CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING FALL 2009 COURSE SYLLABUS ECE 340 – ELECTRONICS I
Instructor Ben Mallard Office: JD3335 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays: 2pm – 3pm Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9:30am – 10:30am Email Addresses: [email protected] or [email protected] Phone: (818) 677-5636 or x5636 Website: http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~bmallard
Textbook and Materials Fundamentals of Microelectronics, Behzad Rezavi, 2008 Edition. Lecture Notes, Ben Mallard
Class Assignments Homework Quizzes Midterm Examinations Final Examination
Late Assignments 10 % Penalty each week assignment is late
Grading Homework, 10% Quizzes, 20% Midterm Examinations, 30% Final Examination, 40% Electrical Engineering Program Educational Objectives
The Electrical Engineering program at the California State University, Northridge prepares a diverse group of graduates for lifelong careers in the field that will allow them to make productive contributions to society and to find personal satisfaction in their work. To accomplish this, graduates of the electrical engineering program will meet the following educational objectives:
1. The ability to apply engineering principles in designing and analyzing electrical circuits and systems. 2. The knowledge and application of state-of-the-art design techniques and software tools. 3. The ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing, and work as a productive member of an interdisciplinary team. 4. The ability to develop engineering solutions with consideration of their impact on society. 5. The ability to maintain life long learning.
Electrical Engineering Program Outcomes
The Electrical Engineering curriculum prepares our graduates to meet the Program Outcomes which are listed below:
1. An ability to apply knowledge of math, science, and engineering to the analysis of electrical engineering problems. 2. An ability to design and conduct scientific and engineering experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. 3. An ability to design systems which include hardware and/or software components within realistic constrains such as cost, manufacturability, safety and environmental concerns. 4. An ability to function in multidisciplinary teams. 5. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve electrical engineering problems. 6. An understanding of ethical and professional responsibility. 7. An ability to communicate effectively through written reports and oral presentations. 8. An understanding of the impact of engineering in a social context. 9. Recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning. 10. A broad education and knowledge of contemporary issues. 11. An ability to use modern engineering techniques for analysis and design. 12. Knowledge of probability and statistics. 13. An ability to analyze and design complex devices and systems containing hardware and software components. 14. Knowledge of math including differential equations, linear algebra, complex variables and discrete math. 15. The ability to be competitive in the engineering job market and/or to continue their studies at the graduate level. Course Outline
Class Date Topics Reading Assignments
08/25 Electronic Systems and Amplifiers 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
08/27 Operational Amplifier Circuits 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5
09/01 Semiconductor Physics and the PN Junction 2.1, 2.2
09/03 Diode Models and Circuits 2.3.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5
09/08 Bipolar Junction Transistor Physics 4.1, 4.2
09/10 Bipolar Junction Transistor Models 4.4, 4.6
09/15 BJT Biasing and Signal Analysis 4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2
09/17 BJT Common Emitter Amplifier 5.3.1
09/22 BJT Common Base Amplifier 5.3.2
09/24 BJT Common Collector Amplifier 5.3.3
09/29 Midterm Examination 1
10/01 MOSFET Physics 6.1, 6.2
10/06 MOSFET Models 6.3, 6.4
10/08 MOSFET Biasing and Signal Analysis 6.3, 7.1
10/13 MOSFET Common Source Amplifier 7.2
10/15 MOSFET Common Gate Amplifier 7.3 ‘ 10/20 MOSFET Common Drain Amplifier 7.4
10/22 Current Sources and Cascode Amplifiers 9.1 Class Date Topics Reading Assignments
10/27 BJT and MOS Current Mirrors 9.2
10/29 Examination 2
11/03 Frequency Response 11.1
11/05 BJT High Frequency Response Models 11.2.1
11/10 MOS High Frequency Models 11.2.2
11/12 CE and CS Frequency Response 11.3
11/17 CB and CG Frequency Response 11.4
11/19 CC and CD Frequency Response 11.5
11/24 Examination 3
11/26 Thanksgiving Holiday – No Class
12/01 Multistage Amplifier Frequency Response 11.6
12/03 Differential Amplifiers 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5
12/08 Final Examination Review
12/10 Final Examination, 3pm – 5pm Quiz Schedule
Quiz No. Class Date Topics
1 08/27 Operational Amplifiers
2 09/03 PN Junction and Diode Circuits
3 09/10 Bipolar Junction Transistor Models
4 09/17 BJT Biasing
5 10/01 BJT Amplifiers
6 10/08 MOSFET Models
7 10/15 MOSFET Amplifiers
8 10/22 Current Sources
9 11/05 Frequency Response
10 11/12 BJT & MOSFET High Frequency Response