Syllabus of Mondays lectures

1. Circuit Analysis

   1. basics [JAN 14] (readings chapt. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16, 52)

      • energy storage -- hydrological analogy

      • voltage, current, power

      • conductivity and Ohm law

      • Kirchoff law

      • Series and parallel circuits

      • Thevenin and Northon theorems

1. alternating and direct currents [JAN 28] (readings chapt. 7, 8, 9, 17, 51)

• DC versus AC

• Fourier analysis and complex notation

• Characterizing AC signal

• resitance in AC signal

• capacitance and capacitors

• RC circuits

1. Oscillators & resonances [FEB 4] (readings chapt. 8, 10)

• inductor

• inductance versus capacitance

• the RLC circuits and its analogy with the mechanical pendulum

• resonances

1. Signal transmission & noise [FEB 11] (no readings)

• transmission line

• coupling scheme

• termination and impedance matching

• optical analogy

• noise

  • types of noise

  • detection of signal immersed in noise: the lock-in amplifier

1. Analog Electronics

1. Operational amplifier [FEB 18] (readings chapt. 28, 29, 31)

• properties and “golden rules"

• ideal versus real-life operational amplifier

• example of circuits analysis with operational amplifier

1. Amplifier and feed-back system [FEB 25] (readings chapt. 33)

• voltage amplifier

• common emitter amplifier

• feedback system and advantage of negative feedback scheme

1. Analog computer [MAR 3] (readings chapt. 30)

• setting up equation with electronics

• examples

S P R I N G B R E A K ----------------------------[week of MAR 10]

Midterm exam ----------------------------[ MAR 17]

1. Solid-state Electronics

1. Semi-conductors [MAR 24] (readings chapt. 40, 41)

• quantum mechanics background, band theory, Fermi level

• doping

• p-n junctions

• diodes

1. transistors [MAR 31] (readings chapt. 42, 43, 44, 45)

• bipolar junction transistors

• field emission transistors

• example of circuit analysis with transistors

1. controls [APR 7] (no readings)

• conventional switches

• transistor-based control

1. Current & voltage sources [APR 14] (readings chapt. 38)

• transistor-based sources

• signal shaping (clipping, rectification,...)

1. Digital Electronics

1. logic gate [APR 21] (readings chapt. 19, 22)

• Boolean algebra

• standard logic gates

• implementation (CMOS and TTL)

1. Binary logic [APR 28] (readings chapt. 20, 21, 25, 54)

• digital systems

• binary and other basis (hexa,...)

• operation in the binary basis, Karnaugh maps

• multiplexer and flip-flop

Final ----------------------------[ MAY 5]

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