ECE 321: Electronics I

Steady-State Analysis of Nonlinear Circuits

Spring 2013

 

 

Bison Academy

Syllabus

Term Project Info

Other Information

 

 

Instructor:        Dr. Jake Glower, Dr. Dan Ewert

Office:             ECE 201A, ECE 201B

Office Hrs:      MWF 10-11AM

 

All Lectures in One File (click here): 


 

Date

Topic

Video

Homework

Lab

T

Jan 8

Introduction

 

 

 

W

Jan 9

555-Timers:

 

 

F

Jan 10

MATLAB, SciLab, VisSim, MultiSim

 

2: MATLAB

M

Jan 14

Semiconductors

Video

4: Semiconductors

Lab Safety

T

Jan 15

Numerical Methods to Solve f(x) = 0

3: Numerical Solutions

W

Jan 16

Phoenix Visit

 

 

F

Jan 18

PN Junctions

Video

5: PN Junction

M

Jan 21

Holiday!

 

 

Lab 1:  PN Junction

T

Jan 22

Quiz

 

 

W

Jan 23

Diodes: VI Characteristics

Video

6: Diodes

F

Jan 25

Idea Diode

Video

7: Ideal Diodes

M

Jan 28

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

 

 

Lab 2:  Diode Circuit

T

Jan 29

Quiz

 

 

W

Jan 30

Clipper, Clampers

 

9: Clippers

F

Feb 1

Min, Max

 

10:Max / Min / Avg

M

Feb 4

AC to DC Converters

 

11: AC to DC

Lab 2:  (cont’d)

T

Feb 5

Quiz

 

 

W

Feb 6

DC to DC Converters

Video

 

F

Feb 8

Transistor Theory

Video

 

M

Feb 11

Snow Day

Video

 

Lab 3: Transistors used as a Switch

 

T

Feb 12

Discussion on term project  -  Using a Transistor as a Switch

(no quiz)

 

 

W

Feb 13

H-Bridge 

Video

 

F

Feb 15

DC to AC Converters 

Video

17: DC to AC

M

Feb 18

Holiday!

 

 

Lab 3 (cont’d)

T

Feb 19

Quiz

 

 

W

Feb 20

Semiconductor Relay

 

18: SCR

F

Feb 22

Transistors in Active Mode:  Amplifiers

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

 

19: BJT

M

Feb 25

Industry Visit

 

 

 

T

Feb 26

Quiz

 

 

W

Feb 27

CAREER Fair

 

 

F

Mar 1

CE Amplifier

Video

 

M

Mar 4

CB, CC Amplifiers

Video

 

Lab 5: CE Amplifier

(DC analysis)

T

Mar 5

Quiz

 

 

W

Mar 6

Multi-Stage Amplifiers

 

22: Multi-Stage Amp

F

Mar 8

Push-Pull Amplifiers

 

 

M

Mar 11

Spring Break

 

 

T

Mar 12

Spring Break

 

 

W

Mar 13

Spring Break

 

 

F

Mar 15

Spring Break

 

 

M

Mar 18

Snow Day

 

Lab 6: CE Amplifier

(AC analysis)

T

Mar 19

Transistor Differential Amplifier

Inverting Amplifiers (no quiz)

 

26:  Node Equations

W

Mar 20

Instrumentation Amplifiers

 

27: Inst Amp

F

Mar 22

Comparitors, Schmitt Triggers

 

28: Comparitors

M

Mar 25

Envelope Detectors

 

 

 

T

Mar 26

Quiz

 

 

W

Mar 27

Term Project:  Group members and project requirements

 

 

F

Mar 29

Holiday!

 

 

M

Apr 1

Holiday!

 

 

Term Project

 

Due Apr 5: Engineering Requirements

 

T

Apr 2

Integrators, Differentiators, etc

 

36: Integrators

W

Apr 3

Active Filters

 

35: Active Filters

F

Apr 5

Phasors

 

 

M

Apr 8

Filters: Gain and Phase

 

32: Filters

 

T

Apr 9

Quiz

 

 

W

Apr 10

Poles, Zeros, and Frequency Response

 

33:Freq Resp

F

Apr 12

Butterworth, Chebychev, Elliptic Filters

 

34: Butterworth

M

Apr 15

Boolean Logic

 

37: Boolean Logic

 

T

Apr 16

Quiz

 

 

W

Apr 17

DTL Logic

 

38: DTL Logic

F

Apr 19

TTL Logic

 

39: TTL Logic

M

Apr 22

MOSFET & JFET Theory

 

40: MOSFET

T

Apr 23

Quiz

 

 

W

Apr 24

MOSFET Used as a Switch

 

41: MOSFET Switch

F

Apr 26

MOSFET Amplifiers (DC Analysis)       

 

42: MOSFET: DC

M

Apr 29

MOSFET Amplifiers (AC Analysis)

 

43: MOSFET: AC

 

T

Apr 30

Quiz

 

 

W

May 1

CMOS Logic

 

 

F

May 3

Review

 

 

M

May 6

Finals Week

 

 

Final Design Review

(Grading Scheme)

T

May 7

 

 

W

May 8

 

 

F

May 10

 

 

 


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