Physics 623 — Fall 2011Sept. 2, 2011Faculty:Professor Mark Eriksson ([email protected])Professor Dan McCammon ([email protected])Textbook: The Art of Electronics, Horowitz and Hill, Cambridge, 2nd Ed.Useful General References:• Introduction to Modern Electronics, C. Sprott (Wiley)• Introductory Electronics for Scientists and Engineers, R.E. Simpson, (Allyn and Bacon)2nd Ed.• Electronics for the Physicist, C.F.G. Delaney (Ellis Horwood)• Principles of Electronics, L.R. Fortney (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)• Basic Electronics for Scientists, James J. Brophy, (McGraw-Hill) 5th Ed.References for Specific Topics:• Transmission Lines, Robert A. Chipman (Schaum Outline Series) 1968• Analog Signal Processing and Instrumentation, A.F. Arbel (Cambridge)• Designing with TTL Integrated Circuits, Morris and Miller (McGraw Hill)• Microelectronics Circuits, Sedra and Smith (Oxford University Press)Grading:50% Lecture and 50% Lab.Lecture grade will be 40% Exam I, 40% Exam II, and 20% homework.Lab grade will be discussed in the first lab period.1Schedule of Lectures and LabsWeek Lecture Date Lecture Number and Topic Lab Date Laboratory Text Ref.1 2011-09-06 1. Intro. and linear circuits Ch. 12011-09-08 2. Linear circuits cont. 9-07 Intro. Lab Ch. 12 2011-09-13 3. Transmission lines Handout2011-09-15 4. Nonlinear Circuits 9-14 Transmission Lines Ch. 13 2011-09-20 5. Transistor Amplifier Ch. 22011-09-22 6. FETs 9-21 Transistor Amplifier Ch. 34 2011-09-27 7. Difference/Cascade Amp. Ch. 22011-09-29 8. Neg. Feedback/Op. Amp. 9-28 Difference Amplifier Ch. 45 2011-10-04 9. Op. Amp. Circuits Ch. 42011-10-06 10. Fourier Transform 10-05 Operational Amps Handout6 2011-10-11 11. Noise I Ch. 72011-10-13 12. Noise II 10-12 Operational Amps Ch. 77 2011-10-18 13. Quantum Electronics Handout2011-10-20 14. Phase Detection 10-19 Johnson Noise Ch. 9, 158 2011-10-25 EXAM I2011-10-27 15. Positive Feedback 10-26 Phase Detector Ch. 49 2011-11-01 16. Oscillators Ch. 52011-11-03 17. Digital Logic/Circuits 11-02 Oscillators Ch. 810 2011-11-08 18. Flip-flops Handout2011-11-10 19. Integrated Circuits 11-9 Digital Circuits Handout11 2011-11-15 20. Phase Locked Loops Ch. 92011-11-17 21. Phase Locked Loops II 11-16 Phase Locked Loops Ch. 912 2011-11-22 22. DACs and ADCs Ch. 92011-11-24 Thanksgiving 11-23 NO LAB13 2011-11-29 23. Single Electron Devices Handout2011-12-01 24. Device Fabrication 11-30 DAC and ADC Handout14 2011-12-06 25. RF (GHz) I Ch. 132011-12-08 26. RF (GHz) II 12-07 Circuit Simulation Ch. 1315 2011-12-13 27. Review2011-12-15 EXAM II 12-14