ECE 342 SCHEDULE
Fall 2003
Subject to change

(revised 9/15/03)

 

WEEK

 

TOPIC, TEXTBOOK SECTIONS

LAB

Week 1
Aug. 26

T
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F

Diodes 3.1 3.2
Rectifier Circuits 3.3 3.4
Rectifier Circuits 3.3 3.4

 

Week 2

Sept. 1

M
T
W
F

The Diode Equation 3.8
Semiconductor Concepts 3.9 3.10
no class
Field-Effect Transistors (FETs) 5.1

Lab 1
Diode Characteristics

Week 3

Sept. 8

M
T
W
F

FET Circuits 5.2 5.3
FET Equivalent Circuits 5.4
FET Amplifiers 5.5
FET amplifiers 5.6

 

Week 4

Sept. 15

M
T
W
F

Depletion MOSFETs, p-channel MOSFETs 5.7
Digital Logic Circuits, The NMOS Inverter 6.3
no class
TEST 1 Sept. 19

Lab 2
MOSFET Models

Week 5

Sept. 22

M
T
W
F

Dynamic Characteristics 6.4
Body Effects 6.4, CMOS Inverters 6.5
Propagation Delay 6.6
CMOS NOR and NAND Gates 6.7

 

Week 6

Sept. 29

M
T
W
F

CMOS NOR and NAND Gates 6.7
no class
CMOS Transmission Gates 6.9
The npn Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) 4.1

Lab 3
Interfacing Logic and Power Circuits

Week 7

Oct. 6

M
T
W
F

The pnp Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) 4.3
DC Circuit Models 4.4
DC Analysis of BJT Circuits 4.5
DC Analysis of BJT Circuits 4.5

 

Week 8

Oct. 13

M
T
W
F

The BJT as a Switch
BJT Circuits 4.5
no class

no class (fall break)

(no lab)

Week 9

Oct. 20

M
T
W
F

Small-Signal Equivalent Circuits 4.6
BJT Amplifiers 4.7
BJT Amplifiers 4.7
IC Biasing with BJTs 7.2

Lab 4
CMOS Circuits

Week 10

Oct. 27

M
T
W
F

IC Biasing with FETs 7.3
TEST 2 Oct. 28
The Differential Pair 7.4
The Differential Pair 7.4

 

Week 11

Nov. 3

M
T
W
F

Small-Signal Analysis of the Differential Pair 7.5 Design Project
no class
Design of the Differential Amplifier 7.6

Lab 5
 Op-amp Imperfections

Week 12

Nov. 10

M
T
W
F

Design of the Differential Amplifier 7.6 Multi-Stage IC Amplifiers 7.8
Multi-Stage IC Amplifiers 7.8
Multi-Stage IC Amplifiers 7.8

 

Week 13

Nov. 17

M
T
W
F

Frequency Response 8.1
High-Frequency FET Models 8.2
no class
The Miller Effect 8.3

Lab 6
BJT Amplifier

Week 14

Dec. 1

M
T
W
F

High-Frequency BJT Models 8.4
BJT Amplifiers at High Frequencies 8.5
TEST 3 Dec. 3
Feedback

 

Week 15

Dec. 8

M
T
W
F

Power Amplifiers 10.2 10.3
Power amplifiers 10.4
no class
Review

Lab 7
Regulated Power Supply

 

 

FINAL EXAM: 8:00-10:00 Wed. Dec 17