525.424 - Analog Electronic Circuit Design I Course Homepage
Instructor Information
Edward Darlington
Email: e.h.darlington@jhuapl.eduWork Phone: (443) 778-8453
Course Information
Course Description
This course examines the use of passive and active components to perform practical electronic functions. Simple circuits are designed and evaluated emphasizing the characteristics and tolerances of actual components. Devices studied include diodes and bipolar and field effect transistors. Circuit designs are studied in relation to the device characteristics, including small signal amplifiers and oscillators and linear power supply and amplifier circuits. SPICE modeling is available to students.
Prerequisites
Undergraduate courses in electricity and magnetism, circuit theory, and linear analysis.
Course Goal
To understand the fundamentals of analog design as distinct from analysis of an existing design.
Course Objectives
- Produce analog designs stable over device parameter variations.
- Calculate and optimize noise performance.
- Combine multiple stages of active devices and calculate combined bias stability.
- Learn to design to match a requirement (in a written specification).
When This Course is Typically Offered
Fall of each year at APL.
Syllabus
Topics Covered
- Passive components
- Successive Approximation
- Simple applications of SPICE
- Active components
- Bias and bias stability
- Design for bandwidth
- Noise analysis
- Max signal analysis and distortion
- Multiple stages
- Direct coupling
- Oscillators
- Power amplification
- Thermal design
- Designing to a specification
Student Assessment Criteria
| Homework | 40% |
| Mid-Term (usually take home) | 20% |
| Final design study (always take home) | 40% |
Computer and Technical Requirements
Basic pc familiarity only. You will be exposed to SPICE but experience is not necessary.
Participation Expectations
Homework assignments are due one week after they are assigned, as is the mid term. Two weeks are allowed to complete the final. Forming study groups is encouraged but all homework and exams should be completed individually.
Textbooks
Textbook information for this course is available online through the MBS Direct Virtual Bookstore.
Course Notes
There are notes for this course.
Final Words from the Instructor
This is intended to be a practical course and so the level of difficulty varies. A topic which is necessary for design is covered whether it is elementary or reasonably advanced.
(Last Modified: 07-22-2008 at 11:07:57 AM)