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ECE 3311 - Electronics I

Designation

 

Required

Catalog description

ECE3311. Electronics I (3:3:0). Prerequisite: ECE 3302. Introduction to electronic devices, amplifiers, and electronic systems. Principles of electronic circuit design and analysis.

 

Prerequisite(s)

 

ECE 3302 and 2.25 adjusted cumulative GPA.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

 

Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 5th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

 

Course learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course students should be able to analyze and design circuits using electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, and op-amps, and their circuit models. Students should have the ability to analyze biasing circuits and small-signal models, with and without the use of computer programs.  They should also be able to describe the physical operation of basic semiconductor devices.

 

Topics covered

Basic electronic circuit design – 1 hour

Operational amplifiers – 4 hours

Diodes: models, circuit applications, physical operation, computer-aided analysis – 5 hours

Field-effect transistors: physical operation, models, biasing – 4 hours

Field-effect transistors: small-signal single-stage amplifiers (configuration, frequency response, computer-aided analysis, design) – 10 hours

Bipolar junction transistors: physical operation, models, biasing – 4 hours

Bipolar junction transistors: small-signal single-stage amplifiers (configuration, frequency response, computer-aided analysis, design) – 10 hours

Test and reviews – 4 hours

 

Class/laboratory schedule

Class meets 15 weeks, 3 times per week for 50 minutes or 2 times per week for 80 minutes.

 

Contributions to professional component

This course prepares students for engineering practice through fundamental electronic-circuit analysis and design experiences. This course includes engineering topics and engineering design.

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes

 

This course addresses EE and CMPE Program Outcomes a, c, e, and k.

 

Prepared by

Thomas Trost, June 2006