Course Syllabus
Spring2011 CETT1457 Linear Integrated Circuits CRN 74892 Instructor, P. Reddy Talusani
Overview
This course presents the principles of operation of operational amplifiers, voltage regulators. It furthermore, presents application of the integrated circuits as comparators, amplifiers, differentiators, integrators, and active filters. It is the second part of a two-course sequence; the first course provides the necessary foundation for the second, and the two courses together provide a broad coverage of modern solid state devices and circuits using them.
Course Objective
The objective of Linear Integrated Circuits is to help the student acquire a clear and practical understanding of operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, oscillators and their applications. The student will learn about the frequency response of an amplifier, basic characteristics of an op-amp and use of an op-amp as inverting, non-inverting, summing, differentiator, and integrator. The student will learn the characteristics of
IC voltage regulators and their applications. He/she will learn read and to draw the schematics of applications and analyze their performance. He/she will learn to construct and troubleshoot such circuits and to make measurements of their operational parameters.
Course Procedure
The course will be presented as alternating lectures and laboratory sessions. In the lectures the instructor will explain theoretical concepts and illustrate them by examples of circuits and calculations. In the laboratory sessions the student will demonstrate these theoretical concepts for himself by building circuits, measuring currents and voltages, and comparing the measured values with calculated values, i. e. values predicted by theory. The student will be asked to take written examinations during the course, in order to measure his progress in mastering the course material.
Student Requirements
Upon entering this course the student should have a basic understanding of physics and/or chemistry and a thorough understanding of fundamental electrical concepts. He or she should have completed D C Circuits ,
CETT 1403, and Solid State Devices, CETT 1429 or their equivalent.
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to
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Express the gain of an amplifier in decibels (dB)
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Analyze an amplifier for frequency response
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Describe the basic Op-amp and its characteristics
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Analyze the non inverting, inverting and voltage follower configurations of an op-amp
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Analyze the operation of comparators, summing amplifiers, integrators, and differentiators
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Analyze and explain the operation of an instrumentation amplifier, and an isolation amplifier
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Analyze and explain several special types of op-amp circuits
Analyze active filters such as low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and band-stop filters
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Describe the basic operation of an oscillator
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Use 555 timer in an oscillator application
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Discuss the basic concept of voltage regulation
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Discuss IC voltage regulators and their application

Administration and Policies
Spring 2011 CETT1457 Linear Integrated Circuits CRN 74892 Instructor, P. Reddy Talusani
Instructor can be contacted as follows:
Office hours: T Th 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Sci-Tech Bldg, Room 100
Telephone: (office) 713-718-5254
E-mail: (office) reddy.talusani@hccs.edu
Class meets twice weekly T Th 2:30 – 5:00PM . Generally there will be a lecture session on one class day each week and a lab session on the other. See schedule for class time and room number.
Textbook : Floyd, Thomas L., Electronic Devices , Eighth Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2008.
Lab workbook : Buchla, David M., Laboratory Exercises for Electronic Devices , Eighth Edition, Prentice-
Hall, Inc., 2008.
Calculator : Each student will need a scientific pocket calculator. Please bring your calculator to each class and to each lab session.
Lab exercises will be as much as possible coordinated with the lectures. For each exercise, the data sheets and questions in your lab book are to be completed and incorporated into a written report. Reports are due one week later or by the following lab session. Lab work will not be accepted if more than one week late. To test oral communication skills, the instructor will ask students to make an informal oral presentation of the experiment to the class. Laboratory work will be graded on written and oral communication as well as technical content and form.
Quizzes will be frequent and unannounced. Quizzes will take 10 - 15 minutes and cover current topics.
There will be no make-up quizzes.
Three major exams will be given during the semester, approximately one every four weeks; dates are shown in the schedule. Exams will take two hours and will cover all material presented since the previous exam. There will be no make-up exams, except in special circumstances approved in advance by the instructor.
A final exam will be given at the end of the semester. It will take two hours and will cover all material presented in the course. You must take the final exam to pass the course.
Grading will be as follows:
Labs 25 per cent Exams 40 per cent
Homework 5 per cent Final Exam 30 per cent
A: 90 - 100; B: 80 - 89; C: 70-79; D: 60-69; F: 59 and below. A grade of W will be given for any student who withdraws from the course and files a drop form before April 13, 2010. A student who decides not to complete from the course, but does not file a drop form, will receive a grade of F.
Absence, tardiness, and discipline will be treated according to College policy as stated in the
Student Handbook.
Cheating on exams or quizzes will not be tolerated. Any student who either gives or receives answers to test questions or uses notes or other unauthorized material during a test will be subject to immediate disciplinary action in accordance with College policy as stated in the Student Handbook.
Students with qualifying disabilities. Students who require reasonable accommodations for disabilities should contact the Disability Services Office to make arrangements or the Disability Counselor at each college. Faculty members are only authorized to provide accommodations requested by the Disability
Services Office.