Measurements, Circuits and Microelectronics Laboratory

(1-0-3-2)

CMPE Degree: This course is Elective for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Required for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 3 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: EE Common Core

Course Coordinator: Robert Allen Jr Robinson

Prerequisites: ECE 2031 [min C] and ECE 3040 [min C, with concurrency]

Catalog Description

Theory and experiments related to the design, analysis, construction, and measurement of elementary passive and active analog circuits using both discrete and integrated devices.

Textbook(s)

Experiments in Electrical and Analog Electronic Circuits

Course Outcomes

Evaluate the performance of basic electrical and analog electronic circuits by using test and measurement instrumentation including dc power supplies, function generators, oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, and RCL meters. 

Design basic electrical and analog electronic circuits such as amplifiers, filters, rectifiers, and oscillators to meet given specifications. 

Validate designs and problem solutions by using mathematical and circuit simulation software. 

Analyze and construct basic circuits and relate expected behavior to experimental measurements.

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. 1. Instrumentation: Oscilloscope, Function generator, DC power supply, Digital multimeter, SPICE for passive circuits
  2. First-order RC and RL circuits: Transient response (step function and square wave excitation), Frequency response, Bode plots with SPICE, Mathcad, and Matlab
  3. Second-order RLC circuits: Resonance, Step-function response, Damping factor, Bode plots with SPICE, Mathcad, and Matlab
  4. IC op-amp amplifiers: Noninverting, Inverting, T feedback, Integrator, Differentiator, SPICE for IC amplifiers, Non ideal properties of op-amps (finite gain-bandwidth product)
  5. IC op-amp differential and instrumentation amplifiers: Differential gain, Common-mode gain
  6. First-order IC op-amp active filters: Low-pass, High-pass, All-pass, Shelving
  7. Second-order IC op-amp active filters: Low-pass, High-pass, All-pass, Notch, Bandpass
  8. IC op amp oscillators: Wien Bridge, Phase shift oscillator, 555 timer, Schmidt trigger
  9. Diodes: Terminal characteristics, Applications for passive and active circuits, SPICE analysis of circuits with diodes
  10. Common-emitter amplifier: Biasing, Small-signal behavior, Large-signal behavior, SPICE analysis of CE
  11. Common-source MOSFET amplifier: Biasing, Small-signal behavior, Large-signal behavior, SPICE analysis of CS, CMOS INVERTER
  12. Discrete BJT differential amplifier: Biasing, Differential gain, Common-mode gain