ELE343 Electronics II
This is the second part of a two semester sequence in a standard junior
level Electrical Engineering Electronics course. Electronics II covers
detailed topics in active amplifier design, including: multi-stage
transistor amplifiers, transistor current sources, differential
amplifier design, the modeling of op amps, frequency response of
common amplifier topologies and feedback/stability theory. Students
completing this course are expected to be able to design complex
bipolar amplifiers, MOS amplifiers and operational amplifier circuits over
and to fully characterize over low frequencies, mid-frequencies and
high frequencies. This includes the common single stage topologies
(fully covered during the previous course) as well as the multi-stage
topologies, current sources and differential amplifiers examined in
this course.
Prerequisite Knowledge: Students enrolled in ELE343 are expected to
fully understand ALL of the material covered in ELE342. This includes
basic device physics for diodes, bipolar transistors and MOS
transistors. Students are expected to have a complete background in
large signal, DC and small signal AC models as well as their application
to the three basic single-stage topologies (at mid-frequencies); this
includes: finding the input/output impedance, finding the voltage gain, current gain and
power gain. In addition, students are expected to know how to
characterize simple current sources (AC small signal and DC models), small signal
modeling of operational amplifiers, how to bias bipolar and MOS transistor
amplifiers for specified operating points and how to design single
stage amplifiers to meet specified performance parameters. Students enrolled
in ELE343 are also expected to be fully competent in the use of equipment in
the electronics lab; this includes spice simulation. A complete knowledge of
the material covered in ELE342 will be assumed in every topic covered in ELE343.
Professor: Dr. A. J. Davis
Mail can be sent to
davis@ele.uri.edu