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Schedule
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1 | 1/20 | Mon | Martin Luther King's day | Unit 1. DC & AC circuits |
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| 1/21 | Tue | First day of class | L2 | Due Feb 10 |
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2 | 1/27 | Mon | Lecture 1: Circuit Analysis, Kirchoff's laws, phasors | DC & AC circuits |
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| Wed | * Superposition, Bode Plots, Time Domain | L3 |
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3 | 2/3 | Mon | * Imedance matching, electrical safety Lecture 2: Amplifiers | Unit 2. Diodes |
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| Wed | Lecture 3: Semiconductors, pn junctions | L3 |
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4 | 2/10 | Mon | Lecture 4: Diode circuits | Unit 3. Transistor amps |
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| L2 | Lab 1 report (Parts 1,2,3) due Feb 16 |
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| Wed | Lecture 5: Bipolar junction transistors | L3 |
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5 | 2/17 | Mon | Lecture 6: Multitransistor Amps | Transistor amps | Due March 10 |
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| Wed | Lecture 7:: Operational amplifiers | L3 |
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6 | 2/24 | Mon | Operational amplifiers (continue) | Transistor Amps |
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| Wed | *Lecture 8. Analog filters | L3 |
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7 | 3/3 | Mon | *Lecture 9. Power supplies and regulators | Unit 4. OP amps |
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| Wed | *Lecture 10. Oscillators, circuit stability | L3 |
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8 | 3/10 | Mon | Oscillators, circuit stability (continue) Lecture 10-2: FETs | OP amps | Due March 30 |
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| Wed | *Lecture 11. MOSFETS | L3 | Report due for Transistor and earlier labs March 15 |
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9 | 3/17 | Mon | No lecture -- Spring break |
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| Wed | No lecture -- Spring break | No lab |
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10 | 3/24 | Mon |
*Lecture 12. Logic gates | Op amps | Due April 14 |
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| Wed | Logic gates (continue) | L3 |
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11 | 3/31 | Mon | No lecture --lab time | Op amps | HW3 solution | Seattle |
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| Wed | *Lecture 13. sequential logic and memory | L3 | Report due for op amp and earlier labs April 6 |
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12 | 4/7 | Mon | *Lecture 14. Analog/digital conversion | Unit 5. Digital |
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| Wed | *Lecture 15. Sampling and aliasing; *Lecture 16: Digital filter | L3 |
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13 | 4/14 | Mon | *Lecture 17. Electronic noise | Digital | hw5 Due May 5 |
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| Wed | *Lecture 18. optoelectronics, I2C bus | L3 |
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14 | 4/21 | Mon | *Lecture 19. Transmission line |
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| Wed | *Lecture 20. Phase-sensistive detection | L3 |
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15 | 4/28 | Mon | *Lecture 21. Signal modulation | Unit 6. Lockin amplifier | Op amp lab report due April 28 |
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| Wed | *Lecture 22. Mixing and demodulation | Lockin amplifier L3 |
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16 | 5/5 | Mon | *Lecture 23: Spice simulations | Lockin amplifier; modulation lab (optional lab) | HW5 solution |
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| Wed | L3 | Last lab report due May 10 |
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17 | 5/12 | Mon | Final exam week |
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| Tue | PHYS404 final exam: 8:00-11:00am (tentative) |
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18 | 5/19 | Mon |
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