EECE 311 Syllabus, Spring 2012

American University of Beirut Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering EECE 311 Electronic Circuits Spring 2012 EECE 311 is the second course in the sequence of electronics courses offered in the ECE Department. The course covers analog and digital electronic circuits. Class: M, W, F 8:00 – 8:50 am in 541 (section 1) T, R 9:30 – 10:45 am in 545 (section 2) M, W, F 10:00 – 10:50 am in 539 (section 3) Instructors: Sections 1 and 3 Name: Rouwaida Kanj Office: 406C Office Hours: M 12:30 – 2:00 pm and W 11:30 am – 1:00 pm and by appointment Phone Extension: 3618 Email: rk105@aub.edu.lb Section 2 Name: Ayman Kayssi Office: 404 RGB Office Hours: M 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm and by appointment Phone Extension: 3499 Email: ayman@aub.edu.lb Prerequisite: EECE 310 Electronics Prerequisites by topic: Mathematics: Calculus, differential equations, Fourier series, Laplace transform. Circuits: Circuit analysis techniqnes: KCL, KVL, node equations, Thevenin’s/Norton’s theorem. Electronics: Diodes, MOSFETs, BJTs – basic operation, models, and circuits. CAD: SPICE Catalog 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 Course Objectives: The objectives of the course are to provide students with 1. The essential background on amplifiers that use bipolar junction transistors and MOS field- effect transistors. 2. An understanding of amplifier characteristics, limitations, and frequency response, and the integrated circuit implementation of amplifiers. 3. An overview of the effects of feedback on amplifier performance, and oscillator design. 4. The essential background on the operation and performance of various CMOS digital circuit families. Course Outcomes: By the end of the course, students 1. are familiar with IC biasing techniques 2. understand the operation of MOSFET and BJT current mirrors 3. understand the characteristics of, and can analyze the different transistor amplifier configurations 4. are able to analyze the high-frequency response of a transistor amplifier 5. understand the operation of the cascode amplifier 6. are familiar with the characteristics of the Wilson, cascode, and Widlar current mirrors 7. are aware of the effects of finite gain and finite bandwidth on op-amp characteristics 8. understand the large signal operation and DC imperfections of an op-amp 9. understand the operation of op-amp integrators and differentiators 10. can analyze the MOS and BJT differential pair circuits 11. can find the differential gain, common-mode gain, and CMRR of a differential amplifier 12. are aware of the nonideal characteristics of the differential pair 13. can analyze a differential amplifier with active load 14. are able to analyze the frequency response of a differential amplifier 15. are able to analyze CMOS multistage amplifiers 16. understand the general feedback structure and the properties of negative feedback 17. are familiar with the four basic feedback topologies: series/shunt, series/series, shunt/shunt and shunt/series 18. understand the effect of feedback on stability, and the need for frequency compensation 19. are familiar with op-amp RC oscillators 20. are familiar with LC oscillators 21. understand the operation of static CMOS circuits 22. are familiar with pseudo-NMOS CMOS circuits 23. are familiar with CMOS pass-transistor circuits 24. are familiar with dynamic CMOS circuits Sections that will be covered from textbook: (not necessarily in the order shown) Chapter 1: Section 1.6 Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.8 Chapter 4: Section 4.6 Chapter 5: Section 5.6 Chapter 6: Sections 6.1 – 6.6 Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 – 7.6 Chapter 8: Sections 8.2 – 8.10 Chapter 9: Sections 9.1 – 9.7, 9.10 – 9.13 Chapter 10: Section 10.1 Chapter 12: Sections 12.1 – 12.3 Chapter 14: Sections 14.1 – 14.4 Chapter 15: Sections 15.1 – 15.3 Assessment: Midterm 30% Final Exam 40% Project 12% Assignments 10% Short quizzes 5% Class participation and attendance 3% Course Policy: The midterm will be on Thursday April 12, 2012. The final exam will be scheduled by the Registrar’s Office. The exams are objective (multiple-choice), comprehensive, and common to all sections of the course. 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. The class participation grade will be computed as follows: Class attendance will be taken N times during the semester. Students who are in class will get (3/N) points, for a maximum of 3 points at the end of the term. Students who miss more than one fifth of the lectures in the first ten weeks of the semester will be dropped from the course.