EE 521 Fall 2006

Course syllabus

Instructions for research paper
Paper due dates: November 25 if you are presenting November 27, December 2 if you are presenting December 4 or December 6.
Paper grading: 2/3 written paper, 1/3 presentation. Presentation graded by peers. Evaluation form.
Please limit presentations to no more than 25 minutes to allow time for questions and changeover.

Instructions for lab 1 Data set for lab 1: Binary and ASCII text (Due October 2, 2006) (Due Data extended to October 9, 2006)
Reference: Short et al. (2003) paper
Data Sheet: CO-2K data sheet

Instructions for lab 2 Data files for lab 2: Reference file and Measuring file (Due November 13, 2006)
Reference: Jorgensen et al. (2006) paper
Alternate data file links: reference.dat, and measuring.dat

August 28: Northrop Chapter 1 (and problems 1.1 and 1.2)
Handout 1: Laplace transforms
Handout 2: Partial fractional expansion
Handout 3: Using tricks of physics to measure
August 30: Continue from previous class
Solutions to discussion problems 1.1 and 1.2
September 6: Taylor Chapters 1-3 and Northrop Section 6.4
Homework #1 due: Northrop 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7
September 11: Continue from previous class
Solutions to Homework #1
September 13: Northrop Section 6.3, Taylor Chapter 4
September 18: Taylor Chapter 5, Northrop Section 6.7
September 20: Optical fibers, Northrop Section 6.7
Homework #2 due: Taylor 3.42, 3.48, 3.49, 3.50, Northrop: derive equation 6.58, problems 6.2 and 6.3
September 25: Fiber optic sensors (Northrop section 6.7)
Solutions to Homework #2
September 27: Differential amplifiers (Northrop section 2.1)
October 2: Operational amplifiers (Northrop section 2.3)
October 4: Active filters (Northrop section 2.4)
October 9: Instrumentation amplifiers (Northrop section 2.5)
October 11: Phase sensitive rectifiers (Northrop section 2.8)
Homework #3 due: Northrop problems 6.1, 6.21, 2.9, 2.11, 2.12
October 16: Random noise in circuits (Northrop 3.1-3.3)
Solutions to Homework #3
October 18: Broadband noise and noise figure, spot noise (Northrop 3.4-3.5)
October 23: Transformer optimization of noise, cascade of amplifiers, noise limit in Wheatstones bridge (Northrop 3.6-3.8)
October 25: Coherent interference and its minimization (Northrop 3.10)
October 30: Optical interferometry for position measurement (Northrop 7.3.3.2)
Homework #4 due: Northrop problems 2.10, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.9
Handout 4: Bias current in amplifiers
November 1: Discussion of lab 2 and Northrop 7.3.3.2
November 6: Sampling and Analog/Digital conversion (Northrop 9.1-9.7)
Solutions to Homework #4
November 8: Digital interfaces (Northrop 9.8-9.10)
Homework #5 due: Expand argument in first half of Northrop section 3.10.2.3, expand argument in Northrop section 3.10.2.4, Northrop problems 3.4, 3.11, 3.12
November 13: Mechano optical sensors (Northrop 6.12)
Laboratory 2 due
November 15: Angular velocity measurements with gyroscopes (Northrop 7.2.2)
November 20: Discuss homework #5
Research paper due
Solutions to Homework #5
November 22: Review
November 27: Student paper presentations 1
Presentations by Amit Patel, Gaopeng Lu, and Michael Smith
November 29: Class canceled because I will be traveling
December 4: Student paper presentations 2
Presentations by Nicholas Targhetta, Leon Abeyta, and Daniel Asamoah
Take home final exam
December 6: Student paper presentations 3
Presentations by Sabit Ekin, Nick O'Conner, and Keith Morris
December 11: Take home final exam due at 9AM
Final grades available by 5PM