EE 322 Spring 2010

Class hours and location: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00-10:50, Workman 113
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
#DateSectionsTopicDueLab
Linear and switching voltage regulators
1Wed Jan 20HH 6.0-6.4Course Introduction, 723 regulator--
2Mon Jan 25HH 6.5-6.10High current, circuit protection--Lab 0
Pspice
3Mon Jan 25HH 6.11-6.18The rest of the DC supply, voltage reference, 3-terminal regulators--
4Wed Jan 27--Discussion--
5Mon Feb 1HH 6.19Switching regulators--Lab 1
Linear regulator
6Wed Feb 3--
7Wed Feb 3--DiscussionHW 1: 6.3, 6.5, 6.7
solution
Oscillators, Comparators, and timers
8Mon Feb 8SS 13.1-13.2
HH 5.17
Sinusoidal oscillators--Lab 2
Switching regulator
9Wed Feb 10SS 13.1-13.2
HH 5.17
Sinusoidal oscillatorsHW 2: 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12
solution
11Wed Feb 10--Discussion
12Mon Feb 15SS 13.4-13.5
HH 229-232
Bistable and astable multivibrators--Lab 3
Sine wave generators
13Wed Feb 17SS 13.6-13.7Monostable multivibrator
555 Timer
HW 3: 13.5, 13.13, 13.14, 13.18
solution
14Wed Feb 17--Discussion
15Mon Feb 22--Exam 1 preparation--Lab 4
Comparators, waveform generators
16Wed Feb 24HH 284-294Voltage-controlled oscillatorHW 4: SS 13.34, 13.39
solution
17Wed Feb 24--Exam 1 (solution)
Active filters
18Mon Mar 1SS 12.0-12.3Active filters--Lab 5
555 timer
19Wed Mar 3--Class canceledHW 5: None
20Wed Mar 3--
21Mon Mar 8SS 12.4-12.51st and 2nd order filters--Lab 6
Filter transfer functions with Matlab
22Wed Mar 10HH 5.00-5.07Filters based on VCVSHW 6: 12.9, 12.17
solution
23Wed Mar 10--Discussion
--Mon Mar 15
Spring Break
--Wed Mar 17
--Wed Mar 17
24Mon Mar 22SS 12.7-12.8Bi-quadratic filters--Lab 7
VCVS active filters
Phase-locked loops
25Wed Mar 24HH 9.27-9.31Phase-locked loopsHW 7: 12.13 (and compare to a first order filter), 12.15, 12.22, 12.33
solution
26Wed Mar 24--Discussion
Noise
27Mon Mar 29--Exam 2 preparation--Lab 8
Phase-locked loops
28Wed Mar 31RM 147-169
HH 428-438
HH 445-455
NoiseHW 8: HH 9.5, SS 12.49
solution
29Wed Mar 31--Exam 2 (solution)
Current feedback op-amps
30Mon Apr 5RM 123-145Current-feedback op-amp, compared to voltage feedback op-amps--Lab 9
Noise
31Wed Apr 7SS 8.10-8.12StabilityHW 9: 12.48
solution
32Wed Apr 7--Discussion
33Mon Apr 12RM 101-121
application note
Voltage feedback op-amp stability--Lab 10
Current-feedback op-amps
Differential amplifiers and multi-stage amplifiers
34Wed Apr 14SS 7.1, 6.12MOS differential pairHW 10: SS 8.73, 8.75, 8.76
solution
35Wed Apr 14--Discussion
36Mon Apr 19SS 7.2-7.3Small-signal operation of MOS differential pair
BJT differential pair
--Lab 11
Discrete component op-amp
37Wed Apr 21SS 7.4-7.5Non-ideal characteristics, active loadHW 11: SS 7.1, 7.3
solution
38Wed Apr 21--Discussion
39Mon Apr 26SS 7.7.2Bipolar op-amp--Lab 11
Grounding
40Wed Apr 28HH 7.22-7.25GroundingHW 12: SS 7.98
41Wed Apr 28--Discussion
42Mon May 3--Exam 3 preparation----
43Wed May 5--Final Exam preparation--
44Wed May 5--No class
45Fri May 7--Exam 3
10 AM Workman 116
solution
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--Wed May 12
Final Exam
9-10 AM Workman 109
solution