Date Topic Due
8/15
Class Policies
Introduction to EE 355

8/17
Review of Circuit Analysis
8/20
Review of Circuit Analysis

8/22
Quiz
Introduction to Amplifiers
Negative Feedback (12.1-12.2)
HW 1
8/24
Negative Feedback (12.1-12.2)

8/27
Ideal Operational Amplifiers (9.1)
Applications of Ideal Operational Amplifiers (9.2-9.5)

8/29
Quiz
Applications of Ideal Operational Amplifiers (9.2-9.5)
HW 2
8/31
Applications of Ideal Operational Amplifiers (9.2-9.5)

9/3
Labor Day (No Class)

9/5
Quiz
Applications of Instrumentation Amplifiers
HW 3
9/7
Opamps with Limited Power Supply Rails
Operational Amplifiers as Comparators (15.3-15.4)

9/10
Hysteresis and Schmitt Triggers (15.3-15.4)
Relaxation Oscillator (15.3-15.4)

9/12
Quiz
Overview of Device Physics (1.1)

9/14
Overview of Device Physics (1.1)
pn Junction Diodes (1.2)

9/17
pn Junction Diodes (1.2)
Diode Circuits and Rectifiers (1.3-1.4, 2.1, 2.3)
HW 4
9/19
Test 1 (Solutions)

9/21
Nonlinear Diode Circuits (9.5.6)
9/24
Nonlinear Diode Circuits (9.5.6)
HW 5
9/26
Quiz
Nonlinear Diode Circuits (9.5.6)
Zener Diodes (1.5, 2.3)

9/28
Zener Diodes (1.5, 2.3)

10/1
Bipolar Junction Transistors (5.1)
10/3
Quiz
Bipolar Junction Transistors (5.1)
HW 6
10/5
Early Effect (5.1)
10/8
DC Operation of BJTs (5.2, 5.4, 5.5)
10/10
Test 2 (Solutions)

10/12
Fall Break (No Class)

10/15
DC Operation of BJTs (5.2, 5.4, 5.5)

10/17
Quiz
DC Operation of BJTs (5.2, 5.4, 5.5)

10/19
No Class

10/22
Darlington Pair (6.9.2)
Current Mirrors (10.1)

10/24
Quiz
Load-Line Analysis (5.2)
HW 7
10/26
Introduction to BJT Amplifiers (5.3, 6.1, 6.2)

10/29
Small-Signal Modeling (6.2)

10/31
Quiz
Common-Emitter Amplifier (6.3, 6.4)
HW 8
11/2
Common-Emitter Amplifier (6.3, 6.4)

11/5
Emitter Degeneration (6.4)

11/7
Quiz
Emitter Degeneration (6.4)
HW 9
11/9
Emitter Degeneration (6.4)

11/12
Test 3 (Solutions)
HW 10
11/14
AC Load Line Analysis (6.5)

11/16
Common-Collector Amplifier (6.6)

11/19
Thanksgiving Break (No Class)
11/21
Thanksgiving Break (No Class)

11/23
Thanksgiving Break (No Class)

11/26
Multistage Amplifiers (6.8, 6.9)
Differential Pair (11.1, 11.2)

11/28
Quiz
Differential Pair (11.1, 11.2)

11/30
Differential Pair (11.1, 11.2)
Operational Transconductance Amplifier (11.4.1)

12/3
BJT Operational Amplifiers (11.6, 11.7)
Current Sources/Sinks

12/5
Quiz
Voltage Regulators
HW 11
12/7
No Class

12/10
Final Exam (11:00-1:00)