U niversity of S outhern C alifornia
School Of Engineering
Department Of Electrical Engineering
EE 348: #34056
Course Syllabus
Spring, 2001
Choma
ABSTRACT:
EE 348 establishes a foundation for electronic circuit design. The course addresses practical
bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor
(MOSFET) characteristics and circuit topologies that comprise the foundation for practical
electronic circuit design. The fundamental tools exploited to consider these characteristics
and electronic networks derive largely from the theoretic concepts and analytical strategies
developed in the first circuits course, which is EE 202 at USC.
Design is a challenging undertaking because it is not the problem of finding the N solutions to
a system of N equations in N unknowns. The most typical design problem is one in which there
are more specifications that must be satisfied or more variables that need to be determined
than there are independent equations that can be written. Basic algebra teaches that a problem for which the number of unknowns does not match the number of available independent
equations has no unique solution. Unfortunately, poorly structured mathematical problems
are implicit to virtually all design issues. Accordingly, unique design solutions rarely prevail,
but viable and even creative solutions can be determined. The best of these solutions, in the
sense of yielding reliable electronic networks that can be manufactured cost-effectively to meet
operating specifications, are rarely forged by trial and error strategies. Instead, optimal solutions invariably derive from fundamental phenomenological understanding. The task necessarily preceding such an understanding of invariably complex electronic engineering design
problems is the conduct of thorough mathematical and computer-based analyses that insightfully highlight both the attributes and the limitations of circuits and systems. The satisfying
understanding that conduces completing the genuinely difficult task of creative circuit design
ensues when analytical disclosures can be creatively interpreted and lucidly explained in terms
of fundamental physical laws, basic circuit and system theoretic concepts, and simple mathematical emulations.
Because understanding is such a crucial ingredient of the design recipe, computational precision is hardly ever the primary objective of design-oriented engineering circuit analysis.
Instead, analyses are conducted to gain insights into the circuit responses defined by the
mathematical solutions for the electrical variables of a circuit. An insightful understanding is
cultivated by solutions that derive from conceptual comprehension and are cast in forms that
underscore circuit advantages, disadvantages, best case operating features, and worst-case
response properties. In short, design skills are not nurtured by elegant mathematical solutions
for circuit responses. They are more likely to derive from approximate circuit solutions that,
when properly interpreted in light of any meaningfully invoked approximations and an awareness of desired circuit and system operating specifications, paint an understandable engineering picture of circuit dynamics. EE 348 attempts to paint these images.
EE 348
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1. Course Administration
The prerequisites for EE 348 are EE 202 and EE 301. Although EE 338 is formally a prerequisite, it can be taken concurrently with EE 348. Course lectures are given on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 11:00 to 12:20 in Kaprielian Hall (KAP), Room #158.
EE 348 lectures commence on Tuesday, 09 January 2001 and end on Thursday, 26 April
2001. Students who are absent from given lecture or discussion sessions should arrange for a
friend to obtain any notes, homework assignments, homework solutions, or other information
distributed during their absence. Copies of material handed out in class are not retained by
the instructor.
The last day to drop the course without a “W” grade is Friday, 26 January 2001. The
last day to drop the class with a “W” grade is Friday, 06 April 2001. An Incomplete
“IN” course grade is rarely given. An “IN” grade can be justified only in substantiated
exceptional cases such as an extended student illness, a temporary physical disability, or an
unfortunate personal hardship experienced after the twelfth week of the semester (after 30
March 2001).
The final examination is scheduled for Tuesday, 01 May 2001, from 11:00 AM to 1:00
PM. Two midterm examinations will also be administered. After hours optional review sessions for impending examinations may be scheduled two to three lecture days before the date
of an exam. Other optional review sessions can be given, pending student interest and need.
Homework is assigned nominally weekly, and solutions are normally distributed on the day
that assignments are handed in. Conscientious efforts are made to have homework assignments complement the lecture material. Moreover, the homework assignments are compiled
to provide students with meaningful analytical experiences that effectively help to prepare
them for impending examinations. Completed homework is never accepted after the due
date. To compensate for this inflexibility, the lowest homework grade is ignored in the compilation of the end of semester homework average.
The results of the two (2) midterm examinations, the final examination, and averaged homework grades combine with the laboratory grade in accordance with the algorithm given
below to determine the final course average for each student.
