Circuits and Electronics

 

Lecture Notes 

LEC #

TOPICS

LECTURE NOTES

1

Introduction and lumped abstraction

(PDF)

2

Basic circuit analysis method

(PDF)

3

Superposition, Thévenin and Norton

(PDF)

4

The digital abstraction

(PDF)

5

Inside the digital gate

(PDF)

6

Nonlinear analysis

(PDF)

7

Incremental analysis

(PDF)

8

Dependent sources and amplifiers

(PDF)

9

MOSFET amplifier large signal analysis

(PDF)

10

Amplifiers - small signal model

(PDF)

11

Small signal circuits

(PDF)

12

Capacitors and first-order systems

(PDF)

13

Digital circuit speed

(PDF)

14

State and memory

(PDF)

15

Second-order systems

(PDF)

(PDF)

16

Sinusoidal steady state

(PDF)

17

The impedance model

(PDF)

18

Filters

(PDF)

19

The operational amplifier abstraction

(PDF)

20

Operational amplifier circuits

(PDF)

21

Op-amps positive feedback

(PDF)

22

Energy and power

(PDF)

23

Energy, CMOS

(PDF)

24

Power conversion circuits and diodes

 

25

Violating the abstraction barrier

(PDF)

Labs

Lab Practice and Safety (PDF)

Electrical Safety (PDF)

Lab Equipment Handout (PDF)

 

LABS

TOPICS

SUPPORTING FILES

0

Lab familiarization (PDF)

 

1

Thevenin/Norton equivalents and logic gates (PDF - 1.3 MB)

Fairchild Semiconductor 2N7000 datasheet

2

MOSFET inverting amplifiers and first-order circuits (PDF)

 

3

Second-order networks (PDF)

Prelab 3-2 (M)

Prelab 3-5 (M)

4

Audio playback system (PDF)

 

Assignments

Homework 1 (PDF)

Homework 2 (PDF)

Homework 3 (PDF)

Homework 4 (PDF)

Homework 5 (PDF)

Homework 6 (PDF)

Homework 7 (PDF)

Homework 8 (PDF)

Homework 9 (PDF)

Homework 10 (PDF)

Homework 11 (PDF)

Exams

This section contains the current semester's exams as well as previous exams that were provided to students for practice.

YEARS

EXAMS

Spring 2007

Quiz 1 (PDF)

Spring 2007

Quiz 2 (PDF)

Spring 2007

Final (PDF - 1.5 MB)

Fall 2006

Quiz 1 (PDF)

Fall 2004

Quiz 2 (PDF)

Spring 2004

Quiz 1 (PDF)

Spring 2004

Quiz 2 (PDF)

Fall 2003

Quiz 1 (PDF)

Fall 2000

Final (PDF)