EE241 Electronics I

Catalog Data & Credits (Recitation-Lab-Total)

EE241 Electronics I (3-2-4) The physics of semiconductor devices (p-n junction diode, bipolar and field effect transistors) is introduced. Device characterization in terms of appropriate external variables then leads to construction of small-signal and large-signal models. Emphasis is on practical electronic circuits such as amplifiers, filters, rectifiers, regulators and switching circuits.

Pre-requisites

Course Objectives

1. Understand the basic structure and operation of diodes, bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors, operational amplifiers and comparators.
2. Solve for voltages and currents in simple semiconductor device circuits.
3. Design basic operational amplifier circuits using various configurations, accounting for non-ideal op-amp characteristics and behavior.
4. Apply and implement small-signal device models, and use them to analyze and understand single-stage amplifier circuits.
5. Design single-stage amplifier circuits using transistors.
6. Apply and implement large-signal device models, and understand their use in switching and digital circuits.
7. Design basic logic gates using transistors
8. Apply programming skills to model circuits using circuit modeling tools.
9. Demonstrate the ability to design, build, prototype, test, debug and troubleshoot basic electronics circuits in a laboratory environment.
10. Develop appropriate design equations for circuits as part of the design process.
11. Demonstrate the ability to properly record and report laboratory work
12. Demonstrate knowledge of current developments in electronics and their impact on society. 13. Develop a greater understanding of ethics within an engineering context.