Matthew Spencer - Harvey Mudd College

Administration

A Standard Week

Sunday	Midnight	Finish videos for lecture
Monday	Lecture	Take a quiz, do an activity, maybe a mastery problem, work on lab
Monday	Midnight	Turn in lab notebook
Tuesday	Midnight	Submit finished warm-ups to Sakai, finish videos for lecture
Wednesday	Lecture	Take a quiz, debrief the lab, maybe a mastery problem, work on lab
Thursday	Midnight	Submit marked up, self-graded homework on Sakai
Friday	9AM	Start lab with supervision, finish on your own

Example Lab Notebook for this Example Lab
Design Project 1 Report Template [docx]
Design Project 2 Report Template [docx]
Lab notebooks will be maintained by each team. I recommend you try using Evernote. Submit exported notebooks on Sakai by midnight on Mondays. Be sure your notebook includes the "required data" listed in the lab.
The bolded dates are exceptions to the normal schedule. They usually indicate times where lab notebooks are due at the end of the lab.
Warm-up problems are done individually, not in teams, and are due one day after lab notebooks. They must be self-graded two days after they are due. Solutions are posted on Sakai and scheduled for release after warm-ups are due.
The scope lesson is a brief discussion of lab tips and tricks during the first 15 minutes of lab.

Due	Manual	Lab Name	Scope Lesson
2/01	Lab 01	Loading and the Mystery Box	Probe care, RLC meter, 1x/10x Setting
2/09	Lab 02	Diode Current Measurements	Supply & Measure Precision, Loading
2/16	Lab 03	Measuring BJT Parameters	Coupling, Invert, BW Limit
2/23	Lab 04	Common Emitter Amplifier	Spotting instability, Decap, Layout
3/02	DP1	DP1: Week 1 Warm-ups	Triggering (auto, normal, single)
3/05	DP1	DP1: Multistage Amplifier Design
		Spring Break
3/19	Lab 05	MOSFETs, Mirror, Active Load	Hold Off, "Add Noise" on Fn. Gen.
3/26	Lab 06	References vs. Temp and Vdd	Averaging and Persistence
4/06	Lab 07/08	Dynamics: Week 1 Probs	None, off for Cesar Chavez
4/13	Lab 07/08	Dynamics: Week 2	L+C Pickup, Coupling, Grounding
4/20	Lab 09	Op-Amp 1: Differential Amp	Diff Measurements, Poor Man's Balun
4/27	Lab 10	Op-Amp 2: Output Stage	Squaring for Power, Power Ratings
5/4	DP2	DP2: Warm-up Problems	Sync, Line Trigger, Injection Locking
5/7	DP2	DP2: Op-Amp Gain and Feedback

You demonstrate mastery of a skill by taking a mastery question (an exam-style question) at a time of your choice in class or office hours. Mastery questions are taken with closed notes.
No partial credit is available, the answer has to be right to demonstrate mastery.
After each mastery question attempt I will hold a conference with you to debrief your answer.
You may attempt mastery questions as often as you'd like between the sunrise and sunset dates listed on the table.

#	Sunrise	Sunset	Skill Name
01	1/27	2/03	Find the step response of a non-trivial RC network
02	2/03	2/10	Find bias point of diode circuit and calculate differential resistance
03	2/10	2/17	Find the bias point of a BJT circuit and calculate small signal parameters
04	2/17	2/24	Make an amplifier model out of a given circuit by conducting small signal analysis
05	2/24	3/03	Calculate the amplifier parameters for a multi-stage amplifier using single-stage amplifier equations
06	3/03	3/17	Analyze the bias point and gain of a circuit with an active load
07	3/17	3/24	Find the bias point of a MOSFET circuit and calculate small signal parameters
08	3/24	4/05	Calculate a sensitivity or temperature coefficient for a given circuit
09	4/05	4/12	Use open circuit time constants to estimate the bandwidth of an amplifier
10	4/12	4/21	Make a differential model of an amplifier and calculate common-mode or differential parameters
11	4/21	4/28	Predict operational amplifier properties (gain, input bias, slew rate) from a schematic
12	4/28	5/05	Use phase margin to assess the stability of an amplifier in feedback

Each lecture is a series of videos (abbreviated V) posted on Youtube.
Each video has an associated set of slides (abbreviated S) and a structured note-taking handout (abbreviated H). It is also paired with a reading from Grey & Meyer (G&M) that covers roughly the same material if you'd like another perspective.
There will be a quiz at the start of each class on the associated lecture material. It will be taken individually, then again in teams.

Date	Resources	Title	G&M section
1/25	V S H	Introduction	No book
1/27	V S H	Review of dynamics and Thevenin	3.1 (ish)
2/01	V S H	Introduction to Diodes	1.2
2/03	V S H	Diodes in Circuits	No book
2/08	V S H	Introduction to Bipolar Junction Transistors	1.3.{1-3}
2/10	V S H	BJTs in Circuits and PNP Devices	1.4 (ish)
2/15	V S H	Common Emitter Amplifiers and Biasing	3.3.1
2/17	V S H	Amplifier Design Process and Voltage Swing	No Book
2/22	V S H	Multistage Analysis, Emitter Follower	3.3.8
2/24	V S H	CE w/ Degeneration, Small Signal Patterns	3.3.6
3/01	V S H	Common Base Amplifiers and Cascodes	3.3.{3,5}
3/03	V S H	Active Loads	4.2.{1-3,5}
3/08		Spring Break
3/10		Spring Break
3/15	V S H	Current Mirrors	4.2.{1-3,5}
3/17	V S H	MOSFETs	1.5-6
3/22		Midterm
3/24	V S H	Band Gaps and Current Sources	4.4 (selected)
3/29	V S H	Dynamic Model of BJT	1.2.1, 1.4.{2,7,8}
3/31	V S H	PZ Plots, CE Dynamics and Miller	7.2.1
4/05	V S H	Open and Short Circuit Time Constants	7.3.{1,2,4}
4/07	V S H	Cascode, Mirror, EF/CB Dynamics	3.4.2.1, 7.2.2-3
4/12	V S H	Differential Pairs	3.5.{1-2, 4-6}
4/14	V S H	More Differential Pairs	3.5.6, 7.3.4
4/19	V S H	Output Stages	5.{1,2,4}
4/21	V S H	Op-Amp Design	6.2, 6.8 (ish)
4/26	V S H	Amplifiers in Feedback	6.1.{1-4},9.{2-3}
4/28	V S H	Oscillators	See TI Note
5/03	V S H	Review	No Book
5/05	V S H	Special Topic	No Book