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- Catalog Description
- 306 Linear Active Circuits Laboratory. I, II, SS; 1 cr. Direct coupled and operational amplifier
characteristics; applications of feedback; practical aspects. P: ECE 271; ECE 342 or con reg.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Lab 1 requires a theoretical understanding of operational amplifiers. Lab 2 requires an understanding of negative feedback. Lab 3 requires an understanding of positive feedback. Lab 4 requires a basic understanding of filters and frequency response. Lab 5 requires an understanding of the concept of negative resistance. Lab 6 requires a general understanding of the classes of audio amplifiers.
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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Textbook: ECE 306 Notes
Reference: Microelectronic Circuits, 4th ed., Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith, Saunders, 1998.
- Course objectives
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Provide students with practical hands-on experience with a variety of linear active circuits. Allow students to investigate a variety of amplifier types and associated parameters. Provide students a practical exposure to oscillators and filters.
- Topics covered
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Integrated circuit operational amplifier (1 session)
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Feedback amplifier (1 session)
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Sine wave oscillators (1 session)
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Low-pass active filters (1 session)
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Negative resistance circuits (1 session)
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Audio frequency power amplifiers (1 session)
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Bench Examination (1 session)
- Class/laboratory schedule
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Six (nominally) three hour laboratory sessions, meeting alternate weeks of the semester.
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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manufacturability
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health and safety
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.
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knowledge of measurement techniques and experimental procedures in core electrical and computer engineering applications
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advanced expertise in design, analysis, and fabrication techniques within a student-selected electrical and computer engineering concentration area
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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Laboratory reports for each laboratory exercise; final achievement of key objectives of this laboratory are measured in interactive bench exams with the students.
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