Senior Analog Electronics Laboratory

(1-0-3-2)

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

EE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the EE degree.

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

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Threads / ECE Electives

Course Coordinator: Brian Michael Beck

Prerequisites: ECE 3040 [min C] and ECE 3043 [min C]

Catalog Description

Theory and experiments related to the design, analysis, construction, and measurement of advanced analog electronic circuits using discrete devices (diodes, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs).

Textbook(s)

Experiments in Analog Electronic Circuits

Course Outcomes

ECE 4043 is a senior-level circuit analysis laboratory focusing on the theory and application of analog circuits, primarily linear voltage amplifiers.  After successfully completing this lab, you should be able to:

Evaluate the performance of basic electrical and analog electronic circuits by using laboratory test and measurement equipment

Understand the theory of DC biasing and AC small signal analysis of amplifier designs

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

Validate designs and laboratory results using circuit simulation software (Multisim)

Construct and debug analog circuits, and compare theoretical results to experimental measurements 

Understand negative feedback principles

Assimilate knowledge from throughout the semester to construct a discrete op-amp as the final experiment

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. Bipolar Junction Transistor
  2. BJT Common Emitter Amp
  3. Common base and cascode amps
  4. Common collector amp
  5. The JFET
  6. BJT Differential amp
  7. MOSFET amp
  8. Feedback amps
  9. The discrete op-amp