MIDTERM EXAMINATION #1 (02/08/01) GRADE:
MIDTERM EXAMINATION #2 (03/22/01) GRADE:
FINAL EXAMINATION (05/01/01) GRADE:
LABORATORY GRADE:
HOMEWORK GRADE:
20%
20%
30%
20%
10%
Examinations can never be made up. If a student fails to take either of the two midterm
exams, his or her grade will be based on only two (2) examinations and on a normalized
maximum score of 80, as opposed to 100. An automatic failure results if the student has a
non-excused absence from both midterm examinations, and/or an absence from the
final examination. An automatic failure also results if the laboratory component of the
course is failed. Laboratory failure is ensured if any one of the laboratory assignments
is not completed.
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Prof. John Choma, Jr. is the course instructor, and Mr. Brendon D’Souza is the Discussion
Section Leader. Mr. Jon Roderick is responsible for laboratory coordination, and he and Mr.
Hakan Durmus will teach all laboratory sections.
Prof. Choma’s office hours are 1:00 to 2:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10:30 to 2:00 on
Wednesdays in Powell Hall of Engineering (PHE) Room #616. Appointments for other
meeting times can be arranged by telephoning Prof. Choma at 213-740-4692 or by e-mailing
him at johnc@almaak.usc.edu. Brendon D’Souza and Jon Roderick will also establish regular office hours.
2. Discussion Sections
Each student is required to attend one of three weekly discussion sections, which are offered
as follows.
1:00 -to- 1:50
1:00 -to- 1:50
2:00 -to- 2:50
Tuesday
Thursday
Monday
VKC
KAP
VKC
#208
#150
#153
Homework and laboratory assignments are addressed in the discussion sections, as is particularly challenging lecture material. Discussion sections begin meeting during the week of
08 January 2001.
3. Laboratory Sections
Each student is required to attend one of three weekly laboratory sections, which are offered
as follows.
8:00 -to- 10:40 (AM)
11:00 -to- 1:40 (AM/PM)
6:00 -to- 8:40 (PM)
Wednesday
Thursday
Wednesday
OHE
OHE
OHE
#236
#230
#236
Tentatively, laboratory assignments are to be selected from the list itemized herewith. Several of the indicated projects are multi-week assignments.
NO.
PROJECT
1
2
3
Lab Familiarity
PN Junction Diodes
Operational Amplifiers
4
5
6
7
Active Filters
Bipolar Transistors
Oscillator
Multimeter
8
9
Instrumentation
Curve Tracer
10
Joystick
PROJECT EMPHASIS
Lab Equipment & Procedures; SPICE CAD
Characterization & Application Of Diodes
Characterization & Application Of Op–Amps
Lowpass & Bandpass Active Filters
Biasing of Amplifiers; Current Sources
Sinusoidal & Relaxation Oscillators
Design Of Analog & Digital Voltmeter
Design Of Capacitance Meter Or Bridge
Design Of D/A Converter, Oscillator, Current
Source, Counter, Integrator, & X–Y Display
Design Of X–Y Display With LED Indicator
The laboratory component for EE 348 focuses on the development of circuit test, assessment, and design skills and offers students exposure to a meaningful sampling of practical
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engineering design and characterization problems. Nominally, four or five design projects,
each entailing detailed analysis, engineering interpretation of analytical results, SPICE computer-aided simulation, circuit construction, circuit test, and project reporting, are assigned
as group undertakings.
Each student is required to purchase a proto board by the first laboratory meeting, which
occurs during the week of 15 January 2001. Proto boards can be purchased in Olin Hall of
Engineering (OHE) Room #246.
*** An Absolute Prerequisite To Passing EE 348 Is That All
Laboratory Assignments Must Be Completed!***
4. Study Guidelines and Suggestions
4.1. Spend some time reading the Abstract of this Course Syllabus. It attempts to define the
pedagogical philosophy of the course. Fundamentally, it conveys the notion that the solutions
to problems are not the only important issue. Equally important is the ability to develop the
insights that enable useful interpretations of these solutions so that the fruits of analyses enable
creative and efficient circuit and system design. A matter related to interpretive acuity is the
development of skills for defining, applying, and assessing meaningful analytical
approximations, which you will discover are all but mandated if mathematical tractability and
engineering understandability are to be assured.
4.2. It is imprudent and potentially disastrous to view the 10% weight attached to homework as
being sufficiently small to justify your tacit neglect of homework assignments. Many of the
problems assigned derive from EE 348 examinations administered in previous semesters, and
most, when thoroughly addressed and considered, provide you with the analytical experience
and engineering insights that are likely to prove beneficial during formal examinations.
Moreover, homework is counted in the compilation of your final course grade only when its
average score enhances your final course average. When the homework average degrades your
final course average, the homework score is not factored into the final course average, which is
then based on an achievable maximum score of 90%, as opposed to 100%.
