About Us ABET ECE 1201Electronic Circuits and Measurements Laboratory(3 credits) Description: Electronic measurements and circuits including experiments on use of electronic test equipment, a variety of linear circuits; non-linear device characteristics, operational amplifier basics, and transistor amplifier characteristics and design. Time and frequency domain methodologies are covered. Corequisites: ECE/COE 0041 and ECE 0257 Texts: reference Adel Sedra & Kenneth Smith, Microelectronics Circuits Oxford University Press, 1998. Laboratory Manual (by the department; provided on line and updated every term). Course Objectives: Familiarization with lab instruments and software tools. Support circuit analysis concepts with experiments that demonstrate KVL, KCL, max power, time constants, transformers and Thevenin equivalents. Support microelectronic circuit courses with measurements of characteristics and very simple applications of bipolar junction transistors, diodes and operational amplifiers, emphasize learning in a team environment. Topics Covered: Equipment familiarization (includes Lissajous figures); equivalent circuits and maximum power transfer; t ime constants, capacitance/inductance, impedance; diode characteristics and circuit models; PSPICE (four or five circuits are analyzed using PSPICE); Operational amplifiers-introductory material; frequency response of filters. Most data in this experiment is taken using Labview. Bipolar junction transistors, characteristics and models; single stage BJT amplifier; amplitude modulation and demodulation; transformers and magnetics. Class/Laboratory Schedule: This class meets five hours per week, two hours on one day, three hours on a second day. Lectures covering background material are given as needed (once or more a week). The lectures describe the experiment that will be carried out in the next class meeting or two. Students generally work in groups of two. Each group prepares an analysis of an experiment before it is done in lab and prepares a plan for execution of the experiment. This prelab is reviewed and forms the basis for the execution of the actual experiment. All observations by the two-person group are recorded in a lab notebook or a computer file. After each of the seven experiments is completed each group prepares a comprehensive final report. In that report, the experimental results and all observations are described and discussed. Comparisons between predictions from the prelab and actual experimental observations are made. Professional Component Contributions: Students learn how to approach engineering problems; analyze circuits, compare observed characteristics with those recorded on data sheets. Students become sensitive to discrepancies between theory and experiment and learn how to analyze error margins. Students learn how to function as part of a team. Accountability and responsibility are emphasized Prepared by: Joel Falk Date Prepared: March 2, 2005
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