E84 Fall Calendar (tentative, subject to minor changes)

  Day Topics HW/Lab/Midterm Due
1 Monday (8/30) Introduction/Overview, Basic Components  
2 Wednesay (9/1) Energy Dissipation/Storage, KCL, KVL, Energy Sources  
  Monday (9/6) Labor Day  
3 Wednesday (9/8) Energy Sources, Source and Load HW 1
4 Monday (9/13) Solve Circuits by KVL and KCL  
5 Wednesday (9/15) Circuit Theorems HW 2
  Friday (9/17)   Lab 1 (part 1)
6 Monday (9/20) Thevenin and Norton's Theorems  
7 Wednesday (9/22) Two-Port Network and Active Circuits HW 3
  Friday (9/23)   Lab 1 (part 2)
8 Monday (9/27) Sinusoidal Signal and Phasor  
9 Wednesday (9/29) Impedance and Generalized Ohm's Law HW 4
10 Monday (10/4) First Order Systems  
11 Wednesday (10/6) Homogeneous Solution, Particular Solution, Complete Solution I, Complete Solution II  
12 Monday (10/11) Second Order Systtems  
13 Wednesday (10/13) Resonnance, Step Response of 2nd Order System Midterm 1
  (10/16 – 10/19) Fall Break  
14 Wednesday (10/20) 1st Order Filters, 2nd Order Filters HW 5
15 Monday (10/25) Power Factor  
16 Wednesday (10/27) Semiconductor Materials HW 6
17 Monday (11/1) Diode Circuits  
18 Wednesday (11/3) Bipolar Junction Transistors HW 7
19 Monday (11/8) DC Biasing Midterm 2
20 Wednesday (11/10) DC Operating Point, AC signal amplification HW 8
21 Monday (11/15) Small AC Signal Models  
22 Wednesday (11/17) Emitter Follower and Feedback HW 9
23 Monday (11/22) Typical Transistor Circuits  
  Tuesday (11/23)   Lab 2: Transistor Circuits
  (11/24 – 11/28) Thanksgiving Break  
24 Monday (11/29) Operational Amplifier  
25 Wednesday (12/1) Operational Amplifier Circuits HW 10
26 Monday (12/6) Active Filters  
27 Wednesday (12/8) MOSFET Transistors, MOSFET circuits, CMOS Logic Circuits HW 11
  Friday (12/8)   Lab 3: EKG, Lab 4: Active Filter (extra credit)