EE171: Analog Electronics
Spring 2005
News: Important
Class news is posted here:
There will be a review session for EE171 to be held starting at 5 pm on Monday June 6th at the white boards in Jack's Lounge. The format will be the same as for the midterm, bring your questions, puzzlements etc. and I'll do my best...the session will last until all your questions are answered.
Room BE113 access, For Omnicode see Dave Cosby at
School of Engineering Facilities Keys and codes are issued in room BE57 (In the
basement). Hours are 1pm to 3 pm M-F.
Bring your Lab kits from EE70 to the Lab.
Lab Section : The times for this quarters laboratory sections will be decided in the first class section, come prepared with your class schedule and the times that you will be able to attend a lab section. The lab will be held in BE113.
Lab Late Policy: Since so many labs have been late in the past the policy will be to take 5% off of the lab score for every day it is late. The last lab deadline will be even more stringent to allow them to be graded and returned in time for final grades.
Lab Quizzes: At the start of each new lab there will be a quiz covering the topics of the lab. Be sure that you read the lab before you come to lab session and, even if you don't intend to complete the lab during the allotted time, come to the beginning of each lab session.
Lab policy: For both EE70 and EE171 the faculty has decided to implement a new policy, to pass the lab you now must also pass the class, this does not affect students that are enrolled only in the lab section, but does affect those who drop or withdraw from the class.
Midterm and Final problems frequently seem to have come from problems related to the labs in the past, hint, hint. Be sure that you not only do the mechanics of the lab but that you also understand the circuits, principles and topics involved. We will probably have an oral lab exam to test your understanding of the laboratory material
LM741
General Purpose transistor 2N3904
2N5486 data sheet
Lab Schedule
Lab section 1, Wednesdays 10 am - Noon
Lab section 2, Wednesdays 2 pm - 4 pm
| Week of | Lab to Start | Lab Due |
| April 4- 8 | Lab 1 Op Amps | None |
| April 11-15 | Lab 2 Diodes | Lab 1 Op Amps |
| April 18-22 | Lab 3 Bipolars | Lab 2 Diodes |
| April 25-29 | No lab---Study for Midterm | |
| May 2-6 | Lab 4 JFETS | Lab 3 Bipolars |
| May 9-13 | None | None |
| May 16-20 | Lab 5 CMOS | Lab 4 JFETS |
| May 23-27 | Lab 6 Optical Trans. System | Lab 5 CMOS |
| May 30-Jun 3 | None | Lab 6 Optical Trans. System |
PSPICE
PSpice is an electronic circuit simulator program that we will use for some of the homework problems. SPICE comes in may flavors. PSpice has been chosen became it comes integrated together with Capture, a schematic entry program that automatically generates the circuit description code (called a netlist) relieving you of this task and allowing you to focus on understanding the operational aspects of the circuits. Simulators in general are not a substitute for thinking but they do relieve us from many tedious calculations, and even allow us to get answers for complicated circuits to accuracies not possible by hand analysis. This course will thus stress the understanding of circuit behavior needed to do design but will not go into advanced computational methods.
Some problems and examples in the text are integrated with PSpice and schematic
files are supplied from the course website.
You can get SPICE examples of the textbook from the following directory C:/EE171lab/student9/
in the PCs in BE113. Let me know if this is not working
You will be getting the student version of PSPICE and Capture, the schematic entry program with your copy of Trount. The student version is limited in the size of the circuit that you can simulate but it is free in contrast to the full "industrial strength" version which costs thousands of dollars. You can install and run this from your own PC rather than have to come to the Lab and run it.
This version uses the tool Capture to enter schematics and launch the simulation tool PSpice. The previous version of this tool, used in PSpice versions 8.X , was called Schematics and is no longer supported by Cadence who bought OrCad and now owns and supports PSpice..
We will be using the PSpice textbook: PSPICE for Basic Circuit Analysis, Joseph G. Tront to help you learn to use this simulation tool. There are two more books that provide good tutorial help with PSPICE listed under recommended texts below.
The text is integrated with a number of examples which you can run using PSpice version 9.1 the file including the libraries and simulation examples can be downloaded from the textbook website or directly via this link. You want to get the files for Student9, the Student8 files are identical except that they are intended for use with the previous version of PSpice and are configured for Schematics not Capture. To get to the special files that go with the text go to the Student9 download page, from here click on the "Software Downloads" menu item on the left-hand side. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the Student9 files and the installation instructions.
Manuals:
Manuals for Version 9.2 Installed in the lab and Version 9.1 (the student version) are available at the Cadence Site. Careful they are big files. The most useful will be the Capture Users Guide and the PSpice Users Guide for the version that you are using. They should be very similar as version 9.2 is mostly a bug fix for 9.1. Manual Link From here you need to search within either the Capture or PSpice products and Product manuals by choosing the appropriate pulldown options.
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).
Extended Course Description is here: Extended Course Description
T,Th. 4pm - 5:45 pm College Eight, Room Acad 252
Study Session
Times Mondays 2-4 pm
It will start in the Lab BE113 with a chance to go over the solutions to the previous homework set and clear up any general questions that you might have..
