EE 322 Spring 2013

Advanced Electronics

Class hours and location:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00-10:50, Cramer 239
sometimes extra class Monday 13-14, Workman 109 and Wednesday 9-10, Cramer 239

Lab hours and location:
Monday 14-16:45, Workman 189
Office hours: TBD

Dr. Anders M. Jorgensen
Workman 227, anders@nmt.edu

Course Syllabus

Textbooks

Laboratory exercises

Updated schedule (Look here for the latest schedule and changes)

HH=Horowitz & Hill, SS=Sedra & Smith, RM=Ron Mancini
#DateSectionsTopicSuggested homeworkLab
Linear regulators
1Wed Jan 16HH 6.0-6.2723 regulator--
2Fri Jan 18HH 6.3-6.3Current limiting and higher current with the 723--
3Mon Jan 21HH 6.5-6.13Foldback current limiting and overvoltage protection
The rest of the DC supply
--Lab 1: Multisim
4Mon Jan 21
Wed Jan 23
HH 6.14Voltage referencesHW 1: HH Exercises 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 in the text
solution
5Wed Jan 23HH 6.04Thermal management--
6Fri Jan 25HH 6.16-6.18Monolithic regulators
Switching regulators
7Mon Jan 28HH 6.19

Handout: Inverting

Handout: Step-down
Voltage doubler, switching regulatorsHW 2: HH Exercises 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 in the text
solution
Lab 2: Linear regulators
8Mon Jan 28
Wed Jan 30
Step-up switching regulator----
9Wed Jan 30Step-down switching regulator
10Fri Feb 1Inverting switching regulator----
11Mon Feb 4LT 1945 datasheetSwitching regulator
LT 1945 dual-output switching regulator
HW 3: assignment
solution
Lab 3: linear regulator - part 2
Noise and interference
12Mon Feb 4
Wed Feb 6
WikipediaElectronic noise and terminology--
13Wed Feb 6HH 7.11-7.22Noise calculations----
--Mon Feb 11...Lab 4: LT 1945
Feedback stability and instability
--Mon Feb 18
Class canceled
HW 4: assignment
solution
Lab 5: switching regulator
14Wed Feb 20SS 8.1-8.2Feedback systems
15Fri Feb 22----
16Mon Feb 25SS 8.9-8.10
handout
Stability analysis
Quiz 4 solution
HW 5: SS 8.1, 8.4, 8.8, 8.10
solution
Lab 6: Electronic noise
17Mon Feb 25
Wed Feb 27
Current Feedback Operational Amplifier
18Wed Feb 27RM 123-136Current-feedback op-amp--
19Fri Mar 1RM 137-145CFOA and comparison to VFOA--
20Mon Mar 4
Exam 1 (solution)
practice 1
practice 2 (1-6 only)
practice 3 (1-2 only)
practice 4 (1-4 only)
HW 6: SS 8.73, 8.74, 8.75, 8.76
solution
Lab 7: current-feedback op-amp
21Mon Mar 4
Wed Mar 6
RM 101-123
HH 7.22-7.25
VFOA compensation
Interference, guarding, shielding
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Oscillators
22Wed Mar 6SS 13.1-13.2Sinusoidal oscillators----
23Fri Mar 8HH pp 229-232
SS 13.4
Bistable multivibrator----
24Mon Mar 18SS 13.5Astable multivibrator and waveform generationHW 7: SS 13.5, 13.13, 13.14
solution
Lab 8: Sinusoidal wave generation
25Wed Mar 20----
26Fri Mar 22SS 13.6Monostable multivibrator----
27Mon Mar 25SS 13.7555 TimerHW 8: SS 13.24, 13.26, 13.27, 13.30
solution
Lab 9: waveform generators
28Wed Mar 27--Review of multivibrators----
--Fri Mar 29
Academic Holiday
29Mon Apr 1--Exam 2 preparationHW 9: SS 13.34, 13.39, 13.40
solution
Lab 10: 555 Timer
30Wed Apr 3
Exam 2 (solution)
practice 1 (3 only)
practice 2 (1-3 only)
practice 3 (5-8 only)
practice 4 (4-8 only)
practice 5 (1-5 only)
practice 6 (1-4 only)
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31Fri Apr 5HH 284-294Voltage-controlled oscillator and other circuits----
Phase-locked loops
32Mon Apr 8Wikipedia PLL pageIntroduction----
33Wed Apr 10HH 9.27-9.31ImplementationHW 9: SS 13.34, 13.39, 13.40
solution
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34Fri Apr 12--Discussion of lab----
Active filters
35Mon Apr 15SS 12.1-12.2Active filter functions and characteristicsHW 10
solution
Lab 11: phase-locked loops
36Wed Apr 17SS 12.3Butterworth and Chebyshev filters--
37Fri Apr 19SS 12.4First order filters and implementations. Second order functions--
38Mon Apr 22SS 12.5LCR second order filter
Quiz 9 solution
HW 11: SS 12.9, 12.13, 12.15, 12.17, 12.22
solution
Lab 12: active filters
39Wed Apr 24HH 5.00-5.07Voltage-controlled Voltage Source active filters----
40Fri Apr 26
Exam 3 (solution)
practice 1 (3 only)
practice 2
practice 3 (1-5 only)
practice 4 (9-10 only)
practice 5 (1-2, 6-8 only)
practice 6 (3-6 only)
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41Mon Apr 29SS 12.6Estimated final grades
Filters based on inductor replacement
HW 12: SS 12.33, 12.34, 12.43, 12.44, 12.48, 12.49, 12.50
solution
Lab 13: active filters
42Wed May 1SS 12.7Filters based on two integrator loops
Course evaluation
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43Fri May 3--Discuss HW 12--
44Finals week
Exam 4
May 3, 2012, 10-11, Workman 117
solution
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