Electronic Devices and Circuits
Engineering Sciences 154
Tentative Schedule of Lectures and Laboratory Assignments

Fall Term 2001-2002
WEEK
Tues
Thurs
10 Sept.
  
 Introduction and Organization
17 Sept.
 Extended Review  of Basic Circuit Analysis - Circuit Elements and Configurations
Sedra & Smith:  Chapter 1; Appendices B, E and F; Supplementary Web Page
No Laboratory Assignment
24 Sept.
Extended Review  of Basic Circuit Analysis - Laplace Analysis (Adventures in the s-Domain)
Sedra & Smith:  Chapter 1; Appendices B, E and F; Supplementary Web Page
No Laboratory Assignment
1 Oct.
Operational Amplifiers and Op Amp Circuits
Sedra & Smith:  Chapter 2; Appendices C, D and F;  Supplementary Web Page
No Laboratory Assignment
8 Oct.
No Class Meeting
Operational Amplifiers and Op Amp Circuits
Sedra & Smith:  Chapter 2; Supplementary Web PageInsulation, 
Laboratory Assignment: Op Amp Circuits
15 Oct.
Conduction and "Semi conduction"
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 3; Supplementary Web Page
The PN Junction 
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 3; Supplementary Web Page
Laboratory Assignment: Introduction to SPICE
22 Oct.
Basic Semiconductor Fabrication Processes
Sedra & Smith: Appendix A; Supplementary Web Page
Characteristics and Applications
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 3; Supplementary Web Page
Laboratory Assignment: Diode& Diode Circuits
29 Oct.
 Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT's)
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 4; Supplementary Web Page
No Laboratory Assignment
5 Nov.
 BJT Circuits Basic Circuit Configurations
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 4; Supplementary Web Page
Laboratory Assignment: BJT SPICE Simulations
12 Nov.
Unipolar or Junction Field-Effect Transistors (JFET's)
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 5; Supplementary Web Page
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET's)
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 5; Supplementary Web Page
Laboratory Assignment: BJT Circuits
19 Nov.
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET's)
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 5; Supplementary Web Page
Thanksgiving Recess
No Laboratory Assignment
26 Nov.
MOSFET/JFET Basic Circuit Configurations
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 5; Supplementary Web Page
Differential and Multistage Amplifiers
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 6; Supplementary Web Page
Laboratory Assignment: MOSFET Circuits
3 Dec.
Differential and Multistage Amplifiers
Sedra & Smith: Chapter 6;  Supplementary Web Page
Laboratory Assignment: MOSFET Circuits (cont.)
10 Dec.
Orcad PSPICE overview
A Short Introduction to Digital Logic  Families - Particularly TTL
A Short Introduction to Digital Logic 
Families - Particularly TTL
No Laboratory Assignment
17 Dec.
Winter Recess
24 Dec.
Winter Recess
29 Dec.
Winter Recess
Reading Period 
(Completion of laboratories and possible makeup lectures)
7 Jan.
Reading Period 
(Completion of laboratories and possible makeup lectures)
14 Jan.
Examination Period (Exam TBA)
21 Jan.
Examination Period
Interterm 

 

Sedra & Smith = Microelectronic Circuits, 4th edition,
Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith, HRW,1998, ISBN 0-19-511663-1. 
See  http://www.sedrasmith.org  for a description of this text.

This page was prepared and is maintained by R. Victor Jones
Comments to:jones@deas.harvard.edu


Last updated December 4, 2001