ECE 342: Electronic Circuits

	Date	Topic	Reading	Homework scheduule
1	01/18/17	Introduction to subject area. Review of KVL and KCL	Notes/Substitution Theorem
2	01/20/17	Thevenin and Norton Theorems. Independent and dependent sources	Notes	HW1 assigned
3	01/23/17	Linear and non-linear systems. Solving non-linear circuits.	Notes/4.2-4.3
4	01/25/17	Introduction to small-signal models (“incremental models”)	Notes/4.2-4.3
5	01/27/17	Small-signal analysis technique	Notes/4.2-4.3	HW 1 due. HW 2 assigned
6	01/30/17	CMOS technology
7	02/01/17	Ideal MOSFET I-V equations (NMOS and PMOS)	Notes/5.1-5.3
8	02/03/17	DC analysis of circuits with MOSFETs	Notes/5.1-5.3	HW 2 due. HW 3 assigned.
9	02/06/17	DC analysis, continued
10	02/08/17	Small-signal model of MOSFET	Notes/7.1-7.3, 7.5.1
11	02/10/17	AC (linear) model of CS amp	Notes/7.1-7.3, 7.5.1	HW 3 due. HW 4 assigned.
12	02/13/17	Common Source Amplifier Gain Contd.
	02/15/17	MIDTERM 1 (7-8 PM)
13	02/17/17	Terminal impedances of MOSFETs (low-freq.). Input and output resistance of CS amp.	Notes
14	02/20/17	Using Gm, Rin and Rout to find gain of CS amp (“alternative method”).	Notes/Amplifier modeling
15	02/22/17	Examples using the alternative method for circuit analysis.	Notes
16	02/24/17	Analysis of CS amp with source degeneration		HW 4 due. HW 5 assigned.
17	02/27/17	Analysis of CG and CD amps	Notes/7.3.5-6
18	03/01/17	BJT regions of operation. I-V equations for forward active region.	Notes/ 6.1-6.2
19	03/03/17	DC analysis of circuits with BJTs.		HW 5 due. HW 6 assigned.
20	03/06/17	BJT small-signal model. Voltage gain of CE stage.	Notes/7.2.2
21	03/08/17	BJT terminal impedances
	03/10/17	EOH. Lectures cancelled.		HW 6 due. HW 7 assigned.
22	03/13/17	Emitter degenerated CE amp (Av, Rin, Rout)	Notes/7.3.4
23	03/15/17	CB and CC amps	CB amp
24	03/17/17	Frequency response. Transfer functions.		HW 7 due. HW 8 assigned.
25	03/27/17	Complex numbers. Bode plots.	Supplemental notes/Bode plot/Appendix F
	03/29/17	MIDTERM 2 (7-8 PM)
26	03/31/17	Transistor intrinsic capacitances	Supplemental notes/Intrinsic capacitances
27	04/03/17	Procedure to derive the approximate transfer function directly from the circuit schematic. Miller's Theorem. Open circuit time constants.	Notes
28	04/05/17	Frequency response of CE and CS amps	Notes
29	04/07/17	Frequency response of CB/CG amps. Frequency response of cascaded CS/CE amps.		HW 8 due. HW 9 assigned.
30	04/10/17	Introduction to feedback. Properties of negative feedback.	Notes
31	04/12/17	Previous topic, continued. Brief introduction to positive feedback.
32	04/14/17	Stability of systems with negative feedback.		HW 9 due. HW 10 assigned.
	04/17/17	MIDTERM 3 (7-8 PM)
33	04/19/17	Previous topic, continued (includes loop gain and phase margin).
34	04/21/17	Examples: feedback and stability analysis
35	04/24/17	Introduction to CMOS logic. RC delay model for CMOS inverter.	Notes/VIH calculation revised
36	04/26/17	Transistor sizing		HW 10 due. HW 11 assigned.
37	04/28/17	PDN and PUN design for complementary static logic gates
38	05/01/17	Transistor sizing in combinational logic gates
39	05/03/17	Review		HW 11 due.