Grading Policy
Quiz 1:
35%
Final Examination: 40%
Homework:
10%
Lab Reports:
10%
Attendance and Participation: 5%
Course Materials and Assignments
Lab Report Writing Guide
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here for a unified guide to writing lab reports. Lab
Reports are to be soft copy only (computer files, not paper copies). Send them by e-mail to both Dr. Beard at no_spam_jkbeard@jameskbeard.com, and to Dr. Pietrucha at pietrucha@rowan.edu . 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.
Lab Protocols
The laboratory is taught by Dr.
Bernard Pietrucha.
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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.
Classes
All homework is
posted here. Lecture topics are
tentative and will be adjusted as the course proceeds.
Week 1
Tuesday, March 6; Kirchhoff's Voltage and
Current Laws, Thévenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits
Read Chapter 1
Wednesday, March 7; Voltage and Current
Division, Steady-State Sine Wave Circuits, Capacitive and Inductive Impedance
Read Chapter 2 (skip 2.5), Chapter 3 (skip
3.4, 3.5)
Friday, March 9, Lab 1
Exercises 1.1, 1.5, 1.12; problems 1.1, 1.3,
1.7; assigned by email, 12:07 PM March 9
Week 2:
Spring Break
Week 3
Tuesday, March 20; The Ideal Op-Amp, Simple
Op-Amp Circuits
Wednesday, March 21; Op-Amp Difference
Amplifier, Summation Amplifier, Op-Amp Integrator and Differentiator
Read Chapter 5 (skip 5.5)
Problems, Chapter 1 pages 28-36, problems
1.51, 1.65, 1.99
Problems, Chapter 2 pages 87-105, problems
2.3, 2.8, 2.24
Friday, March 23, Lab 2
Week 4
Tuesday, March 27; Diodes; Biasing of BJT
Amplifiers
Read Chapter 6
Problems pp 368-387; do 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Wednesday, March
28; Operating Regions and Load Lines
Read Chapter 7.
Problems, Ch. 3, 3.21 on page 159. Note that Figure 3.18 is on page 120.
For v-i curves see text Chapter 1, Section 1.3
pages 4-6, and example of a load line type curve in Figure 10 on page 9.
For load lines in diode circuits, see Chapter
2 Section 3.2, pages 111-112. This
concept is what we use whenever we have a nonlinear circuit element like a
diode, or an active circuit element with variable v-i curves like a
transistor.
See more diode load line examples on pages 122
and 123.
Look at constant voltage drop model of a diode
at the bottom of page 145.
For a notional comparison of a single
transistor amplifier with an op-amp, compare the write-up for this class with
the simplified schematic of an LM741 op-amp as given on page 769 in Chapter
12. Note that Electronics I will not
get this far in the book. Compare our
BJT inverting amplifier with Section 2.4.3, [Op-Amp] Inverting Amplifier,
pages 45-47.
Friday, March 30, Lab 3
Week 5
Tuesday, April 3; BJT Biasing of MOSFETs
Op-amp (Chapter 2) problems pages 87-105;
Problem 2.5 (remember the lecture on this topic?), problem 2.23, problem 2.33
MOSFET (Chapter 5) problems pages 295-310;
problem 5.1
Wednesday, April 4; MOSFET Amplifiers;
Friday, April 6, GOOD FRIDAY
Week 6
Tuesday, April 10; MID-TERM QUIZ
Wednesday, April 11; MOSFETs
in Linear Operation (Inverting Amplifier)
Friday, April 13, Lab 4
Week 7
Tuesday, April 17; MOSFETs in Switching
Operation (H-Bridge)
Read Chapter 9, Chapter 10
Wednesday, April 18; Stray Capacitances and
Inductances and Their Effects on Frequency Responses and Stability
Op-amp (Chapter 2) problems pages 87-105;
Problems 2.56, 2.65 (Note Fig. 2.13 is on page 51)
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 5
Week 8
Tuesday, April 24; Elementary Stability
Criteria; Load Line Exercise
Wednesday, April 25; Robust Op-Amp and
Transistor Circuits
Friday, April 27, Lab 6
Monday, April 30, Special Study Session 4:00
PM to 6:00 PM, location Rowan Hall 204/206.
Tuesday, May 1, FINAL EXAMINATION, 10:15 AM to 12:15 PM, Wilson Hall
212 (Wilson Hall 205 backup room).
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