Electrical and Systems II








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Textbooks:

  1. First half of the semester: "Basic Circuit Engineering Analysis," J. D. Irwin and R. M. Nelms, 10th (or 9th) Edition, J. Wiley & Sons, 2011 (2008).
  2. Second half of the semester: "Microelectronic Circuits," A. Sedra and K. Smith, 6th (or 5th) Edition, Oxford Publ., 2007 (2010).

Tentative Syllabus ESE216 - Spring 2012

NO.

Date

Topic

Readings

HW due (see blackboard)
 

 2012

Textbook 1. Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, by J. Irwin and R. Nelms , 10th ed. (or 9th)

J.Irwin: Review
Chapt.8.3 - 8.8
, 12.1.

 
 

Textbook 2. Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra/Smith. 5th ed. (or 6th edition)

 

1

Jan 11

Introduction; electromagnetic spectrum: from DC to X-rays; frequency/wavelength; size of devices.

Classnotes

 
2
Jan 13
Instantaneous and Avg. Power
 
  Jan 16 Martin Luther King Holiday    
3
Jan 18
Max Power Transfer, RMS. 9.3,9.4; Complex no. with MATLAB  
4
Jan 20
Power Factor, Complex power
9.5, 9.6
5

Jan 23

Power factor correction, single-phase 3-wire circuits

9.7, 9.8

6

Jan 25

single-phase 3-wire circuits (cont), Examples and Safety 9.8, 9.9  
7

Jan 27

Variable frequency response

12.1 (review), 12.2 and MATLAB frequency response (Bode plots); Example Bode Plot;

8

Jan 30

Bode plots

12.2

9

Feb 1

Examples Bode Plots 12.2  
10

Feb 3

Examples Bode Plots, alternative method to plot Bode Plots 12.2  
11

Feb 6

Resonace (review); Filter Networks.

12.3, 12.5; Tacoma Bridge (resonance).; Java simulation RLC circuit

 
12

Feb 8

Filter Networks: Passive Filters 12.5; ; Ex Bandpass filter in Matlab  
13 Feb 10 Active Filters 12.5, 12.6  
14
Feb 13
Active Filters and applications (cont); time-frequency relationship

12.6, 12.7

 
15
Feb 15
Filter Applications 12.7
16
Feb 17
Laplace Transform: Definitions and Properties

13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

 
17

Feb 20

Midterm 1  

Feb 22

Inverse Laplace transform

13.5; Matlab and Laplace Transforms

18 Feb 24

Convolution. Initial-value and final-value theorems

13.6 and 13.7
 
19
Feb 27
Applications of Laplace transforms for circuit analysis 14.1, 14.2, 14.3; example RLC response;  
20
Feb 29 Transfer function; Pole-zero plots; Filter applications. 14.4;14.5; 14.7; example 3D plot H(s)  
21 Mar 2 Filter Applications; Butterworth filter. 14.7; 14.8  
  Mar 5-9 Spring Break

 

 
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Book: Sedra/Smith,
6th Ed: Read and Review chpt 1: 1.4, 1.5, 1.6; chpt 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5)

22
Mar 12
Real Opamps: DC Imperfactions of Op-Amps 2.1-2.5 (review); 2.6 [2.7 in 5th ed]]  
23

Mar 14

Finite gain and bandwdith, Gain-Bandwidth Product

2.7 [2.5]

 
24

Mar 16

Large Signal Operation; datasheets

2.8 [2.6] ; Datasheet LM741

25 Mar 19 Ideal Diode; Terminal Characteristics 4.1, 4.2 [3.1, 3.2]  
26

Mar 21

Diode Modeling of the forward region.

4.3 [3.3]

 
27

Mar 23

Reverse Breakdown and Zener Diodes

4.4 [3.4]; Example PSpice Simulation of Zener Regulator

 
28

Mar 26

Rectifier Circuits

4.5 [3.5]

29

Mar 28

Peak detector and Limiting Circuits

4.5.4, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 [3.5.4, 3.6.1, 3.9 3.9], PSpice

 
30

Mar 30

MOSFET Physical Structure and Operation
5.1 [4.1] MOS Transistors
 
31

Apr 2

Midterm 2  
32

Apr 4

MOSFET current-voltage characteristics

5.2 [4.2]

33
Apr 6

MOSFETS at DC

5.3 [4.3, 4.5]

 
34 Apr. 9 MOSFET as an amplifier 5.4  
35 Apr 11 Small signal operation and models 5.5 [4.6]  
  Apr 13 Small signal operation and models (cont)

5.5 [4.6]

 
36
Apr 16

Single-stage MOS amplifier; common-source amplifier

5.6.1-5.6.5.4 [4.7]

 
37

Apr 18

Common-gate and Common-drain amplifiers

5.6.5-5.6.6 [4.7]

 
38

Apr 22

Biasing of MOS amplifiers 5.7 [4.5]  
39

Apr 23

Discrete Circuit MOS Amplifiers

5.8

 
    High-Frequency Model of a MOSFET 9.2.1, [4.8]  
    High-Frequency Response of a Common-source amplifier 9.3.1 [4.9]  
    Low-Frequency Response of a Common-source amplifier 9.1 [4.9]
    Reading days    
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May 1
FINAL Exam: May 1, 2012 from 9-11am
check registrar's site
for Confirmation
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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