George Washington University
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE-121 Analog Electronics Design

Location: Tompkins Hall, Room 202
Time: MW  2:00-3:15 pm, Spring Semester 2005.

Instructor: Dr. Ahmadi, Shahrokh
Office: Phillips Hall T614
E-Mail: ahmadi@seas.gwu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 3:15 - 4:15pm

Course Objectives:

Design, testing, and measurement of analog electronic circuits. Differential and Multistage amplifiers. Output stages and power amplifier. Frequency response of amplifiers. High frequency models of  FETs and BJTs. Introduction to feedback circuit topologies. Use of electronic CAD tools  such as Orcad Pspice. Prerequisite for this course is ECE20.

Textbook:
Microelectronic Circuits, Fourth Edition, Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith, Oxford University Press, New York (1998). ISBN 0-19-511663-1.

References:

1. Lecture notes and any handouts distributed  in class during the semester.
2. Schematic Capture with MicroSim PSPICE (Orcad), Third Edition, Marc E. Herniter, Prentice Hall, New Jersey (1998). ISBN 0-13-629494-4.
3. Design Techniques for Analog and Digital Circuits, Randall L. Geiger, Phillip E. Allen, and Noel R. Strader, McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York (1990)
4. CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Phillip E. Allen, and Douglas R. Holberg, Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York

Grading:

Mid-term (2) 35% , Final Exam  30%, Lab 35% (which includes 5% for project I, 5% for Project II, 10% for final projects, 15% for all the experiments), Note all homework  will be collected and checked: All ECE121 students must register for the lab. This is a 4-credit course that comes with a lab.

Engineering Electronics and Design - Discussion and Laboratory 121-30,31

Experiments are support of the theory of operation of analog and digital electronic circuits and devices. Characteristics of nonlinear operation of electronic devices, and their use in industrial electronics. SCRs and other pnpn devices, power supplies, differential and multistage amplifiers, oscillators, push-pull circuits, filters, and tuned amplifiers.

Time and place for labs:
Tuesday, 6:10 - 10:00pm, Tompkins Hall 303.
Thursday, 6:10pm - 10:00pm, Tompkins Hall 303.

Lab Instructor:

Farid Hassani, e-mail: farid_h@gwu.edu
Tompkins Hall 307 Tel. (202) 994-4970
Office Hour, Wednesday 4:00 - 6:00pm. .

Lab Attendance:

Students are expected to be at every laboratory session. Make up sessions are to be for excused absences only, and are to be arranged with the instructor. Laboratory hours are posted outside the laboratory.

Lab Textbooks and course material:

Recommended books:

M.E. Herniter, ``Schematic Capture with Microsim PSpice'', 3rd ed., Prentice Hall.
A.S. Sedra, K.C. Smith, ``Microelectronic Circuits'', Oxford University Press.
books used in related theory courses.
Class handouts, data sheets, general information, etc.
Laboratory logbook: Laboratory Notebook from Scientific Notebook Co., part. no. 2001.

Electronic parts and hand tools:

ECE-121 parts kit;
Tools kit used in previous lab courses;
Two prototype solid breadboards.