We will then adjourn to Jacks lounge.
The study session will provide an opportunity to:
1) Get any questions that you have about the homework answered
2) Meet with other students to work on homework problems that you are stuck
on.
The TA will be present to help you when you get stuck.
Work with other students. Why?
1) Its more fun
2) The person explaining the material learns as much if not more that the person
getting the explanation
3) The process gets you to THINK, the most important part.
Note: Doing the homework is where people really learn this material.
I flatter my self thinking it is how well I lecture, I know I can only help
to point you in the right direction
and try to make the subject a bit more coherent, the learning is something that
you do.
Tips:
1) You should attempt as much of the homework as you can on your own.
2) Come to the study session to get help on those problems that you are stuck
on.
3) Make a copy of your homework
4) Check your homework against the solutions, if you got it wrong find your
error
5) If you still have questions ask in section or office hours, I love explaining
stuff.
Your intention must be to learn the material, the homework grade is overwhelmed
by it's influence on your performance on the test....
Those of you who will be most successful learn from your mistakes...I've just
screwed up more that you have...so far.
Extra review sessions will be scheduled prior to the midterms and finals.
No Section for the first week
Ken Pedrotti
253C Jack
Baskin Engineering Building
Phone: (831) 459-1229
E-mail: pedrotti@soe.ucsc.edu
Office hours: Th. 1-3 and I will be available after each class meeting until all your questions are answered.
Teaching Assistant
Shirin Zarrabi
Office: TBD
E-mail: shirin@soe.ucsc.edu
Don't feel that you have to be failing the course to come see your instructor
or TA; come to ask questions.
Electronics, Allan R. Hambley, Prentice Hall, 2nd Ed., 1999, 0136919820
Well written text including SPICE exercises and a design emphasis. The major
shortcoming is that it has few examples.Link to Hambley web site
The link to the Hambley web site contains useful information that complements the text
PSPICE for Basic Circuit Analysis, Joseph G. Tront, Mc Graw Hill Higher
Education, 1st Edition, 2004, ISBN#: 0-07-293981-8
This is the text we will be using to teach you how to use PSpice. It also includes a copy of the software.
Recommended Textbooks
The first three will be on reserve at the Science and Engineering Library on 1 day check out.
The Art of Electronics, Paul Horowitz Winfield Hill, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 1990, 0521370957 Good for encyclopedic coverage and development of an intuitive idea of how circuits work
Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits
by Paul R. Gray, Robert G. Meyer
A classic in the field, you should have this on your book shelf if you plan
to work in this area. Often considered as a more "advanced" book it is/was
used for this class at Berkeley. Very clearly written and accessible despite
covering advanced topics as well as more introductory ones.
Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical Engineering)
by Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith
This book has lots of examples worked in great detail and
is one of the standard texts for this subject
Often reviled as difficult to follow with non-intuitive steps
left out, but lots of detailed worked examples....
OrCAD PSpice for Windows Volume 1:DC and AC Circuits" Third edition by
Roy W. Goody.
Still having trouble figuring out spice? This is the best
step-by-step tutorial I have found.
OrCAD PSpice for Windows Volume 2: Devices, Circuits, and Operational Amplifiers
by Roy Goody
Ditto for this, more systematic and step-by-step
Course Expectations
Learning occurs by the active involvement of the student. Consequently there will be many different opportunities for active learning, such as cooperative problem-solving in lab. The student is expected to come to class prepared to think and learn. The lecture period will be used to establish fundamental concepts. The lab periods will be used to practice the engineering skills of problem-solving and data acquisition and analysis.
During both lab and lecture time, you will be asked to participate in solving problems. Always bring your calculator to both lab and lecture. It also is helpful to bring your textbook along.
To get the most out of this class, you need to read the assigned sections in the textbook before coming to class , and most importantly to read the assigned Lab Notes before coming to lab sections. There will be quizzes in the lab sessions.
You probably need to work more problems and read through more examples to fully understand this material. Unfortunately there is no substitute for working through the problems yourself. See the list of supplementary texts. You will need to judge when you understand the material.
The tests will be about your ability to use the new knowledge you acquire in
this course and apply it to novel situations. Memorizing equations or
solutions to specific problems will probably not serve you well in this
context. Understanding the fundamentals and developing intuition
regarding circuit behavior and design will serve you better.
Working Together
You are encouraged to work in groups and discuss about 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):
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.
- 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.
- Resubmitting previous work (e.g.. Labs from a previous quarter)
- Reading another student's homework solution before it is due.
- Allowing someone else to read your homework solution before the assignment is due.
