EE171: Analog Electronics
Winter 2004
News: Important
Class news will be posted here:
3/11/04 I will not be able to hold office hours on Tues or Wednesday because of prior committments. Unfortunately on Tuesday I forgot that I must be in Berkeley all day at a meeting, believe me I'd rather hold office hours. I will try to hold office hours on Thurs before the final I will post here if I can set a definite time. I will be around on Friday March 12 in the afternoon for sure.
3/10/04 Please note the corrected final date. The final is Thurs. March 18 4:00-7:00 P.M. The date was correct at one place and in error at another. The final will be closed book, calculators and an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of notes allowed. Again I will provide the same sheet of FET notes from the book as with midterm 2.
3/2/04 I have been told that the formula that I wrote down for Zom ,Zout Miller, differed from that in the text. It is correct in my notes which agree with the text. So if different in your notes believe the formula in the text.
2/12/04 Here is a link to the extended description to the class, this is what we are required to teach... Extended Course Description
2/9/04 the revised and now uncorrupted and hopefully readable Lab 4 and Lab 5 are now posted.
1/22/04 The midterm has been moved by popular request to be on Thursday 1/29/04 from Tuesday 1/27/04. It will cover material through lecture on 1/27/04.
I have been assured that the PSpice problem has now been resolved in the lab. If you have not turned in any portions of labs or homework due to the PSpice problem please turn those parts in by 1/29/04, sorry for the problems.
1/21/04 PSpice problems, I'm told, should be resolved by tomorrow.
The homework 2 problem solutions and the homework 3 and homework 3 supplements have been posted.
The midterm is next Tuesday Jan 27. It will be closed book, one page of 8 1/2" x 11" notes may be brought and used during the exam, calculators are allowed. It will cover the material from the Reading, Homework, Lab and Lecture through lecture 6 and lab 2. Study hard and good luck.
An extended homwork discussion/midterm review session will be offered by Peter from 1pm-5pm on Monday Jan 26th
1/13/04 For those of you who got a score of 30 or less on the intake exam your first supplemental homework due next lecture is to redo the Quiz 1 problems and turn them in next lecture. You will l also need to do all of the supplemental homework problems which will be graded as part of your homework score.
1/13/04 A link to a download site for the demo version of PSpice Capture 9 has been found it is now the active link in the PSpice secion below and is here for your convenience:
PSpice. Due to the PSpice problems, the due date for the first tutorial has been moved back one lecture.
1/7/04 There was an Error in the homework assignment instead of problem 1.7 I meant problem 1.17, it has now been corrected in the assignment.
New 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.
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 atend 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.
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.
LM741
General Purpose transistor 2N3904
2N5486 data sheet
Lab Schedule
Lab section 1, Tuesdays 6-8 pm
Lab section 2, Wednedays 2-4 pm
| Week of | Lab to Start | Lab Due |
| Jan 12 | Lab 1 Op Amps | None |
| Jan 19 | Lab 2 Diodes | Lab 1 Op Amps |
| Jan 26 | None | None |
| Feb 2 | Lab 3 Bipolars | Lab 2 Diodes |
| Feb 9 | Lab 4 JFETS | Lab 3 Bipolars |
| Feb 16 | None | None |
| Feb 23 | Lab 5 CMOS | Lab 4 JFETS |
| Mar 1 | Lab 6 Optical Trans. System | Lab 5 CMOS |
| Mar 8 | 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 becasue it comes integrted together with Capture, a schematic entry program that automatically generates the circuit description code (called a netlist) releiving 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 releive 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.
Here is a link to the PSPICE 9.1 Student Version (this link is now broken at the Cadane Website let me know if you can find a download link to this software...) Website for Orcad/Cadence. Here you can download the student version which you will use to simulate the course and lab assignments. 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 download 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: "OrCAD PSpice for Windows Volume 1:DC and AC Circuits" Third edition by Roy W. Goody to help you learn to use this simulation tool. There is also a volume 2 that introduces and explains more advanced topics. This has a series of tutorials that gets you started fast with simple problems.
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 Baskin Engineering Room 372
Discussion Section
Mondays 3-5 pm at the white boards or in BE 113 if there are conflicts.
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: Tu 1-3 and I will be available after each class meeting as needed
Teaching Assistant
Peter Holm
Office:
E-mail: pholm@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.
Readers/Tutors
Adam Bean
Email: abean@ucsc.edu
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 a software download of PSPICE, and other useful information that complements the text
"OrCAD PSpice for Windows Volume 1:DC and AC Circuits" Third edition by Roy W. Goody.
This is the text we will be using to teach you how to use PSpice.
Recommended Textbooks
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 2: Devices, Circuits, and Operational Amplifiers by Roy Goody
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.
