Grading Policy
Quiz 1:
25%
Quiz 2:
25%
Final Examination: 25%
Homework:
5%
Lab Reports:
10%
Final Report on Term Project: 5%
Attendance and Participation: 5%
Course Materials and Assignments
Report Writing Guide
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here for a unified guide to writing lab reports and term reports. Lab
Reports are to be soft copy only (computer files, not paper copies). Send them by e-mail to Dr. Beard at no_spam_jkbeard@jameskbeard.com, . Do not use large file formats such as
uncompressed BMP for graphics; use a platform-independent compressed form
such as JPEG, or you will find it difficult to email your reports and your
grades will be delayed.
Your term project will require a full report. The difference between this report and your
lab reports is that this report will cover all the operations that you did on
your term project, and the introduction will be an executive summary instead
of a short overview and summary.
Length should be about ten pages.
The final report is due on Friday, April 20.
Due Dates
All homework and lab reports are due one week from the
date of assignment. All homework
assignments will be posted on this page.
Late homework will not be
accepted. Late lab reports will
not be accepted. The term report is
due when you
Classes
Week 1
Tuesday, January 16, Chapter 1
Homework:
Page 9, Exercises 1.1, 1.5; Page 13, Exercise 1.12
Read Chapter 1
Thursday, January 18, Chapter 1
Homework: Page 28, problems 1.1, 1.3, 1.7
Read Chapter 2
Week 2
Tuesday, January 23, Chapter 2
Friday, January 26, Lab 1. Lab report
instructions follow the lab description.
Week 3
Tuesday, January 30, Chapter 2
Homework:
·
Chapter 1, problems on pages 28-36: 1.37, 1.51, 1.65 (FET transistor simplified
circuits), 1.99
·
Chapter 2, problems on pages 87-105: 2.6, 2.7 (Norton equivalent circuit for
output of op-amp), 2.19
Reading:
Please read through the end of Chapter 2.
Thursday, February 1, Chapter 2
Week 4
Tuesday, February 6, Chapter 2
Friday, February 9, Lab 2. See link above for lab report guidelines.
Week 5
Tuesday, February 13, Chapter 2
Thursday, February 15, Chapter 3
Homework:
Chapter 2, problems on pages 87-105:
2.20 (hard), 2.23 (trick, but simple), 2.26, 2.57, 2.69, 2.83, 2.97
Reading:
Remainder of Chapter 2; Chapter 3 through page 134
Week 6
Tuesday, February 20, Chapter 3
Homework: Chapter 3, problems on pages 158-169: 3.1 (use Equations (3.1) and (3.2) on page
108 to model the square-law device), 3.21 (the diode v-i characteristic is
Figure 3.18 on page 120), 3.44, 3.62 (the Zener v-i characteristic is Figure
3.47 on page 147), 3.85
Friday, February 23, Lab 3, Two Op-Amp Differential Amplifier; Diode v-i Curve
Week 7
Tuesday, February 27, Basic Amplifiers
Thursday, March 1, Biasing
Read Chapter 7, pages 389 through 406
Friday, March 2, QUIZ 1 (Mid-Term)
Week 8
Tuesday, March
6, Chapter Biasing (Continued)
Read Chapter 7, pages 406 through 412
Friday, March 9, Lab 4
Week 9, Tuesday, March 13 and Thursday, March
15, SPRING BREAK
Week 10
Tuesday, March 20, Care, feeding, limitations,
and usage of MOSFETs
Read Chapter 7, pages 412 through 440.
Friday, March 23, Lab 5
Week 11
Tuesday, March 28, MOSFETs
in linear operation (inverter)
Read Chapter 7, pages 440 through 458.
Problems, pp 458-474; do 7.2, 7.9, 7.14
Thursday, March 30, MOSFETs in switching
operation (H-bridge)
Week 12
Tuesday, April 3, Chapter 7, Care, feeding,
limitations, and usage of BJTs
Chapter 5 problems pages 295-310; problem
5.2, problem 5.3, problem 5.6 (do the
plot on engineering paper).
Friday, April 6, GOOD FRIDAY
Week 13
Tuesday, April 10, BJTs in linear amplifiers
Thursday, April 12, BJTs in differential
amplifiers
Week 14
Tuesday, April 17, BJT biasing, operating
regions and load lines
BJT and MOSFET (Chapter 5) problems pages
295-310; Problems 5.6 (note that Fig. 5.5 is on page 237), 5.15, 5.16
Friday, April 20, Lab 6: Biometric
Indicator, Hazardous Vapors
Week 15
Tuesday, April 24, Simple BJT Utility
Circuit: an elementary current source
Thursday, April 26, Stray capacitances and
inductances, their effect on frequency responses, and elementary stability criteria.
Load
Line Exercise with input-output characteristic exercise.
Monday, April 30, Special Study Session, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Rowan Hall 204/206.
Tuesday, May 1, FINAL EXAMINATION, 12:30
PM to 2:30 PM in Rowan Hall 239, Final Report on Term Project due
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