EECE 311 Lecture 0, Spring 2012
American University of Beirut · Electronic Circuits · 8 pages
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EECE 311: Electronic Circuits
Introduction and SPICE Review
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Course Information
Class
Section 1: MWF at 8:00 am in 541
Section 2: TR at 9:30 am in 545
Section 3: MWF at 10:00 am in 539
Instructors:
Rouwaida Kanj (Sections 1 and 3)
Office: Room 406C (Bechtel)
Office Hours: M 12:30 – 2:00 pm, W 11:30 am – 1:00 pm and by appointment
Phone Extension: 3618
Email: rk105@aub.edu.lb
Ayman Kayssi (Section 2)
Office: Room 404 (RGB)
Office Hours: M 1:00 – 3:00 pm and by appointment
Phone Extension: 3499
Email: ayman@aub.edu.lb
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Course Description
A course on BJT amplifiers; MOSFET amplifiers;
differential amplifiers; frequency response of amplifiers;
feedback; operational amplifiers; oscillators; digital
CMOS circuits; SPICE simulations.
Textbook
Sedra and Smith
Microelectronic Circuits
sixth edition
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Course Objectives
Provide students with:
The essential background on amplifiers that use MOS
field-effect transistors and bipolar junction transistors.
An understanding of amplifier characteristics, limitations,
and frequency response, and the integrated circuit
implementation of amplifiers.
An overview of the effects of feedback on amplifier
performance, and oscillator design.
The essential background on the operation and
performance of various CMOS digital circuit families.
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Course Outline
Chapter 6: Single-Stage Integrated-Circuit Amplifiers
Chapter 7: Differential and Multistage Amplifiers
Chapter 8: Frequency Response
Chapter 9: Feedback
Chapter 14: Digital CMOS Logic Circuits
With the following additional sections:
1.6, 2.1 – 2.8, 4.6, 5.6, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1 – 12.3, 15.1 – 15.3
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Assessment
Midterm (30%)
Final Exam (40%)
Assignments (10%)
Project (12%)
Short quizzes (5%)
Class participation (3%)
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Course Policy
The midterm will be on Thursday April 12.
The midterm and final exam are open-book, open notes.
Late homework will not be accepted. You have to work individually
on your homework.
The project will be done in teams of three students.
SPICE Introduction