EEF 262E: Fundamentals of Electronics

Syllabus

EEF 262E: Fundamentals of Electronics, CRN: 25175, Mondays 8:30-11:30 & Tuesdays 8:30-11:30, Room: 6309 EEF, Spring 2024.

Instructors	Mustafa Altun Email: altunmus@itu.edu.tr Tufan Karalar Email: karalart@itu.edu.tr
Grading	Midterm Exams: 60% 2 midterms (30% each) during the lecture time that will on 2/4/2024 and 7/5/2024. Final Exam: 40%
Reference Books	Sedra, A. S., & Smith, K. C. (20XX). Microelectronic circuits. Oxford University Press.
Policies	Exams are in closed-notes and closed-books format. To be eligible of taking the final or the resit exam, you should take both midterms and your midterm average should be at least 25 (out of 100). The final exam will be same exam for all sections.

Weekly Course Plan

Date	Topic
Week 1, 12/2/2024 & 13/2/2024	No class
Week 2, 19/2/2024 & 20/2/2024	No class
Weeks 3, 26/2/2024 & 27/2/2024	Fundamentals of solid-state physics, properties of semiconductors, energy bands, direct and indirect semiconductors, Current carriers, drift and diffusion mechanisms.
Weeks 4, 4/3/2024 & 5/3/2024	Basics of Microfabrication, PN junction in equilibrium, PN junction under reverse and forward bias, body resistance and parasitic capacitance. Physical structure of Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), Operating regions of BJT.
Week 5, 11/3/2024 & 12/3/2024	Diode models, diode circuits, small signal model of the diode, Rectifiers, DC power supplies, Zener Diode, regulator circuits.
Weeks 6, 18/3/2024 & 19/3/2024	DC biasing of BJT circuits and small signal models. Physical structure of MOSFET.
Week 7, 25/3/2024 & 26/3/2024	Operating regions of MOSFET, secondary effects. DC biasing of MOSFET circuits and small signal model.
Week 8, 1/4/2024 & 2/4/2024	Problem solving. MIDTERM I
Holiday Week, 8/4/2024 & 9/4/2024	HOLIDAY, no class
Week 9, 15/4/2024 & 16/4/2024	Fundamentals of Transistor-Based Amplification, Biasing of BJT Amplifiers. Small Signal Analysis of BJT Amplifiers.
Week 10, 22/4/2024 & 23/4/2024	Biasing and Small Signal Analysis of MOSFET Amplifiers. Small Signal Analysis of MOSFET Amplifiers, Cascode amplifiers.
Weeks 11, 29/4/2024 & 30/4/2024	Current mirrors, Current sources, transistor pairings for amplification.
Weeks 12, 6/5/2024 & 7/5/2024	Problem solving. MIDTERM II
Week 13, 13/5/2024 & 14/5/2024	Differential amplifiers, Active loaded circuits, Common Mode Rejection Ratio and Offset Voltage in Differential Amplifiers.
Weeks 14, 20/5/2024 & 21/5/2024	Linear and Nonlinear Applications of op-amps. Final exam discussion.

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