ECE 327 Electronic Circuits II

ECE 327
SIUE, Spring 2003
Electronic Circuits II
Syllabus
Course definition
327-4 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS II. Small signal analysis and frequency response; operational
amplifier design; feedback system analysis, stability and compensation; oscillators;
A/D and D/A converters. Three hours lecture and one 3-hour laboratory
per week. Prerequisites: 326 or consent of instructor. (from Undergraduate Catalog;
counts as 4 credit hours).
Basic course information
Instructor:
Dr. Andy Lozowski
Engineering Building, Room 3075
Phone: 618–650–2801
Fax: 618–650–3374
Email: a.lozowski@ieee.org
http://www.ee.siue.edu/˜alozows
Office hours: weekdays 1:45–2:45, or by appointment (EB 3075)
Teaching Assistant: Timothy York
Email: tyork42380@yahoo.com
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30–4:30
Class hours: Tuesday, Thursday 12:30–1:45 (EB 2011)
Lab hours: Section 002, Tuesday, 9:30–12:20 (EB 2009)
Section 003, Friday, 9:30–12:20 (EB 2009)
Final exam: Wednesday, May 7, 12:00–1:40 (EB 2011)
Text: See [1, 2].
Corequisite:
ECE 327–002 or ECE 327–003 (laboratory sections).
Class policy
Class attendance is not mandatory except for
the tests. Missing a test without an acceptable
excuse may result in your being dropped from
the class roster. Long term absences resulting
in missing more course work should be discussed
with the Dean of Students, tel. 618 650
2020. You may be dropped from the class roster
if the prerequisite/corequisite requirement
is not met.
Homework problems will be assigned weekly
in class. The homeworks will not be collected
for grading. Instead, a 10-15 minute closedbook
quiz will be given on the homework assignments
on the day they are due. You will
be asked to solve one or a few of the homework
problems. The quiz grades will constitute
the homework grade. There will be no makeup
opportunities on these quizes. However, two
(missing or worst) quiz grades will be dropped
when the homework grade is calculated.
Grades will be based on written evidence in the
submitted work. Always show your work. Answers
without sufficient supporting work will
be awarded zero score. If you provide multiple
answers to a problem that has a unique solution,
only one of your solutions will be picked
for grading: top-most or left-most, not necessarily
the correct one. Make sure to read the
problems carefully. There will be no credit for
solutions to misread problems. If extra pages
of work need to be attached to the test, number
them and print your name on each sheet.
Measurement units are considered an important
part of the answer. Answers given with
incorrect units or unit prefixes may be considered
wrong even if the numeric part is right.
Grades assigned are not negotiable. However,
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if adjustment of grade is needed because of erroneous
totaling of points, address the disputes
no later than a week after the assignment has
been returned.
According to the Catalog, the following grading
symbols are used by SIUE: A–Excellent,
B–Good, C–Satisfactory, D–Poor, and F–Failure
(see Academic Policies and Requirements). The
letter grades will be assigned based on
point scores in the following manner: A–
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perform the experiments. The quiz score will
constitute 25% of the lab grade.
Experiments are to be performed individually.
A written report will be collected by the TA at
the end of the laboratory session. The report
must be an autonomous document, i.e. it must
be clear to the reader what has been done without
referring to the laboratory manual. In particular,
you should not use statements like: “we
assembled circuit shown in page 52 and measured
voltage at point F”. All relevant schematics
must be included in your report and all
measured voltages and currents must be labeled
on your schematics.
Your TA will grade the reports and submit them
to the instructor. The instructor will review the
grades and may change them. In particular,
the instructor will check the reports for completeness
and the level of professionalism in
the write-up. Reports will be reviewed to assess
achievement of the following educational
goal: “Students will obtain an ability to express
ideas effectively in both oral and written communication.”
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The final grade will be an A, B, C, D, or F based
on the grade point > score . Note that the above
equation can be used to determine the grade “to
date” if the percentage for unassigned grades
are set to zero. There will be no extra credit
available. Work on your grades throughout the
semester.
Lab Policy
The hardware laboratory will consist of preliminary
work, experimental work, and reports.
You are expected to have read through the
entire assignment in the lab manual prior to
coming to the lab. You may have insufficient
amount of time to complete the experiment
if you fail to do so. Make sure to solve all
the problems assigned in the section entitled
“Preparation” in the relevant sections of the lab
manual. Quizes will be given before every experiment
to verify that you have done the preliminary
work and have knowledge sufficient to
One (worst or missing) lab grade will be
dropped when the final lab grade is calculated.
After completion of the lab experiment, the
work station must be left in a state no worse
than it was upon arrival to the laboratory. No
items such as parts, wires, bags, etc..., can
be left in the lab after use. All instruments
must be turned off (unless otherwise noted).
Also, all the equipment moved for the needs
of experiment must be put back in its original
place. This includes probes and cables. No circuits
may be left on the CADET bread-boards.
If the CADET bread-boards were pre-wired for
the power supply distribution (+,-,GND), these
wires should stay intact. At any time, unoccupied
workstations left with circuits labeled “do
not dismantle” may be cleaned-up by a TA or
faculty inspecting the lab and reported to the
lab manager for disciplinary actions.
References
[1] A. Sedra and K. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits.
Oxford University Press, 4 ed., 1998.
[2] K. C. Smith, Laboratory Explorations. Oxford
University Press, 4 ed., 1998.
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