ECE 321:  Electronics

Fall 2012

 

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Instructor:                    Jacob Glower & Dan Ewert

TA:                                 t.b.d.

Office Location:           ECE 201A

Office Phone:              231-7608

Office Hours:               MWF 2-3 PM.

Class Hours:               MTWF 9AM CIE 101 (MWF), ECE 125 (T)

Text:                            Microelectronic Circuit Design by Richard Jaeger and Travis Blalock 2nd or 3rd edition.

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Student Information

·         Lab Philosophy & Guidelines

·         Order of the Engineer

·         NSPE Code of Ethics

·         Project Based Learning (power point)

·         Electronics Class Learning Model

·         Bloom’s Taxonomy

 

Syllabus

 

 

 

Lecture

Video

Homework

               Labs

Aug 21

T

0

Introduction

One report due per group

Report due following Thursday in 321 box in main office

Aug 22

W

Phoenix Visit

Aug 24

F

1

555 Timers:  Oscillators and One Shots

Aug 27

M

2

MATLAB,  SciLab, MultiSim

2: MATLAB

Lab Safety

Oscilloscopes

Aug 28

T

3

Solving f(x) = 0

3: Numerical Solutions

Aug 29

W

4

Semiconductors

Video

4: Semiconductors

Aug 31

F

5

PN Junction

Video

5: PN Junction

Sep 3

M

Holiday

Lab 1:  PN Junction

 

Lab 1 Note:

Sep 4

T

Quiz #1

Sep 6

W

6

Diodes:  Diode VI Characteristics

Video

6: Diodes

Sep 8

F

7

Ideal Diode Circuit Models

Video

7: Ideal Diodes

Sep 10

M

8

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

Lab 2:  Diode Circuit

Sep 11

T

Quiz #2

Sep 12

W

9

Diode Circuits: Clipper, Clamper

9: Clippers

Sep 14

F

10

Diode Circuits:  Max / Min

10:Max / Min / Avg

Sep 17

M

11

AC to DC Converters

11: AC to DC Converters

Sep 18

T

Quiz#3

Sep 19

W

12

Bobcat Visit

Sep 21

F

13

DC to DC Converters

Video

Sep 24

M

14

Transistors:  Transistor Theory

Video

 

Lab 3: Transistors used as a Switch

 

Sep 25

T

Quiz

Sep 26

W

15

Using a Transistor as a Switch (saturated mode)

Video

Sep 28

F

16

H-Bridge

Video

Oct 1

M

17

DC to AC Converters

Video

 

Oct 2

T

Quiz

Oct 3

W

18

Semiconductor Relay

Oct 5

F

19

Transistors in Active Mode:  Amplifiers

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Oct 8

M

20

Common Emitter Amplifiers

Video

Term Project Requirements Due

Oct 9

T

Quiz

Oct 10

W

21

CB, CC Amlifiers

Video

Oct 12

F

22

Multi-Stage Amplifiers

Oct 15

M

23

Frequency Response of CE Amplifiers

Oct 16

T

Quiz

Oct 17

W

24

Push-Pull Amplifiers

Oct 19

F

25

Boolean Logic

Oct 22

M

26

DTL Logic

Oct 23

T

 

Quiz

Oct 24

W

27

TTL Logic

Oct 26

F

28

MOSFETS & Multi-Transistor Circuits:

  MOSFET Theory

Oct 29

M

29

JFET Theory

 

Oct 30

T

Quiz

Oct 31

W

30

MOSFET used as a switch

Nov 2

F

31

MOSFET amplifiers

Nov 5

M

32

CMOS Logic

 

Nov 6

T

Quiz

Nov 7

W

33

Transistor Differential Amplifier

Nov 9

F

34

Inverting Amplifiers

Nov 12

M

Holiday!

 

Nov 13

T

Quiz

Nov 14

W

35

Instrumentation Amplifiers

Video

Nov 16

F

36

Comparitors, Schmitt Triggers

Nov 19

M

37

Envelope Detectors, Single Sided Amplifiers

Nov 20

T

Quiz

Nov 21

W

38

Current Amplifiers, Current Mirror

Nov 23

F

Holiday

Nov 26

M

39

Adders, Multiplies, log, exp

Nov 27

T

Quiz

Nov 28

W

40

Phasors

Video

Nov 30

F

41

Filters:  Gain and Phase

Dec 3

M

42

Poles, zeros, and Frequency Response

Dec 4

T

Quiz

Dec 5

W

Active Filters

 Dec 7

F

Butteworth, Chebychev, Elliptic Filters

 

 

 

 

R

 

Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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