EE-3EJ4 Electronic Devices and Circuits II
Course Outline: 2009-2010, Term I (Fall)
Instructor: Xun Li, CRL-218, Ext. 27698, lixun@mcmaster.ca
Teaching Assistants:
Schedule:
3 1-hour lectures per week
1 1-hour tutorial sessions per week
4 3-hour laboratory sessions every other week
4 assignments every other week
1 mid-term test in either 6th or 7th week
Calendar Description: Analog circuit design and analysis; Active filters; Amplifiers;
Mixers and modulators; Oscillators; Mixed-signal circuits (DACs and ADCs); Feedback
circuits.
Course Objectives: To develop knowledge on operating principles, design
methodologies, analyzing and laboratory (simulation and measurement) techniques of
analog and mixed-signal electronic circuits, including (multiple stage) amplification
circuits, (active) filters, oscillators, mixers, phase-locked loop, digital-to-analog and
analog-to-digital convertors.
Outline of Topics:
Introduction
Multiple stage amplifiers:
Cascade stages
Cascode stages
Differential amplifiers
Power amplifiers (output stages)
Frequency response:
Transistor model at high frequencies
Time constant methods and amplifier bandwidth estimation
Miller’s theorem
Broadband amplifier design
Negative feedback:
Properties of negative feedback
Analysis of circuits with negative feedback
Impedance matching and bandwidth extension in circuit design
Active filters:
Filter classification and characteristics
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Time and frequency domain response
1st and 2nd order active filters
Filter design
Oscillators:
Properties of positive feedback
Oscillation conditions
Oscillator circuits
Mixed-signal circuits:
Digital-to-analog conversion circuits (DACs)
Analog-to-digital conversion circuits (ADCs)
Analog multiplication (mixer and modulation) circuits
Phase-locked loop and amplitude-locked loop
Switched capacitor
Conversion interface circuits
Format:
Full class sessions (36 Hours): 3 Hours per week for 12 weeks
Tutorial/Review sessions (10 Hours): 1 Hour per week for 10 weeks
Laboratory sessions (12 Hours): 3 Hours every other week for 8 weeks
Pre-lab preparations (8 Hours): 2 Hour every other week for 8 weeks
Assignments (16 Hours): 4 Hours every other week for 8 weeks
Study time (60 Hours): 5 Hours per week for 12 weeks
Total loading: ~12 Hours/Week
Assessment:
Laboratory: 20% (4 labs, each laboratory has 5 points, total 20 points)
Assignment: 16% (4 assignments, each assignment has 4 points, total 16 points)
Mid-term test: 14% (2 questions, each has 7 points, total 14 points)
Final exam: 50% (5 questions, each has 10 points, total 50 points)
Calculator requirement for test and examination: McMaster standard calculator
(Casio fx991).
Resources:
1. Textbook 1: Fundamentals of Microelectronics, B. Razavi, John Wiley &
Sons, ISBN-978047178461
2. Textbook 2: Microelectronic Circuit Design, R. C. Jaeger, McGraw-Hill,
either edition
3. Reference book 1: Microelectronic Circuits, Sedra & Smith, Oxford
University Press, ISBN-0195142519
4. Reference book 2: Advanced Electronic Circuit Design, Comer & Comer,
John Wiley & Sons, ISBN-0471228281
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