PHYS 404 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Lecture |
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1/20 |
Mon |
Martin Luther King's day |
Unit 1. DC & AC circuits |
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1/21 |
Tue |
First day of class |
L2 |
Due Feb 10 |
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1/22 |
Wed |
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Seattle |
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L2 |
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Seattle |
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Seattle |
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1/27 |
Mon |
Lecture 1: Circuit Analysis, Kirchoff's laws, phasors |
DC & AC circuits |
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Tue |
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Wed |
* Superposition, Bode Plots, Time Domain |
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2/3 |
Mon |
* Imedance matching, electrical safety Lecture 2: Amplifiers |
Unit 2. Diodes |
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Tue |
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Wed |
Lecture 3: Semiconductors, pn junctions |
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Fri |
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4 |
2/10 |
Mon |
Lecture 4: Diode circuits |
Unit 3. Transistor amps |
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Tue |
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L2 |
Lab 1 report (Parts 1,2,3) due Feb 16 |
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Wed |
Lecture 5: Bipolar junction transistors |
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Fri |
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5 |
2/17 |
Mon |
Lecture 6: Multitransistor Amps |
Transistor amps |
Due March 10 |
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Tue |
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L2 |
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Wed |
Lecture 7:: Operational amplifiers |
L3 |
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Thu |
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L2 |
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ORNL |
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Fri |
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L3 |
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ORNL |
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6 |
2/24 |
Mon |
Operational amplifiers (continue) |
Transistor Amps |
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Tue |
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L2 |
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Wed |
*Lecture 8. Analog filters |
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Thu |
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L2 |
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Fri |
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L3 |
Lab 2 report due March 2 |
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7 |
3/3 |
Mon |
*Lecture 9. Power supplies and regulators |
Unit 4. OP amps |
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Tue |
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Wed |
*Lecture 10. Oscillators, circuit stability |
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Fri |
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L3 |
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8 |
3/10 |
Mon |
Oscillators, circuit stability (continue) Lecture 10-2: FETs |
OP amps |
Due March 30 |
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Tue |
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L2 |
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Wed |
*Lecture 11. MOSFETS |
L3 |
Report due for Transistor and earlier labs March 15 |
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3/17 |
Mon |
No lecture -- Spring break |
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Tue |
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No lab |
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Wed |
No lecture -- Spring break |
No lab |
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Thu |
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No lab |
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Fri |
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No lab |
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10 |
3/24 |
Mon |
*Lecture 12. Logic gates |
Op amps |
Due April 14 |
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Tue |
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Wed |
*Lecture 13. sequential logic and memory |
L3 |
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11 |
3/31 |
Mon |
No lecture --lab time |
Op amps |
Seattle |
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Tue |
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Wed |
*Lecture 14. Analog/digital conversion |
L3 |
Report due for op amp and earlier labs April 20 |
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12 |
4/7 |
Mon |
*Lecture 15. Sampling and aliasing; *Lecture 16: Digital filter |
Unit 5. Digital |
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Tue |
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Wed |
*Lecture 17. Electronic noise |
L3 |
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13 |
4/14 |
Mon |
*Lecture 17. Electronic noise; *Lecture 18. optoelectronics |
Digital |
hw5 Due May 5 |
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Tue |
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Wed |
*Lecture 18. optoelectronics, I2C bus |
L3 |
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14 |
4/21 |
Mon |
*Lecture 19. Transmission line |
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Tue |
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Wed |
*Lecture 20. Phase-sensistive detection |
L3 |
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Thu |
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W. DC |
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Fri |
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L3 |
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W. DC |
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4/28 |
Mon |
*Lecture 21. Signal modulation |
Unit 6. Lockin amplifier |
Digital lab report due May 4 |
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Tue |
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L2 |
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Wed |
*Lecture 22. Mixing and demodulation |
Lockin amplifier L3 |
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Thu |
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Fri |
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16 |
5/5 |
Mon |
*Lecture 23: Spice simulations |
Lockin amplifier; modulation lab (optional lab) |
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Tue |
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Wed |
*Lecture 24: Circuit design and PCB laytout |
L3 |
Last lab report due May 10 |
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Thu |
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L2 |
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L3 |
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5/12 |
Mon |
Final exam week |
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Chicago |
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Tue |
PHYS404 final exam: 8:00-11:00am in Loomis 136 (the lecture room) |
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5/19 |
Mon |
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