Ohio University
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
334 Intermediate EE
Course Schedule, Winter 2000
Last modified - Jan. 26, 2000


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Date 
Subject 
Reading 
Homework and computer assignments
Introduction to Electronics
Jan 4 T Class organization 1.2,1.3,1.4
Jan 6 Th Solid State Electronics 2.1-2.11
Solid State Diodes 
Jan 7 F  pn junction diode 3.1-3.4 HW 1: 1.18,1.22,1.24
Jan 10 M Diode characteristics 3.5-3.8
Jan 11 T Diode circuits 3.9
Jan 13 Th  Multiple diode circuits 3.10 HW 2: 2.7,2.15
Jan 14 F Analysis of diodes in breakdown 3.11
Jan 17 M Martin Luter King Day- no class
Jan 18 T Rectifier circuits 3.12
Jan 20 Th  Review 3.1-3.12 HW 3: 3.3,3.30, 3.40
Field-Effect Transistors
  Jan 21F NMOS transistor 4.1-4.2
    4 Jan 24 M Behavior of NMOS transistor 4.3-4.5
Jan 25 T Channel length modulation, Transfer characteristics 4.6-4.8
Jan 27 Th PMOS transistor and biasing 4.9-4.11 HW 4: 3.46, 3.68
Jan 28 F  Capacitances in MOS transistor 4.12 read Quiz questions ahead of video
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Jan 31 M Overview of VLSI technology  video and  Quiz
Feb 1 T Review 4.1-4.12 HW 5: 4.7,4.15,4.39
Feb 3 Th Midterm I Review sections: 2.1-2.10, 3.1-3.4, 3.6, 3.9-3.13, 4.1,4,2,4.4-4.6,4.8-4.11
Bipolar Junction Transistors
Feb 4 F Physical structure of BJT 5.1-5.2 return Quiz
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Feb 7 M  Equivalent circuit 5.3-5.5
Feb 8 T i-v characteristics of BJT 5.6,5.7
Feb 10 Th Simplified models 5.8, 5.9 HW 6: 5.5,5.7
Feb 11 F Saturation and Early voltage 5.10-5.12
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Feb 14 M Biasing the BJT 5.13
Feb 15 T Tolerances in bias circuit 5.14
Feb 17 Th  Review 5.1-5.14 HW 7: 5.25,5.37, 5.53
Analog Systems
Feb 18 F Amplifier design 11.1,11.2
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Feb 21 M Amplifier biasing 11.3,11.4
Fegb 22 T Loading 11.5,11.6
Feb 24 Th Midterm II
Small-signal Modeling
  Feb 25 F  Transistor amplifier 13.1-13.3
   9 Feb 28 M Small-signal modeling 13.4 HW 8: 5.68, 11.7,11.24, 11.33
Feb 29 T Small-signal Modeling for BJT 13.5
Mar 2 Th CE amplifier 13.6
Mar 3 F Small-signal Modeling for FET 13.7,13.8 HW 9 : 13.6, 13.23, 13.47
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Mar 6 M  CS amplifier 13.9
Single-transistor amplifiers
Mar 7 T Inverting amplifiers 14.1-14.3
Mar 9 Th CB CG amplifiers 14.4-14.5 HW 10: 13.67, 13.99, 13.141
Mar 11 F Review 13.1-14.5
Mar 16 Th, 2:30 p.m.. Final Exam Amplifier example
Notes: Chapter sections are from the text by C. Jaeger, Microelectronic Circuit Design (Introduction to Electronics) McGraw Hill 1996.

Homeworks and computer assignments are due by the date indicated.
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