| Week 1 Jan 5-9 |
System Design and System Components.
The design process. Power and energy. Transducers. Reading: Cogdell Section 1.5 & Chapter 13. |
| Week 2 Jan 12 - 16 |
Semiconductor devices
Diodes, transistors, and optoelectronics. Reading: Cogdell Section 17.1 and Chapter 7 Lab 1: Transducers I |
| Week 3 Jan 21, 23 |
Transistor Circuits.
(Holiday Jan 21) Linear voltage and current amplifiers. Reading: Cogdell Chapter 7. Lab 2: Transducers II |
| Week 4 Jan 26 - 30 |
Op Amp Circuits.
Introduction to feedback. Amplifiers and functional circuits. Reading: Cogdell Section 9.4. Lab 3: Linear Electronics I |
| Week 5 Feb 2 - 6 |
Exam I Equations of Dynamic Systems. Formulation and solution of dynamic equations. Solving linear systems in the frequency domain. Reading: Cogdell Chapter 3. Lab 4: Linear Electronics II |
| Week 6 Feb 9 - 13 |
Response of Dynamic Systems.
Steady state and transient response. Generalized impedance. Reading: Cogdell Chapter 12. Lab 5: Dynamics I |
| Week 7 Feb 16 - 20 |
System Transfer Function.
Laplace transform techniques. Transfer functions: first, second, and higher order. Frequency Response. Reading: Cogdell Chapter 12. Lab 6: Dynamics II |
| Week 8 Feb 23 - 27 |
Feedback and Control.
Behavior of linear systems with feedback. Notions of loop gain, steady-state error, and stability. Reading: Cogdell Chapter 12 & Section 9.3. Lab 7: Control I |
| Week 9 Mar 2 - 6 |
SPRING BREAK |
| Week 10 Mar 9 - 13 |
Exam II Pulse and Timing Circuits. Discrete valued signals. Representing information by time intervals. Generating pulse signals. Lab 8: Control II |
| Week 11 Mar 16 - 20 |
Gates and Digital Circuits.
Discrete valued circuits. Representing information by bits. Lab 9: Television System I |
| Week 12 Mar 23 - 27 |
Image Systems
Reading: Cogdell Chapter 8. Lab 10: Television System II |
| Week 13 Mar 30 - Apr 3 |
Synchronization.
(Recess Apr 3) |
| Week 14 Apr 6 - 10 |
Exam III Phase-locked loops. Lab 10: Television System II |
| Week 15 Apr 13 - 17 |
Video Systems.
Course overview. |