Tentative Schedule
| Date | Lect. |
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Reading Assignment | Homeworks Due |
| 3/29 | 1 |
Introduction/ Overview |
Hambley Chapter 1.1-1.11 Tront Chapter 1 |
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| 3/31 | 2 |
Op Amp Review, Non idealities EE70 Review Quiz |
Hambley 2.1-2.6
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| 4/5 | 3 | Op Amp Frequency Response, Differentiator and Integrator |
Hambley 2.7, 2.8, 2.10, 2.11 Tront Chapter 2 & Chapter 9 don't worry it is short and useful. |
Homework 1 Chapter 1: 1.9, 1.16, 1.17, 1.19, D1.24, 1.27, 1.32, 1.40, 1.58, 2.10, 2.17, 2.22, 2.24 |
| 4/7 | 4 | Diodes |
Homework Supplement 1-Quiz Problems Due as Homework from everyone. For those that got 15 or below on intake exam (Quiz 1) you will need to do the supplemental homework problems as well. |
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| 4/12 | 5 | Diodes cont., Bipolar Junction Transistor |
Hambley 3.8, 4.1, 4.2 |
Homework 2 Chapter 2 2.50, 2.52, 2.59, 2.60, 2.68, D2.70, 2.75, 2.76, 3.16, 3.20, D3.42, |
| 4/14 | 6 | Bipolar transistor (large and small signal models) |
Hambley 4.3-4.6 Tront Chapter 4 |
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| 4/19 | 7 | Common Emitter Amplifier, BJT Digital Switch |
Hambley 4.7-4.9 |
Homework 3 Chapter 3 3.50, 3.53, 3.58, Chapter 4 4.10, 4.13, 4.20, 4.28, 4.34, 4.42
Homework-3-Supplement Solution
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| 4/21 | 8 | Field Effect Transistor |
Hambley 5.1-5.3 Tront Chapter 5 |
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4/26 |
9 |
FET small signal, Common Source, JFET |
Hambley 5.4-5.7 |
Homework 4 Chapter D4.39, 4.45, 4.49, 4.51, 4.60, 4.64. 4.65, 5.3, 5.6, 5.13 Homework 4 Supplement-I think we are done with these, if you have any more questions about the basics please do not hesitate to see me.
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4/28
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10 |
Midterm The formula sheet is here for you to look at. This will be provided to you with the midterm, no need to bring it. |
Midterm Solution |
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| 5/3 | 11 |
IC Biasing and Current Sources |
The section at the end of Chapter 5, "A discrete Multistage Amplifier" pages 343-348 in text Hambley 7.1, 7.2 |
Homework 5 Chapter 5 5.18, D5.25, 5.32, 5.33, 5.38, 5.47, 5.61, 5.62, 5.71, 5.73
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| 5/5 | 12 |
Differential Amplifiers (large and small signal) |
Hambley 7.4, 7.5, 7.8 Tront Chapter 6 |
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| 5/10 | 13 |
Digital Logic Circuits |
Hambley 6.2-6.3 Reading Questions Ch6a |
Homework 6 Chapter 7 7.5, 7.10, 7.12, 7.24, 7.26, 7.41, 7.42 |
| 5/12 | 14 | Digital Logic Circuits |
Hambley 6.4-6.6 Tront Chapter 7 |
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| 5/17 | 15 | Frequency Response | Hambley 8.1, 8.2 Reading Questions Ch8a |
Homework 7 Chapter 7 7.62, 7.65, 7.66, 7.74, 7.75 Chapter 6 6.12, 6.16, 6.20, 6.23, 6.26, |
| 5/19 | 16 |
Miller effect, Hybrid-Pi model |
Hambley 8.3, 8.4 Reading Questions Ch8b |
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| 5/24 | 17 |
High Frequency Amplifier Response |
Hambley 8.5, 8.6, 8.7 |
Homework 8 Chapter 6: 6.38, 6.39, 6.48, 6.49, 6.55, 6.57, 6.58, 8.9,
8.15, 8.17 |
| 5/26 | 18 | More on High Frequency amplifiers | ||
| 5/31 | 19 |
Thermal consideration, Output Stages (Classes A, B) |
Hambley 10.1, 10.3, 10.4 Reading Questions Ch10 |
Homework 9 Chapter 8: 8.21, 8.22, 8.32, 8.40, 8.41, 8.50, 8.57, 8.58 |
| 6/2 | 20 |
Output Stages, Power Supplies, some Practical Examples |
Hambly 10.2, 10.5, 10.6 | |
| 6/7 (Tuesday) | Final Exam - this exam will be comprehensive covering material from the entire course |
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Homeworks will be assigned and collected during class sessions, and will generally follow a weekly sequence. Solutions will be 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. Look at your homework and solutions when you get them back. After they are returned you have a week to bring them in for a regrade. After that time homework grades will not be changed. The intention here is to make sure that you figure out any problems that you are having as you go along in the course. This means "closing the feedback loop" so that you can learn the things that are puzzling you without falling behind, which in this class is fatal. Often we have a hard time figuring out what we don't understand, this is one way to do that.
Lecture Quizzes
Quizzes will be given that cover the material from the lectures reading assignments and homework from the previous assignments. Be sure to look over your homework and solutions to make sure that you understand how to do all of the problems. Since your homework will not in general be returned prior to the quiz you may wish to make a copy of your assignments so that you can check them yourself against the solutions. Homework problems will definitely be on the quizzes and probably on midterms and finals. Quizzes will sometimes be given at the beginning of class so don't be late.
| Course Element: | Percentage of Course Grade: |
| Homework | 20% |
| Midterm | 30% |
| Final Exam | 40% |
| Quiz | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
Ken Pedrotti
Last updated: 5/30/2005
