ECE 3110: Electronics II

Instructor: Prof. Reid R. Harrison
Phone: 587-7926
Office: MEB 3114
Office Hours: Monday 11:35 am - 12:30 pm; Friday 9:45 am - 10:45 am, 11:35 am - 12:30 pm; or by appointment

Teaching Assistants:

• Homework/Grading: Jason Carter
  E-mail: jason.carter.0327@gmail.com
  Office hours: Tuesday, 2:00-3:30 pm; Wednesday 2:00-3:30 pm
  Office: MEB 2350
  
• Labs:

  Anil Palaparthi
  E-mail: anil.palaparthi@utah.edu
  Lab hours: Tuesday, 7:30 - 10:30 am
  

  Seaver Cauch
  E-mail: seavercauch@hotmail.com
  Tuesday 2:00 - 5:00 pm; Thursday 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  
  Lab: MEB 2365
  

• Small-Signal Concepts (Aug. 26)
• Bode Plots and Inverted Poles and Zeros (Sept. 18)

• Sample Midterm 2 (ignore problems 3 and 4)

• Homework 1 (due Sept. 2 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. 9 by 6:00 pm): Problems 6.24, 6.31, 6.34, 6.36, 6.134
• Homework 3 (due Sept. 16 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. 23 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. 30 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. 21 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. 28 by 6:00 pm): Exercise 8.5; Problems 8.28, 8.31, 8.34, 8.37, 8.43, 8.47
• Homework 8 (due Nov. 4 by 6:00 pm): Exercise 8.14; Problems 8.70, 8.71, 8.75, 8.76, 8.77, 8.79
• Homework 9 (due Nov. 11 by 6:00 pm): Exercises 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5; Problems 14.2, 14.4
• Homework 10 (due Nov. 18 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. 25 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 Dec. 2 by 6:00 pm): Problems 12.67, 12.68; Exercise 12.31; Problems 13.25, 13.26, 13.30; Exercise 13.18

• August 24: Review sections 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.3, 4.1-4.7, 5.1-5.7
• August 28: Look over Table 6.3, read sections 6.3 and 6.12
• September 9: Read sections 7.1-7.5
• September 11: Read section 7.7, Appendix D, online SPICE tutorials
• September 23: Read section 6.4, Appendix E
• October 5: Read sections 8.1-8.3
• October 9: Read sections 8.4-8.6
• October 21: Read sections 8.7-8.11
• October 28: Read sections 14.1-14.5
• November 6: Read section 14.6
• November 13: Read sections 9.7-9.9
• November 25: Read sections 12.10, 13.4-13.5

• Lab 1 - due week of Sept. 14-18
• Lab 2:
  • ECE 2280 PSpice tutorial - first read this
  • ECE 2280 PSpice Bode plot tutorial - highly recommended!
  • University of Pennsylvania Online SPICE Guide - a good reference
  • SPICE Assignment for Lab 2 - must complete before beginning Lab 2
  • Lab 2 - due week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 2.
• Lab 3:
  • Spice Assignment for Lab 3
  • Supplementary notes on amplifier compensation
  • Lab 3 - due week of October 26-30
• Lab 4 - due week of November 16-20
• Lab 5 - due week of December 7-11

• Midterm 1: In class, Monday, October 5 (covers chapters 6-7) - one notes sheet allowed
• Midterm 2: In class, Friday, November 20 (covers chapters 8 and 14) - two notes sheets allowed
• Final Exam: Monday, Dec. 14, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm - three notes sheets allowed