Calendar

The calendar provides the topics covered during lectures and recitations, as well as the homework, lab, and exam dates.

 

WEEK # LEC DAY 1 REC DAY 1 LEC DAY 2 REC DAY 2
1 R1a
First day of Classes
Resistors, Sources, Discrete Stuff
L1
Lumped Abstraction, Relationship to Physics, KVL, KCL

HW 1 out 
Lab 0 out
R1
KVL, KCL, Resistive Network Analysis
2
Tut/Lab 0
L2
KVL, KCL Example, Nodal Analysis
R2
Nodal Analysis, Examples
L3
Linearity, Superposition, Thevenin’s Equivalences

HW 2 out
R3
Thevenin and Norton Equivalences

HW 1 in
3
Tut
L4
Digital Abstraction, Boolean Logic, Truth Tables, Switches and Combinational Gates

Lab 1 out
R4
Boolean Logic, Combinational Gates Review, Examples
L5
MOS Switch, S and SR Model, MOS Gate Design

HW 3 out
R5
Boolean Logic, MOS Switch-Resistor (SR) Model Contd.

HW 2 in
4
Lab 1
L6
Nonlinear Resistors, Networks
R6
Static Power in Digital Circuits, Nonlinear Resistors, Examples
L7
Nonlinear Resistors, Small Signal Analysis

HW 4 out
R7
Nonlinear Resistors, Small Signal Examples

HW 3 in
5
Tut
L8
Analog Amplification, Dependent Sources
R8
Amplifiers, Operating Point Analysis, Biasing
L9
MOS SCS Model and MOS Amplifier

HW 5 out
R9
Review MOS, SCS Model, Amplifier, Biasing, Loadline

Lab 1 in
HW 4 in
6
Tut

R9a
Quiz 1 (Evening)
L10
Small Signal Analysis

HW 6 out
R10
Small Signal Analysis Examples

HW 5 in
7
Tut
L11
Small Signal Circuit Models

Lab 2 out
R11
Small Signal Circuit Models and Analysis Examples
L12
Capacitors and their Physics, First Order Circuits, Gate Cap

HW 7 out
R12
Inductors and their Physics, First Order Step Response, Lead Induct

HW 6 in
8
Lab 2
L13
Delays in Digital Circuits, Crosstalk Demo, Impulses
R13
Ramp, Step, Impulse, Superposition
L14
Digital Memory, States

HW 8 out
R14
Digital Memory, ZIR, ZSR Examples

HW 7 in
9
Tut
L15
Transients in Second Order Systems
R15
Second Order Systems with Damping, Step Responses
L16
Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis, Frequency Response, Intro to Bode Diagrams

HW 9 out
R16
Sinusoidal Steady State and Bode Diagram Examples, Poles and Zeros

Lab 2 in
HW 8 in
10
Tut
L17
Impedance Methods

Lab 3 out
R17
Review of Impedance Methods and Examples
L17a
Quiz 2 (Evening)

11
Lab 3
L18
Filters. LPF, HPF, BPF, and BSF. Second Order Systems with Damping, Q Factor, Radio Tuner

HW 10 out
R18
Time Domain and Frequency Domain Responses, Q Factor

HW 9 in
L19
Op-Amp Abstraction, Concept of Feedback, Noninverting Amplifier
R19
Op-Amp Abstraction,
 Examples and Review, Inverting Amplifier
12
Tut
L20
Multiple Inputs and Superposition, Integrators, Differentiators

HW 11-12 out
Lab 4 out

R20
Special Op-Amp Circuits

Lab 3 in
HW 10 in

13
Tut/Lab 4
L21
Op-Amp Saturation, Positive Feedback, Stability, Oscillators, Clocking
R21
First and Second
Order Op-Amp Filters
L22
Energy and Power in RC Networks, Power Dissipation in NMOS Gates
R22
Inside the Op-Amp, Differential Amp Using MOSFETs
14
Lab 4
L23
Energy Review, Introduction to CMOS
R23
CMOS Examples, Energy and Power

HW 11-12 in
L24
Diodes, Power Circuits
R24
Power Circuits, Peak Detector, AM Modulation

Lab 4 in
15
Tut
L25
Violating the Abstraction Barrier
R25
Review
Last Day of Classes

16 Final Exam