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

Schedule

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Week	Date	Topics	Lab	Homework
1	Jan 17	Begin lab sessions	Passive circuits	hw1 Solutions Due Feb 1
1	Jan 18	Kirchoff's Laws, Phasors Review of complex numbers	Passive circuits
2	Jan 23	Filters, Bode Plots Superposition	Passive circuits
2	Jan 25	Time domain signals Power Electrical safety	Passive circuits
3	Jan 30	Semiconductors and pn junctions	Passive circuits
3	Feb 1	Diode circuits	Passive circuits	Lab 1 report due Feb. 12 Example lab report
4	Feb 6	Bipolar junction transistors Input and output impedance	Transistor amps	hw2 Solutions Due Feb 19
4	Feb 8	Single transistor amplifiers	Transistor amps
5	Feb 13	Multi-transistor amps	Transistor amps
5	Feb 15	Op amps and feedback	Transistor amps
6	Feb 20	Problem session	Transistor amps	Lab 2 report due March 3
6	Feb 22	Op amps and feedback Black's paper on Feedback	Op amps	hw3 Solutions Due March 5
7	Feb 27	Analog filters Butterworth's paper on filters	Op amps	Lab 3 report due Sunday, March 26
7	Mar 1	Power supplies and Regulators	Op amps
8	Mar 6	Oscillators	Op amps
8	Mar 8	Electronic Noise Spectra	Op amps	hw4 Solutions Due Wed, March 22
9	Mar 13	Spring break
9	Mar 15	Spring break
10	Mar 20	Circuit noise calculations	Lockin Amplifier
10	Mar 22	Phase sensitive detection	Lockin Amplifier
11	Mar 27	* Problem session* Optoelectronic Devices	Lockin Amplifier	hw5 Solutions Due Friday, April 7
11	Mar 29	Signal Modulation	Lockin Amplifier	Report for lab 4 due Sunday, April 16
12	Apr 3	Demodulation	Signals and modulation
12	Apr 5	Transmission Lines	Signals and modulation
13	Apr 10	High frequencies and circuit stability	Signals and modulation	hw6 Solutions Due Sunday, April 23
13	Apr 12	Field effect transistors FET amplifiers	Signals and modulation
14	Apr 17	Logic Gates Signals and modulation
14	Apr 19	Sequential logic, memory Digital Magnetometer User Guide
15	Apr 24	Analog/Digital Conversion	Digital
15	Apr 26	Sampling, Aliasing Digital Filters	Digital	Report for lab 5 due Friday, April 28
16	May 1	Bus Communications Make up quiz	Digital
16	May 3	Practice Problems quizzes	Digital
		Final Exam: 8-11 AM Tuesday, May 9, Room 136 Loomis