4.3. Electrical and computer engineers rarely work in proverbial vacuums. Accordingly, students
are encouraged to work in small teams (no larger than three) on homework assignments,
assuming, of course, that such collaboration is done intelligently, conscientiously, and in a
manner that encourages equal participation among all group members. If you choose to work
in homework teams, you need only hand in one assignment per group, making sure that the
first page of each submitted assignment clearly identifies all group members. Each member of
a given group receives the same numerical mark for the given submission.
4.4. Do not fall behind in the course lectures, the homework assignments, and the laboratory
assignments! Upper division electrical engineering classes, such as EE 348, are hierarchical;
that is, the ability to understand material presented in any given week relies strongly on your
comprehension of technical matter discussed in preceding weeks.
4.5. Do not miss class! I rarely follow the textbook closely, and I have no reservations about
compiling homework assignments and examinations predicated, at least in part, on material
discussed in class but not addressed in the assigned textbook.
4.6. Do not be shy in the classroom about asking questions about material you do not clearly
comprehend. If you do not understand something, chances are that many of your peers are
experiencing similar confusion. Do not be shy about coming to my office for additional
assistance, and do not hesitate to ask the Discussion Leader or any of the laboratory teaching
assistants for help. It is worthwhile interjecting that the Discussion Leader and the teaching
assistants have complete liberty to address course issues in any manner they deem appropriate.
This discretionary latitude includes sharing with you any insights they may have about my
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grading, lecturing, and examination styles. To the latter end, be advised that all of these people
have suffered through my various courses.
5. Required Textbook And Suggested References
The chapter assignments in the “Course Schedule” below refer to the required textbook:
Donald A. Neamen, Electronic Circuit Analysis And Design (Second Edition). New
York: McGraw-Hill, 2001 [ISBN #0-256-26115-6].
A few of the assigned readings in the “Course Schedule” are prefaced with “LS,” which
denotes “Lecture Supplements” that derive from the following list of documents. These
reprints will be provided at appropriate times during the semester.
LS 1 J. Choma, Jr., Review of the First Circuits Class, University of Southern California, EE 202 Course
Notes, April 1996.
LS 2 J. Choma, Jr. and W-K. Chen, “Linear Two-Port Networks,” in The Circuits and Filters Handbook, ed.
by W-K. Chen, et.al. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, published in cooperation with IEEE Press, pp.
532-581, 1995.
LS 3 J. Choma, Jr. and J. Trujillo, “Canonical Cells of Linear Bipolar Technology,” in The Circuits and Filters Handbook, ed. by W-K. Chen, et. al. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, published in cooperation
with IEEE Press, pp. 1628-1676, 1995.
LS 4 J. Choma, Jr., MOS Technology Models and Basic Analog Cells, University of Southern California, EE
348 Course Notes, Spring Semester 2000. An earlier version of this disclosure appears in The Circuits
and Filters Handbook, ed. by W-K. Chen, et. al. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, published in cooperation with IEEE Press, pp. 1509-1557, 1995.
The following reference literature may also prove helpful.
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Marco Annaratone, Digital CMOS Circuit Design. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1986.
R. Boylestad and L. Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall, 1987.
Stanley G. Burns and Paul R. Bond, Principles of Electronic Circuits. Boston: PWS Publishing Company, 1997.
W-K Chen, L. O. Chua, J. Choma, Jr., and L. P. Huelsman (eds.), The Circuits And Filters Handbook.
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC/IEEE Press, 1995.
P. M. Chirlian, Analysis and Design of Integrated Electronic Circuits. New York: Harper and Row
Publishers, 1987.
K. K. Clarke and D. T. Hess, Communication Circuits: Analysis and Design. Reading, Massachusetts:
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1978.
R. A. Colclaser, D. A. Neamen, and C. F. Hawkins, Electronic Circuit Analysis: Basic Principles. New
York: John Wiley and Sons, 1984.
R. C. Dorf (editor), The Electrical Engineering Handbook. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 1993.
R. C. Dorf and J. A Svoboda, Introduction to Electric Circuits. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Daniel P. Foty, MOSFET Modeling With SPICE: Principles and Practice. Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall PTR, 1997.
S. Franco, Design With Operational Amplifiers And Analog ICs. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988.
M. S. Ghausi, Electronic Devices and Circuits: Discrete and Integrated. New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1985.
Arthur B. Glaser and Gerald E. Subak-Sharpe, Integrated Circuit Engineering. Reading Massachusetts:
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1977.
Glenn M. Glasford, Analog Electronic Circuits. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1986.
Glenn M. Glasford, Digital Electronic Circuits. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1988.
