EECS 245: Electronics

Spring 2002, Prof. Frank Merat

General Information

Class Lectures: MWF 11:30-12:20pm, White 411

Course Instructor: Frank Merat, flm@po.cwru.edu, Glennan 518, x4572

Instructor's Office Hours: MW 2:00-2:30 (May also be available M 1-2pm if no visiting high school students)

M W	2:00-3:00pm 2:00-3:00pm

Course T.A.'s:

Dave Hill, djh3@po.cwru.edu (Homework)
Mike Rossiter, mjr10@po.cwru.edu (Labs)
Wondimeneh Tesfayesus, wxt7@po.cwru.edu (Labs)

T.A.'s Office Hours:

Homework recitation (Dave Hill) - Monday 5:45pm (White 411); others times by appt.
Lab assistance (Wondi Tesfayesus) - Wednesday 1-2 pm (Glennan 308), Fridays 1-3 pm (Glennan 308); other times by appt.
Lab assistance (Mike Rossiter) - Tuesday 12-2 (Glennan 308), Wednesday 1:30-2:30 (Glennan 308); other times by appt.

Required Texts

Allan R, Hambley. Electronics, 2nd Edition. Prentice-Hall, 2000. ISBN:0-13-691982-0. Buy it for $107 (new) from www.bn.com: Electronics, 2nd Edition
(You should have this textbook from ENGR 210.) Roland E. Thomas and Albert J. Rosa. The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, Third Edition. John Wiley, 2001. ISBN: 0-471-38679-0. Buy it for $109.75 from www.bn.com: The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, Third Edition

Syllabus

Syllabus (PDF, 64k)

Homework Sets and Solutions Diode HW Problems (PDF, 1MB) Homework 1 Due January 30th (PDF, 10k) Homework 1 Solutions (PDF, 204k) Diode Problem If you think you know diodes try Problem 7. This is not a HW problem. Homework 2 Due February 6th (PDF, 5k) Homework 2 Solutions (PDF, 336k) Homework 3 Due February 13th (PDF, 11k) Homework 3 Solutions (PDF, 244k) Important reminder - Exam #1 will be given in class February 18th -It will cover all lecture topics and homework problems! Exam 1 Study Guide - Just a nicely formatted set of homework solutions to use for studying for the exam. (PDF, 848k) Homework 4 - Due March 6th. (PDF, 24k) Homework 4 Solutions (PDF, 528k) Homework 5 - Due March 20th. (PDF, 8k) Homework 5 Solutions (PDF, 336k) Homework 6 - Due March 27th. (PDF, 5k) Homework 6 Solutions (PDF, 404k) Homework 7 - Due April 3rd. (PDF, 8k) Homework 7 Solutions (PDF, 272k) Exam 2 Study Guide - Just a nicely formatted set of homework solutions to use for studying for the exam. (PDF, 1.5MB) Important reminder - Exam #2 will be given in class April 8th -it will cover all lecture topics and homework problems since the last exam! Homework 8 - Due April 17th. (PDF, 12k) Homework 8 Solutions (PDF, 392k) Homework 9 - Due April 24th. (PDF, 8k) <-- modified 4/22/02 Homework 9 Solutions (PDF, 240k) Homework 10 - Due April 29th. (PDF, 8k) Homework 10 Solutions (PDF,168k) Important reminder - the final exam is Friday, May 3rd, 8am-11am. Final exam study guide (PDF,924k) <-- Just a nicely formatted set of homework solutions since the last exam to use for studying for the exam. Approximately 50% of the final will cover topics found in this guide. The remaining 50% will come from the material covered in the study guides for exam #1 and exam #2.

Labs Lab Group Assignments (PDF, 16k) Building your GrayMark (PDF, 556k) Power Supply Manual (PDF, 9.6MB) How to use the Radio Shack Component Tester (PDF, 392k) Lab 1 Diode characterization, due February 1 (PDF, 35k) Transfer Function VI (ZIP, 16k) Transfer Function VI Instructions (PDF, 44k) Triad power transformer specifications Triad F-90X data sheets (PDF, 32k) Lab 2 Half wave rectifiers, due February 11th (PDF, 32k) Lab 3 Regulated power supplies, due February 20th (PDF, 20k) LM317 Voltage regulator data sheets (PDF, 670k) Lab 4 Op amp circuits, due March 1st (PDF, 24k) Lab 5 BJT characteristics, due March 8th (PDF, 44k) Lab 6 BJT amplifiers, due March 22nd (PDF, 76k) Lab 7 MOSFET characteristics, due March 29th (PDF, 140k) Lab 8 MOSFET amplifiers (PDF, 84k) Data sheet for the CD4007 MOSFETs used in Labs 7 and 8 (PDF, 52k) Grounds with laboratory equipment (PDF, 286k) Design Lab 1 RF Communications (PDF, 52k) Design Lab 1 Write-Up Instructions (PDF, 20k) Design Lab 2 Optical Communications (PDF, 48k) Design Lab 2 Write-Up instructions (PDF, 16k) QEE113 infrared emitter data sheet (PDF, 52k) PN323B infrared pin photodiode data sheet (PDF, 56k) Fairchild QSD122 infrared phototransistor data sheet (PDF, 56k) Sharp Applications Note which covers photodiode/phototransistor applications circuits (PDF, 76k) IR Link lab - Useful reference for Design Lab 2. This is an old lab which freshmen did several years ago in optical communications. The most useful part of this lab is how to characterize the LED and the photodetector to make sure that they work and to characterize the communications channel (PDF, 124k)
NOTE: Every lab group MUST do either Design Lab 1 or Design Lab 2, but NOT both.

Exams Exam #1 Solutions (PDF, 120k) Exam #1 Grade Distribution (PDF, 20k) Exam #2 Solutions (PDF, 100k) Exam #2 Grade Distribution (PDF, 24k) Final Exam Solutions (PDF, 211k) Final Exam Grade Distribution (PDF, 14k)

Lab Extra Credit assignments
NOTES:: These assignments are purely optional and can be used to directly supplement your course grade. They are NOT worth the same amount — the amount of extra credit will depend upon the quality and quantity of the work done.

Not all components for these labs are stocked in the instrument room. You may need to obtain special components from electronic stores or other sources.

Curve Tracer Design and build a circuit which will display transistor and diode characteristic curves on an oscilloscope.
Digital Voltmeter This is a challenging lab which converts analog voltages into pulses which can be recognized by appropriate digital circuitry.

More Extra Credit Assignments

MOSFET digital logic - Problems 6.35, 6.51)
Tube amplifier design You may do any and all problems beyond 5.9 (pdf, 3.5 MB)

PSpice Extra Credit Assignments

Read the appropriate reference material. Note that the reference material uses the older text version of PSpice and NOT the schematic entry version which you are using.