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EE 311: Electronics

Catalog Information
Course Number: 
311
Credits: 
3
Offered: 
Spring
Offered: 
Fall
Pre-Requisites
EE 214: Design of Logic Circuits
EE 261: Electrical Circuits I

KCL, KVL, basic circuit analysis including DC, AC, and transient analysis.

Dependent Courses: 
Class Information
Structure: 

Three 50-minute lectures per week. No labs. Ten quizzes, three one-hour exams, and a two hour final. Frequent homework assignments, some involving SPICE usage.

Topics: 
  1. Introduction to electronics. (1 hour)
  2. Operational amplifiers. (7 hours)
  3. Diodes: physics, small-signal model, applications. (6 hours)
  4. BJTs: physics, biasing, small-signal model. (6 hours)
  5. BJT single-stage amplifiers: analysis and design. (3 hours)
  6. Differential amplifiers and current mirrors. (7 hours)
  7. MOSFETs: physics, biasing, small-signal model. (6 hours)
  8. MOSFET single-stage amplifiers: analysis and design. (3 hours)
  9. Frequency response. (3 hours)
Requirements
Textbooks/References: 

Microelectronic Circuits, A. Sedra and K. C. Smith, Oxford University Press, Fifth Edition, 2004, ISBN 0-19-514251-9.

Professor/Coordinator: 
George LaRue
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