1. Syllabus

2. Quick links

3. Class sessions

Day numbers in the future are a combination of last year’s content and work-in-progress updates. You are welcome to look ahead, but don’t count that content as official.

3.1. Past

week01

  • day01 — Introduction and overview

  • day02 — BJT intro/review

week02

  • day03 — BJT modes in simulation

  • day04 — BJT quick hand analysis

  • lab1 — Matching [hand analysis, simulation, measurements]

  • dbm1 fully released

  • day05 — Thevenin / Norton equivalent review

week03

  • Monday no class (MLK)

  • day06 — Schematic interpretation and identifying single-transistor amplifiers

  • Friday no class (conference)

week04

  • day07 — 1tr ID and symbolic analysis

  • day08 — Single-transistor DC bias analysis

  • lab2 — Bias condition stability

  • Friday no class (lab week)

week05

  • day09 — LTspice .param and .step

  • dbm2

  • day10 — AC and small-signal equivalent circuits

  • day11 — Small-signal equivalent circuits

week06

  • day12 — Black box amplifier analysis

  • day13 — Algebraic small-signal analysis

  • lab3 — CE amplifier

week07

  • day14 — Sony radio amplifier DC and simulation

  • day15 — Yamaha PM1000 impedances

  • day16 — Cascaded amplifier analysis

week08

  • dbm3

  • day17 — Deriving the small-signal parameters

  • acdc03 - BJT small-signal parameters

  • day18 — Do the algebra

  • lab4 — Differential and common-mode in a differential-pair

Spring Break

3.2. Current

week09

  • day19 — Two-transistor amplifiers: cascode

  • day20 — Two-transistor amplifiers: diff-pair 1

  • day21 — Two-transistor amplifiers: diff-pair 2

dbm4

Extra: Balanced signal transmission

week10

  • lab5 — Discrete op amp

  • day22 — CM and DM half-circuits

week11

  • day23 — Op amp circuit introduction

  • day24 — Op amp DC errors

  • day25 — Amplifier frequency response

week12

  • day26 — Op amps

  • day27 — Op amp analysis under feedback

  • lab6 — Discrete op amp frequency response vs system gain

week13

  • day28 — Sallen-Key filter with EF amplifier

  • day29 — Gain-bandwidth product

  • Good Friday — no class

week14

  • day30 — Trade-offs and the Pareto frontier, S-K circuit algebra to transfer function

  • day31 — 

  • day32 — Cascaded amplifiers

  • day33 — work on lab7 design

3.3. Future is now

week15

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4. DBM packages

  • dbm1 - BJT operating modes

  • dbm2 - DC biasing circuits

  • dbm3 - Common-emitter gain 3-way match

  • dbm4 - Differential and common-mode signals in amplifiers

  • dbm5 - Discrete op-amp

  • dbm6

  • dbm7

5. HW/SW items

6. AC/DC items

  • acdc03 - BJT small-signal parameters

acdc10

7. X-factor items

x01 — 3-way power switching network

8. Resources

8.1. Circuit simulation

LTspice

CircuitLab

8.2. Other

Table 1. E-series standard values

E24

5%

10

11

12

13

15

16

18

20

22

24

27

30

33

36

39

43

47

51

56

62

68

75

82

91

E12 ★R

10%

10

12

15

18

22

27

33

39

47

56

68

82

E6 ∥C

20%

10

15

22

33

47

68

E3

40%

10

22

47

★R — ECE lab stock resistor values in E12 of 1 Ω — 8.2 MΩ
∥C — ECE lab stock capacitor values in E6 of 10 pF — 1000 μF

Read more: WP: E series of preferred numbers

IEC 60063:2015 — Preferred number series for resistors and capacitors