transistor;
blocking and bypass capacitors.
Start Lab 6: Simple Transistor Amplifier
Nov. 03:
Small signal behavior of BJT in common-emitter configuration;
minimal hybrid-pi model;
ac analysis of BJT common emitter amplifier without and with resistor at
emitter
Problem Set 6 due
Nov. 08:
Discussion of ac gain of common-emitter amplifier in Lab 6.
DC analysis and analysis of gain of 3 stage amplifier in Lab 7
using hybrid-pi model.
Lab 6: Simple Transistor Amplifier
Nov. 10:
Introduction to differential pairs and differential amplifiers
Nov. 15:
Diode connected transistors & current mirrors;
discussion of pnp transistor and Darlington pair for Lab 7;
brief introduction to operational amplifiers.
Lab 7: Multistage Transistor Amplifiers
Nov. 17:
Introduction to operational amplifiers: the golden rules, inverting
configuration, inverting configuration with finite gain, non-inverting
configuration, a voltage buffer
Problem Set 7 due
Nov. 22:
Midterm #2
Lab 7: Multistage Transistor Amplifiers continued
Nov. 24:
The afternoon class before Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 25-26: Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 29:
Operational Amplifiers continued: difference amplifier and superposition;
Instrumentation amplifiers, operational amplifiers for
differentiation and integration.
Lab 8: Operational Amplifiers
Dec. 01:
Digital Electronics
Problem Set 8 due
Dec. 06:
Digital Electronics
Lab 9: Digital Electronic Circuits
Dec. 08:
No class
Dec. 15: Final Exam: 8:30am to 10:30am TBA