WINTER 2001

This information effective for Winter 2001.
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Electrical Engineering

[EE-171]

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171. Analog Electronics

Winter 2001
Instructor: Ali Shakouri
253A Jack Baskin Engineering Building
Phone: (831) 459-3821
E-mail: ali@cse.ucsc.edu
Office hours: M,W 2 - 3 pm

Course Description

This course introduces basic passive and active analog devices required to analyze and design modern electrical circuits, both analog and digital. We will emphasize their relationship particularly to computer hardware systems. Students are expected to possess a working knowledge of basic electrical engineering basic network analysis techniques, including an introduction to op-amps, diodes and bipolar junction transistors (passing EE70 or equivalent satisfies this requirement).

Course outline:

Review of linear and nonlinear systems

Op-amp circuits, ideal and non-ideal characteristics

Introduction to PN junction physics

Semiconductor diodes, small and large signal models

Bipolar junction transistor

IC circuits, current mirrors

High frequency models

Differential amplifiers

Field effect transistors

Large signal applications

Ebers-Moll equations

Switching characteristics

Main Text: Electronics, 2nd ed., Allan R. Hambley. Format: Textbook Hardcover, 2nd ed., 888pp.,ISBN: 0136919820, Prentice Hall (August 1999).

Additional Text: The Art of Electronics, 2nd ed., P. Horowitz and W. Hill, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989.

Evaluation:

Homework (30%) weekly

Two Midterms (30%)

Final (30%)

Quizzes (10%)

Homework:

Homework will be assigned and collected during class sessions, and will generally follow a weekly sequence. Solutions will be handed out (or posted at our Web site) on the date of collection. Thus, late homework will not be accepted or graded. Homework is graded in terms of it being complete, well organized, readable, and showing evidence of thoughtful attention to the problem itself. Sloppy submissions will not be considered for grading.

Working Together:

You are allowed to work in groups and discuss the homework assignments. However, each has to write his/her own solution and fully understand them.

Academic Dishonesty:

Any confirmed academic dishonesty, including but not limited to copying homeworks or cheating on exams, will result in a no-pass or failing grade. You are encouraged to read the campus policies regarding academic integrity. Examples of cheating include (but are not limited to):

• Sharing results or other information during an examination.
• Working on an exam before or after the official time allowed.
• Submitting homework that is not your own work.
• Reading another student's homework solution before it is due.
• Allowing someone else to read your homework solution before the assignment is due.

If there is any question as to whether a given action might be construed as cheating, see me before you engage in any such action.

Last updated: 10/22/2000