Physics 321 —  Fall 2023
  Electric Circuits and Electronics

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

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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: "Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis", J.D. Irwin and  
                            R.M. Nelms (Similar level to Sprott.  More thorough & additional topics.)


  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) On reserve in AMP library.

                                                                                               

Exams:


   Midterm exam #1: Thursday October 5th, in class

   Midterm exam #2:  Thursday November 9th in class

   Final Exam:  Tuesday December 19th 10:05-12:05

Course Instructor:
 

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

 

    Office Hours: 5:30-6:30 Mondays in 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 304                                    sections 302 and 303
   Joshua Doucette jddoucette@wisc.edu            Robin Chisholm wschisholm@wisc.edu

    Office Hour: 5:30 Tue & Thurs in 3119a Ch.       Office Hour: 12-1:00 Wednesdays in 3119a Ch.

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Resources :

Syllabus — 2023 (sept 30)

Lecture Notes

Appendices

Supplementary Notes

Fourier Transforms Cheatsheet

Other References (login required)


Homework Problem Sets

Prelab Worksheets

Laboratory Experiments

Lab Notebook Comments

Laboratory Equipment

       This is the tutorial for Lab 4

    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


9/6

(No Lab)

No class

9/7

 

DC Voltage and Current, Ohm’s Law, Sources

1.1-1.5; 1.6

2

HW1

9/12

(Lab 1)

Kirchoff’s Laws, Linearity

9/14

 

Linear Circuit Theorems

1.7; 2.1-2.6

3

HW2

9/19

(Lab 2)

Inductors, Capacitors, Transient Analysis

9/21

 

AC Circuits, Time Domain

 3.1-3.8

4

HW3

9/26

(Lab 3)

AC Circuits, Frequency Domain

9/28

 

LCR circuits

4.1-4.4

5

HW4

10/3

(Lab 4)

Filters, Transformers

10/5

 

Midterm Exam #1

4.5-4.8;

6

HW5

10/10

(Lab 5)

Fourier Analysis

10/12

 

Fourier Analysis, Transmission Line

5.1-5.6

7

HW6

 

10/17

(Lab 6)

Intro. to p-n Junctions

10/19

 

Diode Applications Junction FETs

6.1-6.3,    6.4-6.9*,

7.7-7.9

8

X

10/24

(Lab 7)

Bipolar Transistors

10/26

 

Transistor Amplifiers

8.1-8.8

9

HW7

10/31

(Lab 8)

Transistor Amplifiers; Intro. Operational Amplifiers

11/2

 

Applications of Ideal Op-Amps

9.1-9.5

10

HW8

11/7

(Lab 9)

Negative Feedback with Finite Gain

11/9

 

Midterm Exam #2

9.6-9.9

11

HW9

11/14

(Lab 10)

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

11/16

 

Binary Numbers and Boolean Algebra

10.1, 10.6*,  11.1-11.3

12

X

11/21

(No lab.)

Logic Circuits, Adders

11/23

 

No class (Thanksgiving)

13

HW 10

11/28

(Lab 11)

Flip- flops

11/30

 

Intro. to SPICE

11.5, Handout

14

HW 11

12/5

(Lab 12)

Counters and Registers, Multipliers

12/7

 

MOSFET Scaling and Moore’s Law

11.6

15

 

12/12

(No Lab)

Review and Discussion

12/14

No class

*can just skim section

FINAL EXAM   Tuesday December 19th    10:05 – 12:05

 

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