EE241 Syllabus Spring 2012
Text: Electronics, 2nd Edition, by Allan R. Hambley
| Week | Date | Lecture |
Subject |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
| 1 | 10 Jan | 1 | Course Introduction | 1.1-1.4 | |
| 11 Jan | 2 | Amplifier Concepts - Basic Amplifier Concepts | 1.4-1.7 | ||
| 13 Jan | 3 | Amplifier Models, Frequency Response, Diff Amp | 1.8-1.11 | Take-home Review Quiz | |
| "Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous." - Confucius | |||||
| 2 | 16 Jan | No Class (MLK Jr. Day) | |||
| 17 Jan | Lab | Lab 1: Resistive Sensors | pre-lab | ||
| 18 Jan | 4 | Ideal Op-amps, Op-amp Circuits | 2.1-2.2 | Problem Set 1 Solution | |
| 20 Jan | 5 | Comparators, Schmitt Triggers, Op-amp Circuits | 2.3-2.4,2.10 | ||
| "There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint." - Gandhi | |||||
| 3 | 23 Jan | 6 | Op-amp Circuits, Op-amp Imperfections | 2.11,2.6 | Sensors Lab Prelim Report |
| 24 Jan |
7 Lab |
Op-amp Imperfections Lab 2: Operational Amplifiers (Part I) |
2.6 |
Op-amp Handout (bonus) Part I pre-lab |
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| 25 Jan | 8 | Large Signals | 2.7 | Problem Set 2 Solution | |
| 27 Jan | 9 | DC Impairments | 2.8 |
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| "Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool." - Solomon | |||||
| 4 | 30 Jan | 9 | Diode Characteristics; Ideal Diode Model | 3.1,3.3 | |
| 31 Jan |
10 Lab |
Offset Diode Model, Zener Diodes Lab 2: Operational Amplifiers (Part II) |
Part II pre-lab | ||
| 01 Feb | 11 | Load-Line Analysis | 3.2 | Problem Set 3 Solution | |
| 03 Feb | 12 | Rectifier Circuits | 3.4 | ||
| "Anyone who thinks small things don't matter has never slept with a mosquito." - African proverb | |||||
| 5 | 06 Feb | 13 | Wave-Shaping Circuit | 3.5 | |
| 07 Feb | Lab | Lab 2: Operational Amplifiers (Part III) | Part III pre-lab | ||
| 08 Feb | 14 | Voltage Regulator | 3.7 | Problem Set 4 Solution (note typo on prob 3.9a) | |
| 10 Feb | 15 | Linear Small-Signal Equivalent Circuits | 3.8 | Sensors Lab Report | |
| "Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set." - Rev. Denny Brake | |||||
| 6 | 13 Feb | Exam | EXAM I (Previous Exam I - solution) | Solution | |
| 14 Feb | Lab | Lab 3: Zener Regulators, Drill | |||
| 15 Feb | --- | Drill |
Problem Set
5 Solution,
Diode Handout (bonus) Op-Amp Lab Prelim Report |
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| 17 Feb | 16 | Semiconductor Concepts | 3.9-3.10 | ||
| "The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion humility." - Chuck Colson | |||||
| 7 | 20 Feb | President's Day (No Classes) | |||
| 21 Feb | Lab | Lab 4: Light Organ | pre-lab | ||
| 22 Feb | 17 | Basic BJT Operation (band diagram) | 4.1 | ||
| 24 Feb | 18 |
pnp BJTs, Load Line Analysis |
4.2-4.3 | Problem Set 6 Solution | |
| "A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is willing to die for." – Richard Wurmbrand | |||||
| 8 | 27 Feb | 19 | Large-Signal DC Models for the BJT | 4.4 | |
| 28 Feb | Lab | Light Organ, continued | |||
| 29 Feb | 20 | Large-Signal DC Analysis for the BJT (4-R Bias) | 4.5 | ||
| 02 Mar | 21 | Small-Signal Equivalent Circuits for the BJT | 4.6 |
Problem Set 7 Solution |
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| "Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself." - Elisabeth Elliot | |||||
| 9 | 05 Mar | 22 | Common Emitter Amplifier | 4.7 | |
| 06 Mar | Lab | Lab 5: BJT Switch | pre-lab | ||
| 07 Mar | 23 | Common Emitter Amplifier, cont | |||
| 09 Mar | Lab | Lab 6: BJT Amplifier | pre-lab, Problem Set 8 Solution | ||
| "Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness." - Martin Luther King, Jr. | |||||
| 10 | 19 Mar | 24 | Emitter Follower (additional examples) | 4.8 | |
| 20 Mar | Lab | Lab 6: BJT Amplifier, continued | |||
| 21 Mar | 25 | Emitter Follower, cont. | 4.8 | ||
| 23 Mar | Lab | Lab 6: BJT Amplifier, continued |
Problem Set 9 Solution |
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| "Better to be poor and honest than rich and crooked." - Solomon | |||||
| 11 | 26 Mar | Exam | EXAM II (Previous Exam II - solution) | Solution | |
| 27 Mar | Lab |
Lab 6: BJT Amplifier, continued PCB Design Project |
PCB Layout Tutorial (print out of PCB) |
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| 28 Mar | Lab | PCB Design Project | pre-lab | ||
| 30 Mar | Lab | PCB Design Project | PCB Design Project -- Initial Schematic Due | ||
| "When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson | |||||
| 12 | 02 Apr | Lab | PCB Design Project | Op-Amp Lab Report | |
| 03 Apr | Lab | PCB Design Project | PCB Design Project -- Breadboard Demo Due | ||
| 04 Apr | 26 | NMOS Transistors Overview and Characteristics | 5.1 | ||
| 06 Apr | 27 | MOSFETs as a switch or an amplifier | 5.2 | ||
| "Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." - C. S. Lewis | |||||
| 13 | 09 Apr | 28 | DC Analysis of MOSFET circuits | 5.3 | |
| 10 Apr | Lab | PCB Design Project | PCB Design Project -- Layout Due | ||
| 11 Apr | 29 | p-channel MOSFETS | 5.7 | Problem Set 10 Solution | |
| 13 Apr | Lab | ECE Machine Shop Intro, Lab 7: MOSFET Logic | pre-lab | ||
| "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu | |||||
| 14 | 16 Apr | 30 | Digital Logic | 6.1-6.2 | |
| 17 Apr |
Lab 31 |
LAB EXAM NMOS Inverter |
6.3-6.4 |
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| 18 Apr | 32 | NMOS Inverter | 6.3-6.4 | Problem Set 11 Solution | |
| 20 Apr | 33 | CMOS Inverter | 6.5-6.6 | BJT Amplifier Lab Prelim Report (CE Amp only) | |
| "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." - Mark Twain | |||||
| 15 | 23 Apr | Lab | CMOS Inverter/NAND/NOR | 6.6-6.7 | Problem Set 12 Solution |
| 24 Apr | Exam |
EXAM III (Previous
Exam III -
solution) PCB Design Project Lab -- Assembly |
Solution | ||
| 25 Apr | --- | 1/C Project Presentations | |||
| 27 Apr | Lab | PCB Design Project Lab -- Assembly and Testing |
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| 16 | 30 Apr |
Lab |
PCB Design Project Lab -- Testing |
ECE News | |
| 01 May | --- |
PCB Design Project Lab -- Testing Tentative Design Project Presentations (Poster Example) Course Review |
Design Project Poster | ||