M. N. Horenstein, Microelectronic Circuits and Devices. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall,
1990.
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[17]. Roger T. Howe and Charles G. Sodini, Microelectronics: An Integrated Approach. Upper Saddle River,
New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1997.
[18]. David A. Johns and Ken Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., 1997.
[19]. E. J. Kennedy, Operational Amplifier Circuits: Theory And Applications. New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, Inc., 1988.
[20]. Kenneth R. Laker and Willy M. C. Sansen, Design of Analog Integrated Circuits and Systems. New
York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994.
[21]. R. Mauro, Engineering Electronics: A Practical Approach. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: PrenticeHall, 1989.
[22]. Jacob Millman and Arvin Grabel, Microelectronics. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1987.
[23]. F. H. Mitchell, Jr. and F. H. Mitchell, Sr., Introduction to Electronics Design. Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1992.
[24]. C. J. Savant, Jr., M. S. Roden, and G. L. Carpenter, Electronic Circuit Design: An Engineering
Approach. Menlo Park, California: The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 1987.
[25]. D. L. Schilling, C. Belove, T. Apelewicz, and R. J. Saccardi, Electronic Circuits: Discrete and Integrated. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1989.
[26]. A. S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1987.
[27]. R. M. Warner, Jr. and B. L. Grung, Transistors: Fundamentals for the Integrated Circuit Engineer. New
York: Wiley Interscience, 1983.
6. Course Schedule
WEEK
WEEK OF
LECTURE TOPIC
1
01/08/01
CIRCUIT ANALYSIS REVIEW
Nodal and Loop Analysis
Thévenin’s and Norton’s Theorems
Steady State Sinusoidal Analysis
LS 1
2
01/15/01
OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER
Fundamental I–V Characteristics
Negative Feedback Requirement
Circuit Model
Operational Amplifier Applications
Chapter 9
3
01/22/01
TWO-PORT PARAMETERS
y–, z–. h–, and g–Parameters
Network Gain and I/O Impedances
Open Loop and Loop Gains
Parameter Desensitization
LS 2
2
01/15/01
RECTIFIERS AND SIMPLE POWER SUPPLIES
Half Wave Rectifier
Full Wave Rectifier
Capacitive Filter
Diode Transient Response
Chapter 2
4
01/29/01
PN JUNCTION DIODE
Qualitative Operating Description
Time Domain Circuit Model
Reverse and Forward Biases
Depletion and Diffusion Capacitances
Chapter 1
5
02/05/00
MIDTERM EXAMINATION #1 (02/08/01)
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WEEK
WEEK OF
5
02/05/01
BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR (BJT)
Qualitative Operating Description
Ebers–Moll Equations
Small–Signal Model
Biasing For Linear Operation
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
6, 7,
02/12/01
02/19/01
CANONIC ANALOG BJT CIRCUIT CELLS
Diode-Connected Transistor
Common Emitter Amplifier
Common Base Amplifier
Common Collector Amplifier
Current Sources And Sinks
Chapter 10
LS 3
8
02/26/01
MOS FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR
Qualitative Operating Description
Schichman-Hodges Model
Small–Signal Model
Chapter 5
9
03/05/01
CANONIC ANALOG MOS CIRCUIT CELLS
Level Shift Unit
Common Source Amplifier
Two Port Representation Of Common Source Amp.
Chapter 6
LS 4
READINGS
03/12/01
***SPRING BREAK***
*NO CLASS*
10
03/19/01
MIDTERM EXAMINATION #2 (03/22/01)
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10, 11
03/19/01
03/26/01
CANONIC ANALOG MOS (Cont’d)
Common Gate Amplifier
Common Drain Amplifier
Common Drain Amplifier
Operational Transconductor
Chapter 6
LS 4
12
04/02/01
DIFFERENTIAL CIRCUITS
Static Analysis
Half Circuit Dynamics
Circuit Examples
Chapter 11
LS 3
13, 14, 15
04/09/01
04/16/01
04/23/01
DIGITAL MOS CIRCUITS & SYSTEMS
NMOS Inverter
Transient Analysis
NMOS Logic Circuits
CMOS Inverter
CMOS Logic Circuits
Transmission Gates
Pass Networks
Data Converters
Chapter 16
04/30/01
FINAL EXAMINATION (05/01/01–11:00 to 1:00)
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John Choma, Jr.,
Professor of Electrical Engineering
15 December 2000
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J. Choma, Jr.
Prof. M. A. Gundersen (Department Chair)
Mr. B. D’Souza (Discussion Instructor)
Mr. J. Roderick (Laboratory Coordinator)
Mr. H. Durmus (Laboratory Instructor)
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