ELE 333 - ANALOG CIRCUITS
Catalog Description
ELE 333 -Analog Circuits 3 Y DC and small signal models of BJT and FET. Biasing of discrete circuits. Single-stage BJT and FET amplifiers. Voltage gain, current gain, input and output impedances. Differential amplifiers. Frequency response. Feedback. Prereq: ELE 231,232.
Prerequisites By Topic
To succeed in this course, the students must possess the following knowledge and skills:
- second order electrical circuits (ELE 232)
- semiconductor devices (ELE 346)
- integration, elementary differential equations (MAT 296)
- familiarity with software tools for engineering, such as, Spice, Matlab, Mathcad
Course Objectives
The major objective of this course is to give you the fundamental knowledge about analog circuits and skills to use that knowledge to analyze and design circuits such as single transistor amplifiers using bipolar as well as field effect transistors, AC and DC coupled multi-stage amplifiers, and supplementary circuits such as current sources.
Course Outcomes
When you complete this course, I expect you to
- know methods to analyze and design analog transistor circuits
- comprehend the importance of multistage amplifier design and the roles of different stages
- understand the fundamental applications of operational amplifiers
- be able to calculate the various measures of the quality of an op amp.
- design simple single and multi stage amplifiers.
Outcome Measurement
Academic Honesty: I expect that everything you hand in is your own work. Any sign of dishonesty will be treated very seriously, and may earn you a failing grade.
Homework Exercise problems will be assigned regularly but they will not be graded. Solutions to problems have been put on reserve in the Science and Technology Library.
Quizzes Short quizzes will be given frequently. Questions will be based on the material covered in the class as well as on the exercise problems.
Three exams are scheduled. Each exam will only cover the material introduced after the previous one. Note, however, that topics in this class progressively build on previous material; it is difficult for you to do well in an exam if you do not understand its prerequisites.
Computer aided tools are an integral part of engineering analysis and design. You will use PSpice to implement the two projects in this class, which you have already used in your laboratory classes. I encourage you to use PSpice not only for projects but also to work on the exercise problems.
Grading:
- 3 exams on 2/26, 4/2 and 5/3 (60%)
- Frequent mini computer-projects using PSPICE & MATLAB (20%)
- Frequent homework assignments (20%)
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