EEL3300: Electronics, Spring 2007

    Course announcements

    Course meeting times

      Classes: MWF 2:00-2:50 pm, Rm. 337
      Office hours: MW 3:00-4:00 pm, Rm. B364

    Grader: Liviu Oniciuc

      Office hours: TuTh 2:00-3:00 pm, Rm. 339B

    Syllabus



   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 1/8/07 Chapter 1: Review of linear circuit theory: Kirchhoff voltage and current laws, voltage-current characteristics, notations, current and voltage dividers    
2 1/10/07 Chapter 1: Kirchhoff voltage and current laws, the superposition principle    
3 1/12/07 Chapter 1: Energy and power    
4 1/15/07 NO CLASSES: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day    
5 1/17/07 Chapter 1: Resitive circuits, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits 1.47, 1.65, 1.75 Blackboard
6 1/19/07 Chapter 1: More examples on Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits
Chapter 3: Introduction to nonlinear circuit elements
   
7 1/22/07 Chapter 3: Nonlinear circuit elements    
8 1/24/07 Chapter 3:  Structure and basic principle of operation of pn junction diodes    
9 1/26/07 Chapter 3. Problems with ph junction diodes 31.2, 3.14, 3.44, 3.55 Blackboard
10 1/29/07 Chapter 3: Zener diodes, Schottky diodes, tunnel diodes    
11 1/31/07 Chapter 4: Transfer characteristics, limiting (clipping) circuits    
12 2/2/07 Chapter 4: Transfer characteristics    
13 2/5/07 Chapter 4: Half-wave rectifiers, full-wave rectifiers 3.87, 4.24, 4.36, 4.37 Blackboard
14 2/7/07 Chapter 4: Ripple    
15 2/9/07 Chapter 5: BJT: structure, I-V characteristics    
16 2/12/07 Problem solving    
17 2/14/07 Review    
18 2/16/07 MIDTERM I    
19 2/19/07 Review of the midterm exam    
10 2/21/07 BJTs: biasing    
21 2/23/07 BJT: npn, pnp biasing, problems 5.97, 5.111, 5.112, 5.114 Blackboard
22 2/26/07 BJT: npn, pnp biasing, more problems    
23 2/28/07 MOSFET: structure, i-v characteristics, principle of operation    
24 3/2/07 n-channel MOSFET: biasing 5.30, 5.97, 5.116, 5.117 Blackboard
25 3/12/07 BJT, MOSFET: inverters    
26 3/14/07 BJT, MOSFET: voltage follower    
27 3/16/07 BJT, MOSFET: current follower    
28 3/19/07 Design problems 5.36, 5.59, 6.82, 6.97 Blackboard
29 3/21/07 More design problems    
29 3/23/07 Biasing of p-channel MOSFETs    
29 3/26/07 Small-signal analysis: circuits with BJTs (1)    
29 3/28/07 Small-signal analysis: circuits with BJTs (2)    
29 3/30/07 Small-signal analysis: circuits with MOSFETs    
29 4/02/07 Problem solving    
29 4/04/07 Review    
29 4/06/07 MIDTERM II    
29 4/09/07 Frequency response: MOSFETs 7.121, 9.11 (b and c only), 9.19, 9.40 (set CL=0), 9.43 Blackboard
29 4/11/07 Frequency response: BJTs    
29 4/13/07 Bode plots    
29 4/16/07 Low/high frequency capacitors    
29 4/18/07 Dominant pole technique    
29 4/20/07 Final review