Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 6th Edition ... Understand how to
analyze and design current steering circuits using BJT and MOS current mirrors.
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
ECE 3110: Electronics II Fall 2011 MW 8:05-9:25 am WEB 2250 Instructor:
Professor Angela Rasmussen Office: MEB 3254 Phone: 971-1096 (cell) Email:
[email protected]
Prerequisites: ECE 2280 and Department consent Text: Web Page:
Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 6th Edition http://www.ece.utah.edu/~ece3110
Course Objectives: • Understand how to analyze and design current steering circuits using BJT and MOS current mirrors • Understand how to analyze and design a differential BJT and MOS amplifier • Understand how to analyze and design a multistage BJT and MOS amplifier • Utilize methods for the analysis of the frequency response of BJT and MOS amplifiers • Understand the analysis and design of circuits containing coupling, bypass, and internal capacitors • Understand how to analyze and design using feedback • Understand how to analyze and design output stages • Understand how to analyze the thermal effects of power BJTs Aside from occasional simulation assignments, this course will emphasize manual analysis and design techniques so you can develop circuit analysis insight and intuition. Reading Books do more than hold homework problems! You are strongly encouraged to read ahead of the lectures. After each lecture, you should review the corresponding material in the textbook and then read the next section or two before the following lecture. This familiarization process will allow you to digest information from the lectures more easily. Homework To develop a good understanding of how circuits work, there is simply no substitute for practice. Therefore, homework problems will be assigned weekly. These problem sets will be collected and graded. No late homework will be accepted. However, your lowest homework grade will be dropped. However, your lowest homework grade will be dropped. The homework problems will be graded only for correct answers and basic approach. A homework solution displaying both a correct approach and correct answer will receive 1.5 points. The correct approach is worth 1.0 points, and the correct answer will receive 0.5 points. Detailed grading will be left to the student. Solutions to the homework will be posted on the course website soon after the homework is due. Unless otherwise specified, homework assignments will be due on Wednesdays at 6:00 pm. Put your assignments in the class homework locker on the 3rd floor of MEB.
Exams There will be three midterm exams. The final will be an opportunity to retake any of the midterms. Exams may cover material from lectures, homework assignments, reading assignments, and lab assignments. The exams are closed book and notes with the exception of 1 8 ½ by 11 page filled front and back with handwritten notes. Midterm dates are tentatively set for Oct. 3rd, Nov. 9th , and Dec. 5th. The final exam will be comprehensive but optional and will be given at the time specified by the University of Utah Fall Semester 2010 Final Exam Schedule which is Thursday, December 16, 8-11am: 8-9 will be the first exam retake; 9-10 will be the second exam retake; 10-11 will be the third exam retake. Laboratory A weekly laboratory is part of this course. It is assumed that each student has successfully completed the ECE 2280 course, and can use the SPICE circuit simulation program. Several lab and homework assignments in this class will require the use of PSpice, a version of SPICE that runs under Windows. The student edition of PSpice, which is limited to small circuits, has been installed on the PCs in the analog lab. A copy of PSPICE 9.2 is also available to checkout from the stockroom. Each student must register for one of the laboratory sections, and must attend each week. Sections are limited to 20 students each due to space and equipment availability. If you share a lab bench with a partner each student needs to still build their own circuits and share the equipment for measuring purposes only. Labs will meet in MEB 2365. Labs will not meet during the following weeks: • August 22 – August 27 • October 10 – October 15 (due to Fall Break) • November 24 – November 25 (due to Thanksgiving) A proper lab notebook is required. It must be a hard cover notebook that is bound. All pages are to be numbered in keeping with standard practice. Entries are to be in ink, and made at the time the work is performed. As a general rule, the notebook is to contain enough detail that the experiment could be duplicated by others at some future time. Your lab T.A. may ask to look through your notebook at any time during the semester. You will need to check off sections of the lab as they are completed. If the lab work is not completed in the lab section, you must hand in the other work in a very clear manner. You should have a cover page containing the title of the lab assignment and your name. You may photocopy your lab book before the next lab section begins. Weekly Quiz: Quizzes will be given most Mondays the week after a homework is due. The quiz will cover material from class, lab, and homework. No make-up quizzes will be given. However, your lowest quiz score will be dropped. The quizzes will be open book/notes. Grading: Your final grade will be determined based on the homework/quizzes, midterms, and final exam. Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped. Your lowest homework grade will be dropped. The final exam will be 3 parts, each part is equivalent to a retake midterm. The highest score between the midterm and the retake(final) will be used: Homework/Quizzes – 15% Labs – 25% 3 Midterms – 60%
Grades: Your grade will be determined as follows: A+
97 – 100
B
83 – 87
C
73 – 77
D
63 – 67
A
94 – 96
B-
80 – 83
C-
70 – 73
D-
60 – 63
A-
90 – 94
C+
77 – 80
D+
67 – 70
F
