EEF 262E: Fundamentals of Electronics

Syllabus

EEF 262E: Fundamentals of Electronics, CRN: 22025, Mondays 8:30-10:30 & Tuesdays 8:30-10:30, Room: 5304 EEF, Spring 2025.

Instructor	Mustafa Altun Email: altunmus@itu.edu.tr Tel: 02122856635 Office hours: 15:00 – 16:00 on Wednesdays in Room:3005, EEF (or stop by my office any time) or online talk
Grading	Midterm Exams: 50% 2 midterms (25% each) that will on 15/4/2025 and 20/5/2025 after 4.30 pm. Final Exam: 40% Homeworks: 10% 4 homeworkss (2.5% each)
Reference Books	Sedra, A. S., & Smith, K. C. (20XX). Microelectronic circuits. Oxford University Press. Razavi, B. (20XX). “Microelectronics”, Wiley.
Policies	Exams are in closed-notes and closed-books format. Recitations for problem solvings with teaching assistants are done online with extra office hours for physical discussions. To be eligible of taking the final or the resit exam, you should take both midterms and your midterm average should be at least 10 (out of 100). The final exam will be same exam for all sections.

Date	Topic
Week 1, 17/2/2025 & 18/2/2025	Semiconductor and diode physics
Week 2, 24/2/2025 & 25/2/2025	Diode circuits
Weeks 3, 3/3/2025 & 4/3/2025	Diode circuits and BJT physics
Weeks 4, 10/3/2025 & 11/3/2025	DC/Bias analysis of BJT circuits
Week 5, 17/3/2025 & 18/3/2025	AC/Small signal analysis of BJT circuits
Weeks 6, 24/3/2025 & 25/3/2025	BJT amplifiers
Holiday Week, 31/3/2025 & 1/4/2025	HOLIDAY, no class
Week 7, 7/4/2025 & 8/4/2025	BJT amplifiers
Week 8, 14/4/2025 & 15/4/2025	MOSFET physics and DC/Bias analysis of MOSFET circuits (MIDTERM week)
Week 9, 21/4/2025 & 22/4/2025	AC/Small signal analysis of MOSFET circuits
Week 10, 28/4/2025 & 29/4/2025	AC/Small signal analysis of MOSFET circuits
Weeks 11, 5/5/2025 & 6/5/2025	Current mirrors, cascode and cascade amplifiers
Weeks 12, 12/5/2025 & 13/5/2025	Current sources and differential amplifiers
Week 13, 19/5/2025 & 20/5/2025	DC/Bias analysis and AC/Small signal analysis of differential amplifiers (MIDTERM week)
Weeks 14, 26/5/2025 & 27/5/2025	Applications of differentional and operational amplifiers