ECE 476
Electronic Circuits II
Spring 2016
Instructor:
Dr. George L. Engel (EB 3043)
Time:
T, R (12:30 -1:45 pm)
Location:
EB 2011
Phone:
650-2806
Email:
gengel@siue.edu
URL:
www.siue.edu/~gengel
Office Hours:
T,R 9:30 - 11:00 am and T, R 2:00- 3:00 pm
Course Description
BJT small signal analysis, design of BJT amplifier circuits, feedback theory, thermal considerations, operational amplifier circuits, filter design, waveform generation, and case studies
in electronic system design
Grading Policy
Exam # 1
15 %
Exam # 2
15 %
Exam # 3
15 %
Projects
45 %
Homework
10 %
Administrative Issues
Please notify me no later than the end of the first week of class concerning any academic
accommodations that you will need. You must have a documented disability and an Id Card
from Disability Support Services.
If you need accommodations not indicated on the Disability Support Services ID CARD,
such as special equipment for clinical experiments or for outside classroom settings, please
1
ECE 476 Syllabus
contact me or the Disability Support Services office as soon as possible so arrangements can
be made for the additional equipment or accommodations.
Note: Students taking ECE476 for graduate credit will be assigned additional project work
and/or will be required to work additional problem(s) on the exams.
Required Texts
Microelectronic Circuits, Seventh Edition
Oxford University Press
Adel C. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith
ISBN Number: 978-0-19-933913-6
Course Outline
T Jan 12
Sec. 7.5
Sec. 7.5.2
Discrete Circuit Amplifiers
A Common-Emitter (CE) Amplifier
R Jan 14
Sec. 7.5.2
Sec. 7.5.3
A Common-Emitter (CE) Amplifier
CE Amplifier with Emitter Degeneration
T Jan 19
Sec 8.2
Sec 8.2.3
Sec 8.6.4
Current Sources and Current Mirrors
BJT Circuits
The Widlar Current Source
R Jan 21
Sec 8.7.2
Sec 9.2
Sec. 9.2.1
Sec. 9.2.2
Sec. 9.2.3
The Darlington Configuration
The BJT Differential Pair
Basic Operation
Input Common-Mode Range
Large Signal Operation
T Jan 26
Sec. 10.1 Low-Frequency Response of Discrete Circuit Amplifiers
Sec. 10.1.2 The Method of Short-Circuit Time Constants
Sec. 10.1.3 The CE Amplifier
R Jan 28
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
T Feb 02
Sec. 10.4 Useful Techniques for Analysis of High-Frequency Response
Sec. 10.4.3 The Method of Open-Circuit Time Constant Analysis
Sec. 10.4.5 Application of Method to CE Amplifier
R Feb 04
Sec. 11.1 The General Feedback Structure
Sec. 11.1.1 Signal-Flow Diagram
10.2
10.2.2
10.3.2
10.3.3
Internal Capacitive Effects and High Frequency Model
The BJT
High Frequency Response of CE Amplifier
Miller’s Theorem
2
ECE 476 Syllabus
Sec. 11.1.2 The Closed-Loop Gain
Sec. 11.1.2 The Loop Gain
Sec. 11.1.4 Summary
T Feb 09
*****
EXAM #1 (Chapters 7, 8 , 9, 10)
R Feb 11
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Some Properties of Negative Feedback
Gain Desensitivity
Bandwidth Extension
Interference Reduction
Reduction in Non-linear Distortion
T Feb 16
Sec. 11.3
Sec. 11.4
The Feedback Voltage Amplifier
Systematic Analysis of Feedback Voltage Amplifiers
R Feb 18
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Other Feedback Amplifier Types
Basic Principles
Transconductance Amplifier
Transresistance Amplifier
T Feb 23
Sec. 11.5.4 Current Amplifier
Sec 11.7
The Stabiltity Problem
R Feb 25
Sec. 11.9
Stability Using Bode Plots
T Mar 01
Sec. 12.1
Sec. 12.2
Classification of Output Stages
Class A Output Stage
R Mar 03
Sec 12.3
Class B Output Stage
T Mar 08
*****
SPRING BREAK
*****
R Mar 10
*****
SPRING BREAK
*****
T Mar 15
Sec 12.4
Sec 12.9
Class AB Output Stage
Class D Power Amplifier
R Mar 17
Sec 12.10 Power Transistors
Sec 12.10.1 Packages and Heat Sinks
T Mar 22
Sec 12.10.2 Power BJTs
Sec 12.10.4 Thermal Considerations
R Mar 24
Sec 18.1
Sec. 18.1.
Sec. 18.1.2
Sec. 18.1.3
Basic Principles of Sinusoidal Oscillators
Oscillator Feedback Loop
Oscillation Criterion
Analysis of Oscillator Circuits
T Mar 29
*****
EXAM #2 (Chapters 11, 12)
11.2
11.2.1
11.2.2
11.2.3
11.2.4
11.5
11.5.1
11.5.2
11.5.3
3
*****
*****
ECE 476 Syllabus
R Mar 31
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
18.1.4
18.1.5
18.2
18.2.1
Non-linear Amplitude Control
A Popular Limiter Circuit for Amplitude Control
Op-Amp RC Oscillator Circuits
Wien-Bridge Oscillator
T Apr 05
Sec. 18.4
Sec 18.4
R Apr 07
Sec. 18.7 IC Timers
Sec. 18.7.1 The 555 Circuit
T Apr 12
Sec. 18.7.2 Implementing a Monostable Using a 555
Sec. 18.7.3 Implementing an Astable Using a 555
R Apr 14
******
Design of a Switching Regulator
T Apr 19
******
Interesting Op Amp Circuits
R Apr 21
******
Interesting Op Amp Circuits
R Apr 26
Sec. 17.1
Sec. 17.2
Filter Transmission Types, and Specifications
The Filter Transfer Function
R Apr 28
Sec. 17.4
Sec. 17.8
First-Order and Second-Order Transfer Functions
Single Amplifier Biquadratic Active Filter
Bistable Multivibrators
Generation of Square and Triangle Waveforms Using Astable
4