Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Bibyk 8/06

323 Electronic Analysis, Design and Simulation

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Electronic instrumentation; diode and transistor models for amplifiers and switches; electronics of digital circuits; multiple

transistor circuit analysis.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. 3 U 3 cl.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq: 301, and acceptance in Elec & Cptr Eng major or Eng Physics major.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Ability to interpret circuit problems from electrical schematics and analyze output response in the time and frequency

domains for various types of input signals, such as sinusoids and step functions.

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

432, 582, 624, 720, 721, 722, 723, 731

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

Microelectronic Circuits, 5th Ed. (CD not necessary) Sedra and Smith Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-514251-9

References (supplemental reading)

none

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students learn a top-down view of Electronic Systems and are given a design problem requiring use of analysis methods on

individual devices.



1. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems involving amplifiers and logic gates. (Criterion 3(e))

2. Use modern engineering tools such as circuit simulators like Spice. (Criterion 3(k))

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

Op Amp Configurations, their Frequency Response (3)

Instrumentation and Signal Conditioning (2)

D/A and A/D Converter Circuits (2)

Filter Types, Specs, Transfer Functions (2)

Transistor Fundamentals (1)

Transistor Models for Amplifiers and Switches (1)

CMOS Inverter, Gates, Latches (2)

Emitter Coupled Logic (ECL) (1)

Differential Pair Transistor Models (4)

Amplifier Transfer Function (3)

Common Source and Common Gate Amp-High Frequency Response (3)

Summary of Negative Feedback INSIDE an Op Amp (2)

General Feedback Structure (2)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

3 cl.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:16 AM

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