Physics 6B Basic Electronics (Systems Approach) Overview: This course analyzes electronic systems by considering the functions of passive and active electronic devices such as sources, resistors, capacitors, inductors and semiconductor diodes and transistors. It seeks to describe the responses of circuits to several parameters. Having familiarized themselves with electronic devices, students, at the end of the course, are expected to at least assemble if not develop an electronic system of input-process-output scheme for signals. Objectives: At the end of the course, students are expected to 1. analyze circuits consisting of resistors, capacitors, inductors and semiconductor devices 2. provide proper arrangement/configuration of electronic components to meet given input and output

conditions of signals 3. construct and explain the operations, as a system, of an electronic project Course Requirements Textbooks: No specific textbook prescribed. See list of suggestions Software: Circuit Maker (Student Version) Course Policies

Lecture 65% Laboratory -25% Project 10% 3 long Exams 45% Reports 15% Final Exam 5% Performance 10% Quizzes 15%

Agreement 1. Attendance during lecture is not checked. However, no make-up test will be given for missed quizzes. 2. Long examinations are USUALLY BUT NOT NECESSARILY announced. No reconsideration for

missed long exams except for VERY valid reasons, justified by ORIGINAL support papers. 3. Attendance during laboratory meetings is checked and is credited under performance. A student must

not submit a lab report for a session he/she was not present. Make up classes for lab are scheduled on the last week of the term, with the student requesting for consideration making ALL necessary room and equipment arrangement.

4. Laboratory reports MUST be computerized, following a lab report template. Lab reports are due on the next laboratory schedule. Late laboratory reports are accepted with corresponding deductions. Lab reports are graded using a scale of 0-5 with 5 as the perfect score.

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Physics 6B Basic Electronics (Systems Approach) Course Topics, Laboratory, Reading and Projects

Unit Topics Lab Readings Project

P1 - Short Module on

History of Electronics

P2 - Table of Electronic Symbols and Operations

Introduction

Voltage and Current Sources Circuit Analysis Methods: Superposition of sources, Mesh Analysis, Loop Analysis Voltage Sources Current Sources Network Theorems

LO - Breadboad and

Circuit Maker Student Version (CSMV) Software

L1 - Kirchoff's Rules L2 - Network

Theorems

R1 - Ohm's Law,

Kirchoff's Current and Voltage Rules, Current and Voltage Divider Rules

R2 - Thevenin's and Norton's Theorem

AC/Filters

Capacitors and Inductors Frequency Response, Filters and Bode Plots RLC Circuits

L3 - Capacitors L4 - Inductors

R3 - AC theory,

Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis, Phasors

P4 - TBA

Semiconductors

Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors Doping Diodes and Biasing

Diode Theory and Circuits

Diode Curve Forward and Reverse Regions Diode Approximation Reading Diode Data Sheets Rectifiers

L5 -Alternating to

Direct Current L6 - Half-wave, Full-

wave and Bridge Rectifiers

L6a - Voltage Multipliers

R4 - Special

Purpose Diodes

Transistors

Bipolar Transistors BCE Curves Ideal Transistor and Approximations Transistor as a switch Transistor Biasing

L7 - Transistors

R5 Transistors as switches

Electronic Systems

Projects- Proposal, Assembly, Evaluation

P5 Electronic Project

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Physics 6B Basic Electronics (Systems Approach)

Resources Suggested Textbooks:

[1] N. Storey, Electronics: A Systems Approach, Chapter 3, Prentice Hall, NY, 2000. [2] P. Horowitz and W. Hill, The Arts of Electronics, Chapter 1, Cambridge University

Press, 2000. [3] N. Malvino, Electronics: Electronic Principles, Chapters1-6, Glencoe Division of

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing , OH, 1989 [4] Johnson, D. (1992). Electric Circuit Analysis. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc. [5] Grob, B. (1992) Basic Electronics. Illinois: McGraw-Hill, Inc. [6] Fuller, J.(2000) Electronic Handbook Simplified Reference for Teachers. (See

attachments to this course pack)

Internet Resources: (Note: The other websites useful for the course are also included on the

references/readings list/links of the following websites) Basic Electronics online animations and simulations for electronic teachers or students.

http://www.science-ebooks.com/electronics/basic_electronics.htm Electronics for Beginners and Intermediate Electronics http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/g_knott/index1.htm Basic Electronics http://home.att.net/~basicelectronics/ Soldering Techniques http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/solderfaq.htm

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