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Physics 321 — Fall 2022
Electric Circuits and Electronics

Lectures: 2241 Chamberlin Hall

` Lectures: 2241 Chamberlin Hall
   Tue/Thu 11:00am-12:15pm

Labs: 3119A Chamberlin Hall

Section 301: Tuesdays 2:25pm - 5:25pm

Section 302: Tuesdays 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Section 303: Wednesdays 2:25pm - 5:25pm

Section 304: Thursdays 2:25pm - 5:25pm

Text: "Introduction to Modern Electronics" J.C. Sprott (errata) (pdf)

Reference:"All About Circuits" On-line introductory circuits textbook
(pretty good, lots of diagrams, very wordy)

Reference: “The Art of Electronics”, P. Horowitz and W. Hill, 3rd Edition
(not organized as a textbook, but lots of useful information
when you want to design your own circuit) (2nd edition pdf here)

Exams:

Midterm exam #1: Thursday, Oct. 06 (in class)

Midterm exam #2: Thursday, Nov. 10 (in class)

Final Exam: Friday, December 16 12:25-2:25

Course Instructor:

Dan McCammon
mccammon@physics.wisc.edu, 608-262-5916, 6207 Chamberlin Hall

Office Hours: Wednesday 5:00-6:00PM 6207 Chamberlin, can move to 6242 Chamberlin
or: see me after class, email or call to make appointment, just stop by

Laboratory Instructors:

sections 301 and 303 sections 302 and 302

Justin Balantekin <jbalantekin@wisc.edu> Omar Mohamed <onagib@wisc.edu>

Office Hour: 12:30 pm Thursdays in 3119a Ch. Office Hour: 1:00 pm Mondays in 3119a Ch.

Resources :

Syllabus — 2022-(NEW-26 September)

Appendices

Supplementary Notes

Fourier Transforms Cheatsheet

Homework Problem Sets

Prelab Worksheets

Laboratory Experiments

Laboratory Equipment

    MSO2014 Oscilloscope Manuals

    MSO2014 Oscilloscope Tutorials

    DMM4020 Digital Multimeter

    Simpson Analog Multimeter

    AFG2021 Function Generator

    BNC 575 Pulse Generator

Topward 6306 Power Supply

    Keithley 610c Electrometer

Laboratory Software

Multisim Documentation

Syllabus

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Tuesday

Topics

Thursday

Topics

Reading

1

HW1

9/6

(No Lab)

No class

9/8

DC Voltage and Current, Ohm’s Law, Sources

1.1-1.5; 1.6

2

HW2

9/13

(Lab 1)

Kirchoff’s Laws, Linearity

9/15

Linear Circuit Theorems

1.7; 2.1-2.6

3

HW3

9/20

(Lab 2)

Inductors, Capacitors, Transient Analysis

9/22

AC Circuits, Time Domain

3.1-3.8

4

HW4

9/27

(Lab 3)

AC Circuits, Frequency Domain

9/29

LCR circuits

4.1-4.4

5

HW5

10/4

(Lab 4)

Filters, Transformers

10/6

Midterm Exam #1

4.5-4.8;

6

HW6

10/11

(Lab 6)

Fourier Analysis

10/13

Fourier Analysis, Transmission Line

5.1-5.6

7

HW7

(due 11/3)

10/18

(Lab 5)

Intro. to p-n Junctions

10/20

Diode Applications Junction FETs

6.1-6.3, 6.4-6.9*,

7.7-7.9

8

X

10/25

(Lab 7)

Bipolar Transistors

10/27

Transistor Amplifiers

8.1-8.8

9

HW8

11/1

(Lab 8)

Transistor Amplifiers; Intro. Operational Amplifiers

11/3

Applications of Ideal Op-Amps

9.1-9.5

10

HW9

11/8

(Lab 9)

Negative Feedback with Finite Gain

11/10

Midterm Exam #2

9.6-9.9

11

HW10 (due 12/1)

11/15

(Lab 10)

Positive Feedback and Oscillators, Non-Ideal Op-Amp Characteristics

11/17

Binary Numbers and Boolean Algebra

10.1, 10.6*, 11.1-11.3

12

X

11/22

(No lab.)

Logic Circuits, Adders

11/24

No class (Thanksgiving)

13

HW 11

11/29

(Lab 11)

Flip- flops

12/1

Intro. to SPICE

11.5, Handout

14

12/6

(Lab 12)

Counters and Registers, Multipliers

12/8

MOSFET Scaling and Moore’s Law

11.6

15

12/13

(No Lab)

Review and Discussion

12/15

No class

*can just skim section

FINAL EXAM Friday December 16^th 12:25 – 2:25

Last updated: 9/02/2022

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