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PHYSICS 110 FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS
FALL 2008
Philip Blackburn, M.S.
Office Hours:
Room S-127F
Mon. 11:00 - 12:00 AM
468-3001 Thur. 1:30 - 3:00 PM
I. Purpose
The purpose of this course is to introduce the fundamental principles of electronics.
Because electronics has become such an integral part of our lives, a basic understanding of
electronics has become a necessity.
II.
Materials
The text for the course is Electronics Technology Fundamentals (Conventional Flow
Version), Second Edition, by Paynter and Boydell. The material presented in class will be
reinforced with a laboratory experience. The manual required for the laboratory is
Laboratory Manual to Accompany Electronics Technology Fundamentals, Second Edition,
by Paynter and Boydell. Although the material will be presented with an emphasis on
practical applications, the theory portion of this course is somewhat mathematical and
requires a working knowledge of high school algebra.
III. Homework
Homework problems will be assigned throughout the semester. The due dates will be
announced in class and the homework will be due at the beginning of the class period on
the due date. HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE. Each homework
problem will be worth 10 points. Of those 10 points, only 1 point is for the answer. The
remaining 9 points is for the work leading to the answer. The homework shall have the
following form:
1. A written statement of the problem. In other words, write the problem down
verbatim as it appears in the text.
2. A sketch that accompanies the problem.
3. A clear and logical progression of work leading to the solution.
If there are any doubts as to the form of the homework, then reference the many example
problems in the text. The homework is very important because your homework average
will carry the same weight as a major exam.

IV. Exams
SEPT. 19 EXAM 1 Chapter 1: Principles of Electricity
Chapter 2: Components and Circuit Measurements
Chapter 3: Ohm's Law and Power
Chapter 4: Series Circuits
Chapter 5: Parallel Circuits
Chapter 6: Series-Parallel Circuits
Chapter 7: Circuit Analysis Techniques
OCT. 13 EXAM 2 Chapter 9: Alternating Current and AC Measurements
Chapter 10: Inductors
Chapter 11: Resistive-Inductive (RL) Circuits
Chapter 12: Capacitors
Chapter 13: Resistive-Capacitive (RC) Circuits
Chapter 14: RLC Circuits and Resonance
NOV. 7 EXAM 3 Chapter 17: Introduction to Solid State Components: Diodes
Chapter 18: Basic Diode Circuits
Chapter 19: Bipolar Junction Transistor Operation and Biasing
Chapter 20: BJT Amplifiers
DEC. 10 FINAL Selected Topics:
(Wed. 10:30 am - 12:30 pm) Op-Amp Circuits, 555 Timer Circuits, Power Supplies, Digital
Logic Gates, and Digital Audio Recording
V. Grading
Your grade will be calculated using the following formula:
Grade = .75
⎛
⎜
⎝
Exam 1 + Exam 2 +Exam 3 + Final +Hmewk Ave
5
where, A: 90-100, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, and F: 0-59.
⎞
⎟ + .25 ( Lab Ave)
,
⎠
Note that in accordance with the course description in the General Bulletin, the lecture part
and the lab part go together to form a single grade. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SAME
GRADE IN BOTH THE LECTURE AND THE LAB BASED ON THE FORMULA
ABOVE.

PHYSICS 110L FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS LAB
FALL 2008
Philip Blackburn, M.S.
Office Hours:
Room S-127F
Mon. 11:00 - 12:00 AM
468-3001 Thur. 1:30 - 3:00 PM
I. Purpose
The purpose of the lab is to reinforce the theory covered in the lecture part of this course
with hands-on experience.
II.
Materials
The manual required for the lab is Laboratory Manual to Accompany Electronics
Technology Fundamentals, Second Edition, by Paynter and Boydell.
III. Labs
For the semester, there will be 11 regular labs and a final practicum. The final practicum is
mandatory. Of the 11 regular labs, the 2 lowest grades will be dropped when computing
the lab average. If you have any absences, either excused or unexcused, you will receive a
grade of 0 for those labs and they will count towards your 2 drop grades. The lab schedule
is as follows:
LAB WEEK EXPERIMENTS
1 Sept. 8 - Sept. 12 Exercise 3: Ohm's Law
Exercise 5: Series Circuits and Kirchhoff's Voltage Law
2 Sept. 15 - Sept. 19 Exercise 7: Parallel Circuits
Exercise 9: Series-Parallel Circuits
3 Sept. 22 - Sept. 26 Exercise 11: The Superposition Theorem
Exercise 12: Thevenin's Theorem and Max. Power Transfer
4 Sept. 29 - Oct. 3 Exercise 13: Inductors and Inductive Reactance
Exercise 17: Capacitors and Capacitive Reactance
5 Oct. 6 - Oct. 10 Exercise 15: Series RL Circuits
Exercise 16: Parallel RL Circuits
6 Oct. 13 - Oct. 17 Exercise 18: Series RC Circuits
Exercise 19: Parallel RC Circuits
7 Oct. 20 - Oct. 24 Exercise 20: Series LC Circuits
Exercise 21: Parallel LC Circuits
8 Oct. 27 - Oct. 31 Exercise 28: Diode Characteristics
Exercise 29: Diode Rectifier Circuits
9 Nov. 3 - Nov. 7 Exercise 33: The Common-Emitter Amplifier
10 Nov. 10 - Nov. 14 Exercise 39: Inverting Amplifiers
Exercise 40: Noninverting Amplifiers
11 Nov. 17 - Nov. 21 Exercise 46: The 555 Timer
Digital Logic Gates
Final Nov. 24 - Nov. 28 Practicum over use of the lab equipment.

III. Grading
Your grade in lab will count 25% of your course grade. Your course grade will be
calculated using the following formula:
Grade = .75
⎛
⎜
⎝
Exam 1 + Exam 2 +Exam 3 + Final +Hmewk Ave
5
where, A: 90-100, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, and F: 0-59.
⎞
⎟ + .25 ( Lab Ave)
,
⎠
Note that in accordance with the course description in the General Bulletin, the lecture part
and the lab part go together to form a single grade. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SAME
GRADE IN BOTH THE LECTURE AND THE LAB BASED ON THE FORMULA
ABOVE.