PHYS 338: Analog Electronics -- Spring 2008

NOTE: For numerical problems on exams and homework, always report exactly three 
significant digits.  In lab, use the proper scale and  always record every digit 
displayed by the measuring device, but generally we will not be doing error calculations.
Too many or too few sigfigs will result in lost points!

HH = Horowitz and Hill: The Art of Electronics
 S = Scherz: Practical Electronics for Inventors
 B = Barnaal: Analog Electronics for Scientific Application

Note: "thru" and "-" mean through and including, so a reading assignment of "12.2-12.3"
means read all of both sections, including, for example, section 12.3.9

YOW! S ch. 1-3 is 410 pages! Does Kirkman really expect we're going to read this all?
YES...but:
much of this is review (like Ohm's Law, and parallel/serial)
much of what is new is detail (like 16 types of capacitors), here skimming is OK
but know that this stuff is here for when you need it in real life.
The main important new stuff is:
impedance as a complex number
the basic circuit laws: 2.17-19, particularly Thevenin
Feel free to concentrate on HH where the same material is in fewer pages

basic componets:
S: ch. 3 (minus: 3.1.5, 3.6.9-14, 3.7.10-11 & 3.8.2-6; good stuff but more than required now)
HH: 1-1.04, 1.07-1.13, 1.16-1.17, 1.32-end
web: electric_measurement.pdf

basic stuff: Ohm, Kirchhoff, Thevenin
S: ch. 2 (minus: 2.7-10, 2.22, 2.23.4, 2.30.3-end) 
HH: 1.05

complex numbers, impedance, filters, LRC
S: 2.26-2.27, skim 2.28-30
HH: 1.14-1.24
additional information on complex numbers may also be found in:
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/338/complex_review.pdf

ground: S 2.10, HH p.455-9
decibels: S 2.31-2.31.1, HH 1.08

homework (HW)
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/338/problems.pdf
1-3,5,11,13-21
HH: ch. 1: 1.11 (p.17), 1.24 (p.40)

Note: expect the file problems.pdf to grow as the class continues;
always retrieve the most recent version before starting the problems.
Obviously this file will also grow as the class continues.

--end of cycle 1 assignments--

Power Supplies:

transformers
S: 3.8
HH: 1.17,6.12

diodes:
S: 4.1-4.2
HH: 1.25, p.330-331

rectification, RC filter:
HH: 1.26-1.29
S: p.425-6, 10-10.7

regulators:
HH: 6.16-6.17
S: 10.1

switchers:
HH: 6.19 (skim)
S: 10.8

advice:
HH: p.367-8, 6.25, 14.03
S: 10.9-10.10

other diode circuits:
HH: 1.30-1.31
S: p.423-434

homework (HW)
old exam:
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/338/338t1_06.pdf
1-3,6
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/338/problems.pdf
22-31

--end of cycle 2 assignments--

generic amplifier: applied Thevenin (see B Ch.5)

op-amps:
S. ch. 7
HH pp. 175-213, 4.19-4-20, 232-236

Note: I changed problems.pdf so make sure you refresh!
homework (HW)
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/338/problems.pdf
33-44
HH 4.2 (p.182)

--end of cycle 3 assignments--
in-class help Wednesday 9-apr-08
mid term exam (Friday 11-apr-2008) covers all the above material
Note: you may use a single-side 8.5"x11" sheet of paper as a formula sheet.
As in 217, this sheet is for formulas and circuits not worked examples.

no homework
lab 4 cancelled
old lab deadline: 15-apr-08

--end of cycle 4 assignments--
FETs
HH ch. 3, Appendix F
S 4.3.3-4.3.4
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace/CC.html
three terminal devices:
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace/nFET.CC.html on n-channel field effect transistors (FETs)
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace/pFET.CC.html on p-channel field effect transistors (FETs)
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace/nMOSFET.CC.html on n-channel MOSFETs
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace/pMOSFET.CC.html on p-channel MOSFETs

HW:
HH 3.1 (p.128)
problems.pdf: 49-54,64

--end of cycle 5 assignments--

Bipolar transistors
S 4.3-4.3.2
HH ch. 2, Appendix G
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace
three terminal devices:
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace/NPN.CC.html on NPN Bipolar transistors
www.physics.csbsju.edu/trace/PNP.CC.html on PNP Bipolar transistors

HW:
Note: for design problems calculate component values to 3 sigfigs, but then
select for-sale values based on HH Appendix C.  (For capacitors, select only 
bold-face values from table p.1053.)

problems.pdf: 55-63,65-66
H&H: 2.2 (p.67), 2.5 (p.71), 2.10 (p.87), #3 (p.110)

--end of cycle 6 assignments--

Help: Tuesday?
Final: Wednesday May 7 1-3pm