Topics

Op-amp circuits

• Ideal op amp review (from 201)
• And more ideal op amps
• Non-ideal aspects of op-amps
• Op-amp gain-bandwidth limitations
• Stability & Linear oscillators
• Designing amplifiers with one supply
• Non-linear circuits: comparators
• non-linear oscillators
• Comparator/oscillator: Excel spreadsheet calculator | JavaScript calculator (Ben Engebrecht, Fall 2015)
• 555 timer
• Data converters

Laplace & Fourier

• Laplace intro
• Circuit analysis in the frequency domain
• Inverse transform
• Transfer functions

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• Fourier series
• Complex Fourier series
• Fourier Transform
• Sampling
• Fast Fourier Transform

Filters

• Background and basic definitions
• First-order filters
• Second-order filters - intro
• Second-order filters - circuits
• Second-order Ladder circuits
• Interesting op-amp 2nd-order filters
• Higher-order filters: Butterworth, etc

Semiconductors

• Semiconductors: Electrons and holes
• Drift and diffusion

Diodes

• p-n junction
• Ideal diode equation and the on/off approximation (review from 201)
• Examples of diodes in circuits.
• Zener diodes
• Rectifiers (review from 201).
• Clamping / regulation.
• opto-electronic diodes
• Fancier rectifiers

BJTs

• from diode to BJT – npn forward-active operation
• npn in saturation
• Complete npn model.
• pnp BJT
• BJT applications

MOSFETs

• NMOS current-voltage characteristics
• NMOS example problems
• NMOS inverter
• PMOS

Small-signal

• Small-signal analysis – general concepts
• Small-signal models for MOSFETs and BJTs
• Common-source and common-emitter amps
• Common-gate and common-base amps
• Common-drain and common-collectors amps

Digital circuits

• inverters
• Noise margin, size, power, and speed
• CMOS inverter
• NAND and NOR gates
• higher-order functionality
• Flash memory