DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
SPRING 2009
COURSE SYLLABUS
ECE 440 – ELECTRONICS II
Instructor
Ben Mallard
Office: JD3335
Office Hours: Mondays, 2pm-4pm; Thursdays, 1pm – 3pm
Email Addresses: bmallard@csun.edu or bfm7152@cs.com
Phone: (818) 677-5636 or x5636
Website: http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~bmallard
Textbook and Materials
Fundamentals of Microelectronics, Behzad Rezavi, Preview Edition
Lecture Notes, Ben Mallard
PSPICE Computer Program
MATLAB Computer Program
Class Assignments
Homework
Quizzes
Midterm Examinations
Final Examination
Late Assignments
10 % Penalty each week assignment is late
Grading
Homework, 10%
Quizzes, 20%
Midterm Examinations, 30%
Final Examination, 40%
Course Outline
Class Date Topics and
01/21 Single and Multi- Stage Amplifiers (Class Notes)
01/26 Differential Amplifiers (Class Notes)
01/28 Principles of Feedback (12.1 – 12.2)
02/02 Two Port Networks
02/04 Feedback Amplifiers (12.3 – 12.5)
02/09 Feedback Structures (12.6 -12.7)
02/11 Stability of Feedback Amplifiers (12.8)
02/16 Compensation (12.8)
02/18 Midterm Examination #1
02/23 Theory of Oscillation (Class Notes)
02/25
03/02 Ring Oscillators (Class Notes)
03/04 Colpitts and Hartley Oscillators (Class Notes)
03/09
03/11 Theory of Passive and Active Filters (14.1)
03/16 First and Second Order Filters (14.2, 14.3)
03/18 Notch and Bandstop Filters (Class Notes)
03/23 Active Filters (14.4)
03/25 Butterworth Filters I (14.5)
03/30 Butterworth Filters II (14.5)
04/01 Midterm Examination 2
04/06 Spring Break – No Class
04/08 Spring Break – No Class
04/13 Chebyshev Filters I (14.5)
04/15 Chebyshev Filters II (14.5)
04/20 Switched Capacitor Filter Circuits (Class Notes)
04/22 Theory of Tuned Amplifiers (Class Notes)
04/27 Tuned Amplifiers Circuits
04/29 Midterm Examination #3
05/04 Power Amplifiers (13.1, 13.2-13.6)
05/06 Heat Dissipation and Efficiency (13.7, 13.8)
05/13 Final Examination, 12:45pm – 2:45pm
Quiz Schedule
Class Date Topics
1/26 Multi-stage Amplifiers
02/11 Feedback Structures
03/04 RC Oscillators
03/18 Second Order Filters
04/22 Active Filters