| Day of Week | Time | Location | |
| Monday | 11:00-11:50 | Cramer 101 | |
| Wednesday | 11:00-11:50 | Cramer 101 | |
| Wednesday | 12-12:50 | Jones Annex 101 | |
| sometimes | Friday | 11-11:50 | Cramer 101 |
| Day of Week | Time | Location |
| Monday | 14:00-16:45 | Workman 183 |
| Due | |||||
| 1 | Wed Aug 24 | 1.4 (1.1-1.3) | Course introduction Terminology Operational Amplifier review | . | . |
| 2 | Mon Aug 29 | 1.5 | Amplifiers: circuit models, in-/output resistances cascading | . | Distribute laboratory kits |
| 3 | Wed Aug 31 | 2.5, 1.6 (2.1-2.3) | Op-amps: finite open-loop gain, frequency response, cascading | HW 1: 1.47, 1.57, 1.58 solution | . |
| 4 | 2.7 (2.8) | Op-amps: offset and bias | |||
| . | Mon Sep 5 | ||||
| 5 | Wed Sep 7 | 2.7 (2.8) | op-amps: difference amplifier and instrumentation amplifier | HW 2: SS 2.22, 2.82, 2.102, 2.110 solution | . |
| 6 | Fri Sep 9 | . | |||
| 7 | Mon Sep 12 | 3.1 | Ideal diode | . | Lab 1: Amplifiers, input/output resistance, cascades, frequency response |
| . | Wed Sep 14 | . | . | HW 3: 2.73, 2.76, page 1, page 2 (due in my EE department mailbox by 2 PM) solution | . |
| 8 | Mon Sep 19 | 3.2 | Junction diode | . | Lab 2: Non-ideal DC characteristics of Op-Amps |
| 9 | Wed Sep 21 | 3.3 | Models of the junction diode | HW 4: 2.95 solution | . |
| 10 | 3.4 | Zener diodes | |||
| 11 | Fri Sep 23 | 3.5 | Rectifiers | . | . |
| 12 | Mon Sep 26 | 3.6 | Limiters and clamps | . | Lab 3: Instrumentation amplifier |
| 13 | Wed Sep 28 | 3.8 | Other diode types | HW 5: 3.37, 3.54, 3.59, 3.61 solution | . |
| 14 | . | Exam 1 preparation | |||
| 15 | Mon Oct 3 | . | Exam 1 (solution) | . | Lab 4: Diode IV characteristics |
| 16 | Wed Oct 5 | 5.1.4, 5.2 | Introduction to Bipolar Junction Transistors and their IV characteristics | . | . |
| 17 | |||||
| 18 | Fri Oct 7 | . | Discuss exam 1 | . | . |
| 19 | Mon Oct 10 | -- | Review | . | Lab 5: Rectifiers |
| 20 | Wed Oct 12 | 5.3 | BJT as an amplifier and a switch | HW 6: 5.15 (I prefer/suggest you use a computer for this), 5.20, 5.21, 5.24 solution | . |
| 21 | 5.4 | BJT DC characteristics | |||
| 22 | Mon Oct 17 | 5.5 | BJT biasing | . | Lab 6: Diode and Zener diode circuits |
| 23 | Wed Oct 19 | 5.6 | BJT small-signal models | HW 7: 5.54, 5.55, 5.56, 5.58,
5.65 page 1, page 2, page 3 solution | . |
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | Mon Oct 24 | 5.7 | Single-stage BJT amplifiers | . | Lab 7: BJT IV characteristics and common-emitter amplifier |
| 26 | Wed Oct 26 | HW 8: 5.103, 5.104, 5.110, 5.114 page 1, page 2 solution | . | ||
| 27 | |||||
| 28 | Mon Oct 31 | 7.3 | BJT differential pair | . | Lab 8: Single-stage BJT amplifiers |
| 29 | Wed Nov 2 | . | Exam 2 preparation | HW 9: 5.130, 5.131 pages solution | . |
| 30 | TBD | BJT Two-stage amplifier | |||
| 31 | Mon Nov 7 | . | Exam 2 (solution) | . | Lab 9: Differential pair amplifiers |
| 32 | Wed Nov 9 | Wikipedia | BJT multi-stage amplifiers (perhaps analysis of the LM741) | HW 10: 7.24, 7.31, 7.35 pages 1, pages 2 solution | . |
| 33 | |||||
| 34 | Mon Nov 14 | 4.2 | MOSFET IV characteristics | . | Lab 10: Two-stage amplifier |
| 35 | Wed Nov 16 | 4.3, 6.3.1 | MOSFET DC operation, MOSFET current mirror | . | . |
| 36 | 4.4 | MOSFET amplifier operation | |||
| 37 | Mon Nov 21 | 4.5 | MOSFET biasing | . | Lab 11: MOSFET IV-characteristics and current mirror |
| 38 | Wed Nov 23 | 4.6 | MOSFET small-signal models | HW 11: 4.42, 4.43, 4.44 pages | . |
| 39 | 4.7 | Single-stage amplifiers | |||
| 40 | Mon Nov 28 | . | Lab 12: variable-gain amplifier and modulation/demodulation | ||
| 41 | Wed Nov 30 | . | Exam 3 | . | . |
| 42 | |||||
| . | Mon Dec 12 | . | Final exam 1:30-3:30 PM, Cramer 101 solution | . | . |
