EHB 222E: Introduction to Electronics

Announcements

May 25th To see your final grades click here.
May 8th There will be a make-up lecture on May 11th between 10:30 - 12:00 in the room 2106.
Apr. 17th Midterm-2 will be held in rooms 6309 and Z4 between 9:30 - 11:30.
Apr. 13th The third homework has been posted that is due 04/05/2015 (before the lecture).
Mar. 26th There will be a Spice tutorial, given by Vehbi (TA), during the lecture time between 11:30-12:30 on 30/03/2015 .
Mar. 18th The second homework has been posted that is due 06/04/2015 (before the lecture).
Mar. 11th Midterm-1 will be held in rooms 1303 and 2106 between 9:30 - 11:30.
Feb. 16th The first homework has been posted that is due 02/03/2015 (before the lecture).
Jan. 20th As a simulation tool, Spice is required for homeworks. Among different Spice-based programs, LTspice is a good and free choice; you can download it by clicking here.

EHB 222E: Introduction to Electronics, CRN: 20725, Mondays 9:30-12:30, Room: 2106 (EEF), Spring 2015.

Instructor	Mustafa Altun Email: altunmus@itu.edu.tr Tel: 02122856635 Office hours: 13:30 – 15:00 on Tuesdays in Room:3005, EEF (or stop by my office any time)
Teaching Assistant	Salih Vehbi Cömert Email: vehbicomert@gmail.com Room: 3009 EEF
Grading	Homeworks: 15% 3 homeworks (5% each) Midterm Exams: 45% 2 midterms (22.5% each) during the lecture time that will on 16/3/2015 and 20/4/2015. Final Exam: 40%
Textbook	Sedra, A. S., & Smith, K. C. (20XX). Microelectronic circuits. Oxford University Press.
Policies	Homeworks are due at the beginning of class. Late homeworks will be downgraded by 20% for each day passed the due date. Exams are in closed-notes and closed-books format. To be eligible of taking the final or the resit exam, your midterm average should be at least 25 (out of 100).

Date	Topic
Week 1, 2/2/2015	Introduction
Week 2, 9/2/2015	Atomic models and semiconductor physics
Week 3, 16/2/2015	Physical characteristics of diodes and their operating regions
Weeks 4, 23/2/2015	Types of diodes and their applications
Weeks 5, 2/3/2015	Physical characteristics of BJTs and their operating regions
Week 6, 9/3/2015	BJT as a switch and biasing for analog applications
Weeks 7, 16/3/2015	MIDTERM I
Week 8, 23/3/2015	Physical characteristics of MOSFETs, their operating regions, and applications
Week 9, 30/3/2015	Amplifier circuits: small signal models for transistors and amplifiers
Weeks 10, 6/4/2015	Amplifier circuits: small signal analysis of amplifiers
Week 11, 13/4/2015	Amplifier circuits: cascade amplifiers and darlington transistors
Week 12, 20/4/2015	MIDTERM II
Weeks 13, 27/4/2015	Differential amplifier circuits
Weeks 14, 4/5/2015	Operational Amplifiers (OP-AMP) and applications