Catalog Data:

348 Electronic Circuits (4, FaSp) Basic analog and digital circuit design using bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors, and integrated circuits. Pre¬requisite: EE 338 (Physical Electronics).

 

Textbook:

Donald A. Neamen, Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design (Second Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
NOTE: Approximately 200 pages of supplementary notes were handed out to students as a complement to the assigned textbook. These notes are a precursor of a forthcoming Kluwer Academic Publishers textbook authored by the course instructor.

 

Coordinator:

John Choma, Professor of Electrical Engineering

 

Topics:

1. Voltage, current, transadmittance, and transimpedance amplifier concepts.
2. Simple rectifiers and power supplies.
3. Physical and circuit-level modeling of PN junction diodes.
4. Physical and circuit-level modeling of bipolar junction transistors.
5. Canonic cells of analog bipolar integrated circuits.
6. Physical and circuit-level modeling of metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs).
7. Canonic cells of analog MOSFET integrated circuits.
8. Balanced differential signal processing circuits.
9. Canonic cells of digital MOSFET integrated circuits.

 

Course Objectives:

To introduce the student to the mathematical techniques, circuit and system models, computer tools, and analytical culture that underpins the design of reli¬able, reproducible, and cost-effective electronic circuits and signal processors.

 

Course Outcomes:

The student will be able to:
1. Formulate physically sound models and circuit-level macromodels for elec¬tronic circuits in both bipolar and MOSFET technologies.
2. Analyze electronic circuits and systems for the purpose of assessing the per¬formance attributes and limitations of electronic circuits and systems.
3. Understand the performance limitations incurred in electronic networks by high input signal frequencies.
4. Understand the fundamental performance characteristics and physical operation of PN junction diodes, bipolar junction transistors, and MOS technology devices.
5. Recognize and assess the impact of the standard cells of analog and digital electronic circuit technologies.
6. Be able to compute, at least to first order, such important electronic network performance metrics as gain, input and output impedance levels, and 3-dB bandwidth.
7. Be able to bias bipolar and MOS technology electronic circuits to ensure temperature-stable, linear operation of electronic circuits.
8. Be able to apply, intelligently and efficiently, such computer tools as SPICE and MATLAB to application specific design problems.
9. Be able to modify standard circuit topologies to ensure their optimal performance for specific system applications
10. Construct and design electronic circuits and simple electronic systems in the laboratory, formulate circuit testing procedures, test circuit and system per¬formance in both frequency and time domains, interpret and assess com¬piled experimental data, and use state of the art measurement equipment and relevant software.
11. Design, construct, and test an electronic circuit based on given specifica¬tions for a final laboratory project assignment.

 

Laboratory Projects:

Weekly laboratory projects and a final design project.