EEL3300: Electronics, Spring 2005


   The dates for the lecture notes are tentative. The content may also be slightly adjusted during the semester.

Lecture Date Topic Problem Sets    Solutions
1 1/5/05:W Chapter 1: Review of linear circuit theory: Kirchhoff voltage and current laws, voltage-current characteristics, notations, current and voltage dividers    
2 1/10/05:M Chapter 1: Kirchhoff voltage and current laws, the superposition principle    
3 1/12/05:W Chapter 1: Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits 1.3, 1.10, 1.29, 1.47, 1.65  
4 1/17/05:M NO CLASSES: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day    
5 1/19/05:W Chapter 1: More examples on Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits.
Chapter 3: Introduction to nonlinear circuit elements.
   
6 1/24/05:M Chapter 3: Analysis of nonlinear circuits: square law devices, PN junctions 1.5, 1.14, 3.4, 3.12, 3.14  
7 1/26/05:W Chapter 3: structure and basic principle of operation of pn junction diodes.    
8 1/31/05:M Chapter 3: Zener diodes, Schottky diodes, tunnel diodes 3.24, 3.44, 3.55, 3.67, 3.71, 3.85  
9 2/2/05:W Chapter 4: transfer characteristics, limiting (clipping) circuits, bridge rectifiers    
10 2/7/05:M Chapter 4: half-wave rectifier, full-wave rectifier, voltage regulation (design techniques), ripple analysis 3.10, 3.69, 3.70, 4.17, 4.25, 4.84  
11 2/9/05:W Review    
12 2/14/05:M MIDTERM EXAM I  Midterm I, Solution  Grade distribution
13 2/16/05:W Discussion on the midterm exam.
Chapter 4: more on diodes and rectifiers
   
14 2/21/05:M Chapter 4: More on rectifiers
Chapter 5: introduction to 3-terminal devices, BJT
4.39, 4.75, 5.99, 5.100, 5.116, 5.117  
15 2/23/05:W Chapters 5,6: BJT biasing circuits    
16 2/28/05:M Chapter 5,6: BJT biasing circuits, FETs 5.75, 5.97, 5.111, 5.112, 5.114  
17 3/2/05:W Chapter 5,6: MOSFET, JFET, MESFET, depletion mode, enhancement mode, biasing circuits    
18 3/14/05:M Chapters 5,6: inverter, voltage follower, current follower, problems 5.30, 5.36, 5.59, 6.30, 6.82, 6.97  
19 3/16/05:W Chapters 5,6,7: Biasing circuits    
20 3/21/05:M Chapter 7: Small-signal  analysis 6.63, 6.64, 6.107, 6.110 (parts a and b only), 6.131, 6.132  
21 3/23/05:W Review    
22 3/28/05:M MIDTERM EXAM II  Midterm II, Solution  Grade distribution
23 3/30/05:W Chapter 7: Small-signal analysis (BJTs, inverter, voltage follower) 7.99, 7.117, 7.121  
24 4/4/05:M Chapter 7: Small-signal analysis (FETs)    
25 4/6/05:W Chapter 9: Frequency analysis of simple circuits containing R, L, and C. Bode plots. 7.21, 7.31, 7.70, 9.11(b and c only), 9.19, 9.35  
26 4/11/05:M Chapter 9: Bode plots. High and low frequency limits. Midband gain. Superposition of poles.    
27 4/13/05:W Chapter 9: Frequency analysis of BJT and FET amplifiers. 9.40, 9.41 (set CL=0), 9.43 (part (a) only), draw the Bode plots for the circuit in Fig. 9.43  
28 4/17/05:M Review: Chapters 7 and 9.    
29 4/20/05:W Review    
    FINAL EXAM Solution of the Final Exam