Physics 364 Lecture Notes - Fall 2008
Introductory concepts (components, sources, and circuits)
KVL, KCL, nodal and mesh analysis, superposition
Voltage Divider
Resistors in series and in parallel
Realistic voltage source and source impedance
1st simple circuit with resistors in series and parallel
Examples of nodal and mesh analysis techniques
Example of the principle of superposition
Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits
Simple model of a voltage amplifier
Example of determination of Thevenin equivalent and source conversion
Capacitors and transient response of RC circuits
ac response of RC circuits
Sinusoids and Complex numbers
Inductors and LR circuits
Diodes: the pn junction, simple diode model, solving circuits with diodes,
diode equivalent circuit, coupling an ac source on top of DC
Simple example of circuit with diodes
Another diode example: converting time to voltage
BJT in active mode
BJT characteristics (lab 5)
Emitter follower
DC "amplification" in common emitter amplifier
Common emitter amplifier - introduction to ac amplification
Hybrid-pi equivalent circuit of a BJT and common emitter amplifier
The four amplifier types and the h-paramters
DC and ac analysis of a multistage amplifier
Differential BJT pairs
Operational Amplifiers
Joseph Kroll
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