- Electronic Circuits I
- Lecture Schedules:
- THQ: 7am – 8:30am, Rm 120
- THR: 8:30am – 10am, LC1
- THU: 10am – 11:30am, Rm 120
- THX: 2:30pm – 4pm, Rm 120
- WFX: 2:30pm – 4pm, Rm 123
Announcements
- 1/11: Welcome to EEE 51!
- 1/16: You will need to be signed in to your EEE account to access the files
- 1/17: This semester we will be using Piazza for online class discussions. The system is highly catered to getting you help fast and efficiently from classmates, GAs, and the instructors. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching staff, we encourage you to post your questions on Piazza. Find our class discussion page here.
- 2/9: There will no lecture classes for all EEE 51 sections next week (February 12-16, 2018).
- 3/14: For those requesting an early exam on Saturday, 3/24, please fill in this form on or before Thursday, 3/22.
- 4/18: Gradesheet: link
- 5/16: The coverage of the final exam will be Lectures 1-21 (until Compensation only).
- 5/17: HW scores as of today: link
- 5/21: For those who need to take the final exam at an earlier time, please fill up this form.
- 6/1: Complete midterm exam scores here. You may claim your part I papers in Rm 220. For those who want to have their part I rechecked, attach a note explaining which part you want to have rechecked and submit in Rm 220 until 5pm on June 5, in Sir Louis’s pigeonhole.
- 6/1: Finals Part I score here. You may claim your Finals part I papers in Rm 220. For those who want to have their Finals part I rechecked, attach a note explaining which part you want to have rechecked and submit in Rm 220 until 12nn on June 6, in my pigeonhole. -Tess
- 6/3: Finals Part II scores have also been included in the link above. See piazza post for claiming and rechecking instructions. -Chito
- 6/4: Complete HW scores here.
- 6/5: Complete Exam scores here.
- 6/6: You may now claim Part III of the Finals in Rm 220. For those who want their part III rechecked, attach a note explaining which part you want to have rechecked and submit in Rm 220 until 5pm tomorrow (June 7) in Sir Louis’s pigeonhole.
- 6/6: Tentative grades here. The grading scale used is as follows:
- 83 – 100 (1.00)
- 76 – 82 (1.25)
- 71 – 75 (1.50)
- 66 – 70 (1.75)
- 61 – 65 (2.00)
- 56 – 60 (2.25)
- 51 – 55 (2.50)
- 48 – 50 (2.75)
- 45 – 47 (3.00)
- 40 – 44 (4.00)
- < 40 (5.00)
- 6/6: The removal exam will be given before the start of first sem registration. Keep posted for announcements on this. If you are supposedly graduating as of 2nd semester AY 2017-2018 and got a grade of 4.00, you will need to enrol for residency this midyear.
- 6/7: There will be no more rechecking of HWs. Rechecking of the final exam (ALL PARTS) will only be until 5pm today, June 7.
- 6/7: Grades have been updated. Same link as above.
- 6/11: The removal exam will be on July 16, 2018, Monday, 1-4pm, venue TBA. Be sure to accomplish the removal slip before the removal exam date.
- 6/12: To those taking the removal exam, please answer this survey on or before 5pm on June 15, 2018.
- 8/6: The following students passed the removal exam:
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2012-59011 2013-01108 2013-30090 2013-34829 2013-47056 2013-48229 2014-09238 2014-23128 2014-51222 2014-64908 2015-01765 2015-04422 2015-04635 2015-08025 2015-11557 2015-90296
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Exams
- Midterm: Saturday, 3/24, 1pm-4pm (solutions)
- For those requesting an early exam, please fill in this form on or before Thursday, 3/22.
- Finals: Thursday, 5/24, 1pm-4pm (solutions)
- Exam Policies:
- If you miss the midterm exam due to a valid reason, you must inform your instructor via email of the reason for your absence on or before March 31, 2018. You should also submit a copy of your excuse slip, certified at the college level, as soon as it is available. For students with an excused missed midterm exam, the final exam will comprise 70% of the grade.
Assignments
- Homework No. 1 here. Due on Jan 30, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution)
- Homework No. 2 here. Due on Feb 6, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution, updated version)
- Homework No. 3 here. Due on Feb 20, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution)
- Homework No. 4 here. Due on Feb 27, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution)
- Homework No. 5 here. Due on Mar 6, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution)
- For problem 1, assume that V_A approaches infinity, and that the transistors remain in the forward active region.
- For Problem 3, change V_P = 8.2V.
- Homework No. 6 here. Problem No. 1 due on Mar 13, Tuesday, 5pm. Problems 2-3 due on Mar 20, Tuesday, 5pm. Update: Due to the suspension of classes, the deadline will be on Mar 21, Wednesday, 11:59AM. (solution)
- Homework No. 7 here. Due on Apr 10, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution)
- Homework No. 8 here. Due on Apr 23, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution)
- Homework No. 9 here. Due on May 8, Tuesday, 5pm. (solution)
- Homework No. 10 here. Due on May 17, Thursday, 5pm. (solution)
Class Lectures
| 1 | Introduction | |||
| 2 | Transistor Models | |||
| 3 | Two-Port Networks | |||
| 4 | Single-Stage Amplifiers | |||
| 5 | Single-Stage Amplifiers | |||
| 6 | Current Sources | |||
| 7 | Current Mirrors | |||
| 8 | The BJT Differential Amplifier | |||
| 9 | The BJT Differential Amplifier | |||
| 10 | The MOSFET Differential Amplifier | |||
| 11 | Differential Half-Circuit Analysis | |||
| 12 | Differential to Single-Ended Conversion | |||
| 13 | Compound Amplifiers | |||
| 14 | Operational Amplifiers; Review (End of midterm exam coverage) | |||
| 15 | Transistor Capacitances | |||
| 16 | Frequency Response of Single-Stage Amplifiers | |||
| 17 | Frequency Response of Single-Stage Amplifiers | |||
| 18 | Review of Feedback Concepts | |||
| 19 | Analysis of Feedback Amplifiers | |||
| 20 | Stability of Feedback Amplifiers | |||
| 21 | Compensation | |||
| 22 | Step Response of Feedback Amplifiers | |||
| 23 | Introduction to Oscillators | |||
| 24 | Sinusoidal Oscillators | |||
| 25 | Translinear Circuits; Summary |
Additional References
- Gray, Hurst, Lewis and Mayer. Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 4th ed. ©2000. Wiley.
- Boylestad and Nashelsky. Electronics Devices and Circuit Theory, 8th ed. ©2002. Prentice-Hall, NJ.
- Savant, Roden, and Carpenter. Electronic Design. ©1991. Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.
- Chirlian. Analysis and Design of Integrated Electronic Circuits. ©1986. Addison-Wesley.
- Millman and Grabel. Microelectronics. ©1987. Mc-Graw Hill.