ECE 340: Electronic Circuits I

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ECE 340 - Electronic Circuits I

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340 Electronic Circuits I. I, II, SS; 3 cr (P-I). A first course in modeling, characterization, and application of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. Development of appropriate models for circuit-level behavior of diodes, bi-polar and field effect transistors, and non-ideal op-amps. Application in analysis and design of linear amplifiers. Frequency domain characterizaion of transistor circuits. P: ECE 230.

Course Prerequisite(s)

ECE 230

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Knowledge of terminal characteristics for standard linear circuit elements (R's, L's, C's, indepenentdent and dependent sources)
Ability to solve circuits via nodal analysis
Basic knowledge of junction and channel behavior in semiconductor devices

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Microelectronic Circuits, 5th ed., Sedra and Smith, Saunders Publishing Company
SPICE for Microelectronic Circuits, 3rd ed., Sedra and Smith, Saunders Publishing Company

Course objectives

Mastery of component level models of bipolar and field effect transistors.
Ability to design differential and multi-stage transistor amplifier circuits.
Knowledge of and design skills for non-ideal op-amp circuits.

Topics covered

SPICE models
Op-Amp Nonideal Characteristics
Bipolar Junction Transistor
BJT Amplifier Configurations
Field Effect Transistor
FET Amplifiers
Integrated MOS Amplifiers
BJT Differential Pair
Small Signal Operation

Class/laboratory schedule

Three 50 minute lectures per week

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.

manufacturability issues in analog IC design.

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.

basic skill in methods of design and analysis across a broad range of electrical and computer engineering areas

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

SPICE & HW Assignments: 20%
Midterm I 25%
Midterm II 25%
Final 30%

Person(s) who prepared this description

Christopher L. DeMarco

Copyright 2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Date last modified: 16-Jul-2007
Content by: ece@engr.wisc.edu
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