E84 Administrative Information

• Instructor:
  Ruye Wang, Parsons 2372, Ext 73527, Ruye_Wang@hmc.edu
  
  
• Course Description
  Introduction to the fundamental priciples underlying electrical and electronic components and devices, and their applications in various circuits and systems. Topics include electrical and magetic properties of electrical components; analysis of both DC and AC passive linear circuits; semiconductor devices; analysis of active nonlinear circuits, including elementary transistor amplifiers and operational amplifiers; and simple electronic circuit design.

• Course Web:
  http://fourier.eng.hmc.edu/e84/
  

• Online Lecture Notes/Handouts
  (Not intended as a textbook)
  

• Text book and references:

  • Text book (not required but highly recommended):
    Electrical Engineering: An Introduction (2nd ed), by Schwarz and Oldham (Berkeley), Oxford University Press.

  • References:
    • Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering (5th ed.), by Rizzoni (Ohio), McGraw Hill
    • Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits, by Agarwal and Lang (MIT), Morgan Kaufmann
    • Art of Electronics (a very thorough reference)

• Syllabus

• Office hours:
  Tuesday afternoon 1:50 -- 2:50, 4:10 -- 5:00

• Homework assignments:
  Wednesday due in class, a week after assigned (with possible exceptions)

• Grading:
  
  • Homework assignments: 15%
  • Labs: 15%
  • Midterm Exam 1: 23%
  • Midterm Exam 2: 23%
  • Final Exam: 24%