PHYS 404 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week Date Topics Lab Homework
1

Jan 16 

L1 lab meets 8 - 11 AM, ESB 6106

DC and AC circuits

hw1

Due Feb 4

Solutions

Jan 17

L3 lab meets 9 - 12 AM, ESB 6106 

 Kirchoff's laws, Phasors  

Recording

DC and AC circuits

 

2

 Jan 22

Superposition, Bode Plots, Time Domain

 Recording

 Amplifiers

DC and AC circuits

 
Jan 24

Semiconductors, pn junctions

Recording

DC and AC circuits  
3
Jan 29

Diode circuits

Recording

Diodes

 Jan 31

 

Diodes

 

4

Feb 5

 

Transistor amps

Example 

Lab Report

Feb 7 

Bipolar junction transistors

Recording

Transistor amps

 

Parts 1,2,3 

report due 

Feb 11 

5
Feb 12

Multitransistor Amps

Recording

Transistor amps

 

Feb 14

Operational amplifiers

Recording

Transistor amps

hw2

Due Feb 25

Solutions

6

Feb 19

 

Transistor amps

 

Feb 21

 No lecture - Lab time

 

Transistor amps

 

7

Feb 26

Analog Filters

Recording

Op amps

 

Feb 28

 

Op amps

 

8 Mar 4

Power supplies and regulators

Recording

Op amps

hw3

Due March 20

Solutions

Mar 6

Oscillators

Circuit stability

 

Op amps

Report due for

Transistor 

and earlier labs

March 10

9 Mar 11

Spring Break 

 

 

Mar 13

 Spring Break

 

 

10 Mar 18

MOSFETs

Op amps

 

Mar 20

Logic Gates

Recording

Op amps

hw4

Due April 7

11 Mar 25

Sequential logic and memory

Recording

Op amps

 

Mar 27

No lecture

1-3 PM lab session

Op amps

Report due

for op amp and 

earlier labs

March 31

12 Apr 1

Analog/Digital Conversion

Recording

Sampling, aliasing

Recording

Digital

 

Apr 3

Digital Filters

Electronic Noise Spectra

Recording

Digital

 

13 Apr 8

Noise analysis of circuits

Digital

Apr 10

Optoelectronics

I2C bus

Digital

Magnetometer 

User's Guide

hw5

Due April 26

14 Apr 15

              Transmission Lines                            Digital                    

Apr 17

     Phase Sensitive Detection                           Digital

15 Apr 22

Signal Modulation

Lockin amplifier

Op amp lab

report due

April 21

Apr 24

Mixing and Demodulation

Lockin amplifier

Modulation Lab

 

16 Apr 29

No lecture - lab time

Lockin amplifier

 
May 1

No lecture - lab time

Lockin amplifier

Last lab report

due May 2

17 May 7 Final Exam, 8-11 AM, Tuesday, May 7, 2024