PHYS 404 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week

Date

 

Lecture

Lab

HW

travel

1

1/20

Mon

Martin Luther King's day

Unit 1. DC & AC circuits

 

 

 

1/21

Tue

First day of class

L2

hw1

Due Feb 10

 

 

1/22

Wed

  • Kirchoff's law, Phasors (recorded lecture)

L3

 

Seattle

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

Seattle

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

Seattle

2

1/27

Mon

  • Superposition, Bode Plots, Time Domain, Amplifiers

DC & AC circuits

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*Semiconductors, pn junctions

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

3

2/3

Mon

*Diode circuits

Unit 2. Diodes

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

4

2/10

Mon

*

Unit 3. Transistor amps

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

Parts 1,2,3 

report due 

Feb 16

 

 

 

Wed

*Bipolar junction transistors

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

5

2/17

Mon

*Multitransistor Amps

Transistor amps

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*Operational amplifiers

L3

hw2

Due March 3

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

ORNL

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

ORNL

6

2/24

Mon

 

Transistor Amps

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

  • No lecture -- lab time

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

7

3/3

Mon

*Analog filters

Unit 4. OP amps

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

8

3/10

Mon

*Power supplies and regulators

OP amps

hw3

Due March 26

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*Oscillators, circuit stability

L3

Report due for

Transistor 

and earlier labs

March 15

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

9

3/17

Mon

  • No lecture -- Spring break

 

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

No lab 

 

 

 

 

Wed

  • No lecture -- Spring break

No lab

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

No lab

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

No lab

 

 

10

3/24

Mon

*MOSFETS

Op amps

hw4

Due April 14

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*Logic gates

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

11

3/31

Mon

*sequential logic and memory (recorded lecture)

Op amps

 

Seattle

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

  • No lecture -- lab time

L3

Report due

for op amp and 

earlier labs

April 6

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

12

4/7

Mon

*Analog/digital conversion

Unit 5. Digital

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*sampling, aliasing

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

13

4/14

Mon

*noise analysis of circuits

Digital

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*optoelectronics, I2C bus

magnetometer

L3

hw5

Due April 29

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

14

4/21

Mon

*Transmission line

 

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*Phase sensistive detection

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

W. DC

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

W. DC

15

4/28

Mon

*signal modulation

Unit 6. Lockin amplifier

Op amp lab

report due

April 28

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*mixing and demodulation

Lockin amplifier

modulation lab

L3

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

16

5/5

Mon

*no lecture -- lab time

Lockin amplifier

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Wed

*no lecture -- lab time

L3

Last lab report

due May 10

 

 

 

Thu

 

L2

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

L3

 

 

17

5/12

Mon

Final exam week

 

 

 

 

 

Tue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fri

 

 

 

 

18

5/19

Mon