ELE 222E: Introduction to Electronics

Announcements

Apr. 7th The second homework has been posted that is due 21/04/2014 (before the lecture).
Mar. 21st The first homework's solutions have been posted.
Mar. 1st The first homework has been posted that is due 17/03/2014 (before the lecture).
Feb. 11th 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.
Feb. 3rd The class is given in the room 4104 (first floor), EEF.

ELE 222E: Introduction to Electronics, CRN: 21452, Mondays 9:30-12:30, Room: 4104 (EEF), Spring 2014.

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: 3007 EEF
Grading	Homeworks: 15% 3 homeworks (5% each) Midterm Exams: 45% 2 midterms (22.5% each) during the lecture time that will on 24/3/2014 and 28/4/2014. Final Exam: 40%
Textbook	Sedra, A. S., & Smith, K. C. (2004). Microelectronic circuits, Oxford University Press 5th edition.
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, you should take both midterms and your midterm average should be at least 25 (out of 100).

Date	Topic
Week 1, 10/2/2014	Introduction
Week 2, 17/2/2014	Atomic models and semiconductor physics
Week 3, 24/2/2014	Physical characteristics of diodes and their operating regions
Weeks 4, 3/3/2014	Types of diodes and their applications
Weeks 5, 10/3/2014	Physical characteristics of BJTs and their operating regions
Week 6, 17/3/2014	BJT as a switch and biasing for analog applications
Weeks 7, 24/3/2014	MIDTERM I
Week 8, 31/3/2014	Physical characteristics of MOSFETs, their operating regions, and applications
Week 9, 7/4/2014	Transistor amplifier circuits: small signal models for transistors and amplifiers
Weeks 10, 14/4/2014	Transistor amplifier circuits: small signal analysis of amplifiers
Week 11, 21/4/2014	Transistor amplifier circuits: cascade amplifiers and darlington transistors
Week 12, 28/4/2014	MIDTERM II
Weeks 13, 5/5/2014	Differential amplifier circuits
Weeks 14, 12/5/2014	Operational Amplifiers (OP-AMP) and applications