ECE 3110: Electronics II

Instructor: Prof. Reid R. Harrison
Phone: 587-7926
Office: MEB 3114
Office Hours: Monday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm; Friday 10:00 am - 11:30 am, or by appointment

Teaching Assistants:

• Homework/Grading: Clinton Hansen
  E-mail: clintonh@ece.utah.edu
  Office hours: Monday 12:50 - 2:50 pm; Tuesday 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
  Office: MEB 2350
  Tuesday 7:30 - 10:30 am lab
• Other Labs: Srinivas Merugu
  E-mail: merugu_s@yahoo.com
  Lab hours: Tuesday 2:00 - 5:00 pm; Wednesday 3:05 - 6:05 pm, Thursday 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  
  Lab: MEB 2365
  

• Small-Signal Concepts (Aug. 25)
• Bode Plots and Inverted Poles and Zeros (Sept. 18)

Final Class Grades

• Homework 1 (due Aug. 30 by 6:00 pm): Problems 1.52, 1.54, 1.56, 2.15, 4.12, 4.79, 5.74, 5.79, 5.90, 5.128
  
• Homework 2 (due Sept. 6 by 6:00 pm): Problems 6.24, 6.31, 6.34, 6.36, 6.134
• Homework 3 (due Sept. 13 by 6:00 pm): Exercises 7.7, 7.9; Problems 7.9, 7.24, 7.32, 7.38, 7.40 (don't forget part d on the next page!), 7.44, 7.67
  • Clarification: In problem 7.44, the 'load' resistors are just the collector resistors; don't add resistors to the circuit. Also, you should calculate the differential gain taken differentially, not single-ended.
• Homework 4 (due Sept. 20 by 6:00 pm): Problems 7.62, 7.97, 7.99 (see Example 7.5 for help); Exercises D.3, D.4, D.5, D.6 (from Appendix D)
• Homework 5 (due Sept. 27 by 6:00 pm): Problems E.1, E.4, E.10, E.11, E.12 (from Appendix E), 6.40, 6.41, 6.45, 6.51, 6.52
• Homework 6 (due Oct. 11 by 6:00 pm): Problems 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.11 8.14, 8.21, 8.24, 8.27
• Homework 7 (due Oct. 18 by 6:00 pm): Exercise 8.5; Problems 8.28, 8.31, 8.34, 8.37, 8.43, 8.47
• Homework 8 (due Oct. 25 by 6:00 pm): Exercise 8.14; Problems 8.70, 8.71, 8.75, 8.76, 8.77, 8.79
• Homework 9 (due Nov. 1 by 6:00 pm): Exercises 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5; Problems 14.2, 14.4
• Homework 10 (due Nov. 8 by 6:00 pm): Exercises 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10; Problems 14.16, 14.19, 14.23, 14.25, 14.29
• Homework 11 (due Nov. 15 by 6:00 pm): Exercises 9.31, 9.33, 9.34; Problems 9.62, 9.63, 9.67, 9.68, 9.70
  • Notes: Problem 9.67 refers to Fig. 9.41, but should refer to Fig. 9.39 instead. Problem 9.68 refers to Fig. 9.41, but should refer to Fig. 9.40 instead.
• Homework 12 (due Nov. 29 by 6:00 pm): Problems 12.67, 12.68; Exercise 12.31; Problems 13.25, 13.26, 13.30; Exercise 13.18
• Homework 13 (due Dec. 8 by 6:00 pm): Exercises 4.41, 4.42, 4.43, 4.45, 4.48; Problems 10.6, 10.7, 10.12, 10.16, 10.22
• Homework 14 (not to be turned in): Problems 10.25, 10.28, 10.33

• August 23: Review sections 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.3, 4.1-4.7, 5.1-5.7
• August 30: Look over Table 6.3, read sections 6.3 and 6.12
• September 6: Read sections 7.1-7.5
• September 13: Read section 7.7, Appendix D, online SPICE tutorials
• September 20: Read section 6.4, Appendix E
• October 2: Read sections 8.1-8.3
• October 11: Read sections 8.4-8.6
• October 18: Read sections 8.7-8.11
• October 23: Read sections 14.1-14.5
• November 1: Read section 14.6
• November 8: Read sections 9.7-9.9
• November 15: Read sections 12.10, 13.4-13.5
• November 29: Read sections 4.10, 10.1-10.2
• December 6: Read sections 10.3, 11.1, 11.3-11.5 (Chapter 11 will not be covered on the final exam)

• Lab 1 - due week of Sept. 11-15
• Lab 2:
  • Introduction to PSpice - first read this
  • ECE 3110 Spice Tutorial - highly recommended!
  • University of Pennsylvania Online SPICE Guide - a good reference
  • SPICE Assignment for Lab 2 - must complete before beginning Lab 2
  • SPICE transistor and 741 models
  • Lab 2 - due week of Sept. 25-29.
• Lab 3:
  • Spice Assignment for Lab 3
  • Supplementary notes on amplifier compensation
  • Lab 3 - due week of October 23-27
• Lab 4 - due week of November 13-17
• Lab 5 - due in homework locker by 6:00 pm, Thursday, Dec. 14

• Midterm 1: In class, Wednesday, October 4 (covers chapters 6-7)
• Midterm 2: In class, Monday, November 20 (covers chapters 8, 14, and 9)
• Final Exam: Friday, Dec. 15, 8:00 - 10:00 am