- 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. |
|
Reading Assignment | Homeworks Due |
| Jan. 6 | 1 | Introduction/ Overview | Chapter 1.1-1.11 | |
| Jan.8 | 2 |
Op Amp Review, Non idealities EE70 Review Quiz |
2.1-2.6 | |
| Jan.13 | 3 | Op Amp Frequency Response, Differentiate and Integrator | 2.7, 2.8, 2.10, 2.11 |
Homework 1 D1.9, 1.14, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, D1.24, 1.33, 1.34, 2.10, 2.12, 2.13, 2.22, D2.37 |
| Jan. 15 | 4 | Diodes |
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6
|
Tutorial 1 due date moved due to PSpice Problems Homework Supplement 1-Quiz Problems Due as Homework for those that got 30 or below on intake exam (Quiz 1) |
| Jan. 20 | 5 | Diodes cont., Bipolar Junction Transistor |
3.8, 4.1, 4.2 |
Homework 2 Chapter 2- 2.42, 2.47, 2.48, 2.54, 2.58, D2.74, D2.77 Chapter 3- 3.10, 3.14, 3.17, D3.26, 3.43 |
| Jan. 22 | 6 | Bipolar transistor (large and small signal models) |
4.3-4.6 |
PSpice Tutorial 2 |
| Jan. 27 | 7 | Common Emitter Amplifier, BJT Digital Switch |
4.7-4.9 |
Homework 3 Chapter 3-3.12, 3.55, 3.56, 3.60 Chapter 4-4.4, 4.8, 4.15, D4.16, 4.24, 4.33, 4.36, D4.39 Homework 3-Solution 2 (4.36+4.39) |
| Jan. 29 | 8 | Midterm 1 | Note new Midterm Date! | PSpice Tutorial 3 |
|
Feb. 3 |
9 | Field Effect Transistor | 5.1-5.3 |
Homework 4 Chapter 4 4.34, 4.45, 4.46, 4.54, 4.56, 4.57, 4.59, 4.64 |
|
Feb.5
|
10 | FET small signal, Common Source, JFET | 5.4-5.7 | PSpice Tutorial 5 |
| Feb. 10 | 11 | IC Biasing and Current Sources |
The section at the end of Chapter 5, "A discrete Multistage Amplifier" pages 343-348 in text 7.1, 7.2 |
Homework 5 Chapter 5, 5.4, 5.5, 5.10, 5.16, D5.24, 5.27, 5.44, 5.48, 5.56, 5.60, 5.67, 5.72
|
| Feb. 12 | 12 | Differential Amplifiers (large and small signal) | 7.4, 7.5, 7.8 Reading Questions Ch7b |
|
| Feb. 17 | 13 | Digital Logic Circuits | 6.2-6.3
Reading Questions Ch6a |
Homework 6 Chapter 7-D7.11, D7.14, 7.35, 7.37, 7.40, 7.45, 7.51, D 7.55, 7.69, 7.72 |
| Feb. 19 | 14 | Midterm 2 |
Midterm 2 Solution |
|
| Feb. 24 | 15 | Digital Logic Circuits | 6.4-6.6
Reading Questions Ch6b |
Homework 7 Chapter 6 & 7 6.20, 6.22, 6.23, 6.25, 6.27, 6.29, D6.32, 6.33, 6.35, 7.27, 7.28, D7.46 plus the last Midterm Problem |
| Feb. 26 | 16 | Frequency Response | 8.1, 8.2
Reading Questions Ch8a |
|
| Mar. 2 | 17 | (CMOS Inverter)Miller effect, Hybrid-Pi model | 8.3, 8.4
Reading Questions Ch8b |
Homework 8 Chapter 6: 6.38, 6.39, D6.51, 6.54, 6.55, 6.58, 6.60, D6.61,
Chapter 8: 8.7, 8.8, 8.14, 8.16, 8.17 |
| Mar. 4 | 18 | High Frequency Amplifier Response |
8.5, 8.6, 8.7 |
|
| Mar. 9 | 19 | More on High Frequency amplifiers | 10.1, 10.3, 10.4
Reading Questions Ch10 |
Homework 9 Chapter 8: 8.9, 8.15, 8.18, 8.21, 8.27, 8.30, 8.38, 8.41, 8.45, D8.49, D8.50, 8.56 |
| Mar. 11 | 20 | Thermal consideration, Output Stages (Classes A, B) | 8.8 Covered in Lecture 19 | |
| Mar. 18 | Final Exam | Thurs. March 18
4:00-7:00 P.M. |
Homeworks 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. Look at your homework and solutions when you get them back. After they are returned you have a week to bring them to either Zhenrong or Ken 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. Besure 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% |
| Two Midterms | 35% |
| Final Exam | 35% |
| Quiz | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
Ken Pedrotti
Last updated: 2/19/2004
