ELE 222E
From The Emerging Circuits and Computation Group at ITU
Introduction to Electronics, Spring 2013.
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Announcements
- Important! The second midterm will be held on Monday April 29th, between 09:30-11:30 in classrooms 4104 and 2102.
- The third homework has been posted that is due 29/04/2013 (before the Midterm).
- The second homework has been posted that is due 15/04/2013 (before the lecture).
- Important! The first midterm will be held on Monday March 25th, between 11:30-13:30 in classrooms 4104 and 2102.
- The first homework has been posted that is due 18/03/2013 (before the lecture).
- PSpice student version might have problems under Windows 7/Vista. Alternatively, you can use LTspice.
- As a simulation tool, Spice is used for homeworks. Start learning it!
Syllabus
Lecture
Mondays 9:30 - 12:30, EEF 4104.
Instructor
- Email: altunmus@itu.edu.tr
- Tel: 02122856635
- Office hours: 13:30 – 15:00 on Tuesdays in Room:3005, EEF (or stop by my office any time)
Teaching Assistant
Mesut Atasoyu
- Email: matasoyu@itu.edu.tr
- Tel: 02122853556
- Address: ITU Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Room:3106.
Textbook
Sedra, A. S., Smith, K.C., Microelectronic Circuits, Oxford University Press 5th edition, 2004.
Grading
- Homework: 20%
- 4 homeworks (5% each)
- Midterm Exams: 40%
- 2 midterms during the lecture time that will on 25/3/2013 and 29/4/2013.
- Final Exam: 40%
Policies
- Homeworks are due at the beginning of class. Late homeworks will be downgraded by 20% for each day passed the due date.
- 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 20 (out of 100).
Weekly Course Plan
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1, 11/2/2013 | Introduction |
| Week 2, 18/2/2013 | Atomic models and semiconductor physics |
| Week 3, 25/2/2013 | Physical characteristics of diodes and their operating regions |
| Weeks 4, 4/3/2013 | Types of diodes and their applications |
| Weeks 5, 11/3/2013 | Physical characteristics of BJTs and their operating regions |
| Week 6, 18/3/2013 | BJT as a switch and biasing for analog applications |
| Weeks 7, 25/3/2013 | MIDTERM I |
| Week 8, 1/4/2013 | Physical characteristics of MOSFETs, their operating regions, and applications. |
| Week 9, 8/4/2013 | Transistor amplifier circuits: small signal models for transistors and amplifiers |
| Weeks 10, 15/4/2013 | Transistor amplifier circuits: small signal analysis of amplifiers |
| Week 11, 22/4/2013 | Transistor amplifier circuits: cascade amplifiers and darlington transistors |
| Week 12, 29/4/2013 | MIDTERM II |
| Weeks 13, 6/5/2013 | Differential amplifier circuits |
| Weeks 14, 13/5/2013 | Operational Amplifiers (OP-AMP) and applications |
Homeworks and Exams
| Homeworks | Exams |
|---|---|
| Homework 1 | Midterm 1 |
| Homework 2 | Midterm 1 |
| Homework 3 | |
