Please note: this schedule is provisional and incomplete. I will fill in the material as we proceed through the semester.
The schedule from Fall 2007 can be found
here.
Sep. 03: (Bugg Ch. 1)
Questionaire for students;
class organization and grading;
introductory concepts
(components, sources, and circuits) and
voltage dividers.
Sep. 08: (Bugg Ch. 1)
Review sources and voltage dividers;
Discuss
Realistic voltage source and output impedance;
Combining resistors in series and in parallel;
Example:
solving simple circuit by combining resistors.
Define node, reference node, loop, mesh;
nodal analysis defined
- see summary.
Example
of nodal analysis.
Sep. 10: (Bugg Ch. 1)
Recap and complete first example of nodal analysis;
Second example
of nodal analysis;
Define
mesh analysis, solve second
example
with mesh analysis;
Principle of superposition with an example;
Introduction to Thevenin and Norton equivalents.
Sep. 15: (Bugg Ch. 2)
Thevenin and Norton equivalents:
state theorem, define equivalent circuits and explain procedure
for determining V_Th, I_N, and R_Th; voltage divider; prove theorem;
Further examples:
a more complicated circuit and
voltage amplifier (covered in more detail next lecture).
Problem Set 1 due
Lab 1: Voltmeters, Ammeters, and Simple Circuits
Sep. 17: (Bugg Ch. 3 and Sedra & Smith Appendix F [4th ed., app. D in 5th])
Discussion of Thevenin equivalent for Lab 1.
Discussion of ideal characterictics of a
voltage amplifier.
Capacitors and RC circuits: covered pages 1 to 5 of
this handout.
Adding capacitors in series and in parallel.
Response of an RC circuit to a voltage step.
Sep. 22: (Bugg Ch. 3 and Sedra & Smith Appendix F [4th ed., app. D in 5th])
Transients in RC circuits continued:
covered pages 6 to 8 of
this handout.
Review of response to step function.
Detailed discussion of response to pulse and a periodic square wave
Problem Set 2 due
Lab 2: The Oscilloscope and RC Circuits
Sep. 24: (Bugg Ch. 4 and Sedra & Smith Appendix F)
Sinusoidal signals: definition of amplitude, angular frequency, frequency,
phase; ac power and V_rms;
response of RC circuit to ac signal;
low-pass and high-pass filter (and approximation of capacitors at low
and high frequency).
Sep. 29: (Bugg Ch. 4, 5 and 6)
Sinusoidal signal with complex impedance;
Definition of decibels; bode plots.
See these handouts on
complex numbers and on
inductors and LR circuits
(both transient and ac behavior)
Lab 3: ac Circuits
Oct. 01: (Bugg Ch. 9, Sedra and Smith Ch. 3)
Diodes:
the p-n junction; simple diode model: voltage activated switch;
some examples of circuits with diodes: rectifiers, clippers, and
other simple circuits;
i-v relation of a junction diode; load line and operating point.
Problem Set 3 due
Oct. 06: (Bugg Ch. 9, Sedra and Smith Ch. 3)
More on
Diodes:
i-v relation of a junction diode;
small signal linear model of a diode;
an introduction to equivalent circuits;
Example of circuit that converts time to voltage.
Problem Set 4 due
Lab 4: Diodes
Oct. 08:
1st Midterm Exam
The exam covers all the material through lab 3 and problem set 4,
that is, up to (and including) ac circuits.
Oct. 10:
end of drop period
Oct. 13:
Fall Break (no classes)
Oct. 15: (Bugg Ch. 9, Sedra and Smith Ch. 4)
Introduction to operation of bipolar junction transistors (BJT);
detailed discussion of active mode
using an explicit example of a transistor circuit.
calculation of voltages and currents in a saturated transistor.
Oct. 20:
Description of 4 parts of lab 5:
base current versus base-emitter voltage,
collector current versus collector-emitter voltage (Early effect);
emitter follower (voltage buffer),
including measuring the output impedance of a voltage;
current source (and measuring the output impedance of a current source).
Lab 5: Transistor Characteristics
Oct. 22:
Review of lab 5: I_B vs V_BE, I_C vs V_CE for fixed I_B;
Early voltage and output impedance at collector;
Emitter follower (common collector) configuration;
reminder: output impedance of voltage source;
Current source (common base) configuration;
output impedance of current source;
(DC) voltage gain and current gain of the
emitter follower and
common emitter
configuration.
Amplifying an ac signal; why we superimpose ac on DC bias voltage;
coupling of ac source to DC biasing circuit
(see also end of diode handout).
Problem Set 5 due
Oct. 27:
Hybrid-pi model (equivalent circuit) of BJT
Finish Lab 5
Start Lab 6: Simple Transistor Amplifier
Oct. 29:
Recap of equivalent circuit of a BJT;
the common emitter amplifier with a resistor at the emitter - see
these notes;
detailed discussion of single-stage CE amplifier in Lab 6.
Problem Set 6 (part 1) due
Oct. 31:
1st Midterm Exam Make-up
Nov. 03:
Review expected gain of common-emitter amplifier of Lab 6;
handed out plots of expected
amplitude and
phase of gain;
discussed
the four amplifier types and the h-parameters;
determined the ac equivalent circuit of the emitter follower.
Finish Lab 6
Nov. 05:
Discussed expectations for the last part of Lab #6:
difference of saturation point for DC and ac operation;
detailed explaination of
the DC and ac operation of multistage amplifier in Lab 7
Problem Set 6 (part 2) due
Nov. 10:
pnp transistors (including emitter follower, current source, and two-stage
DC amplifier);
Darlington pair;
introduction to differential pairs
Lab 7: Multistage amplifier
Nov. 12:
2nd Midterm Exam
Nov. 17:
Discussion of pnp emitter follower and Darlington pair in Lab #7;
differential pairs;
introduction to operational amplifiers
Lab 7: Multistage amplifier
Nov. 19:
Op amps
Nov. 24:
Introduction to digital electronics
Lab 8: Op-amps
Nov. 26:
The class before Thanksgiving
Problem Set 7 due
Dec. 01:
Introduction to digital electronics
Lab 9: Digital Electronics
Dec. 11: Final Exam: 3:00pm to 5:00pm DRL 3C6