Lectures

Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 11:00-11:50
Week 1
Jan 11-15
System Design and System Components.
The design process.
Power and energy.
Transducers.
Reading: Cogdell Section 1.5 & Chapter 13.
Week 2
Jan 20,22
Semiconductor devices
(Holiday Jan 18)
Diodes, transistors, and optoelectronics.
Reading: Cogdell Section 17.1 and Chapter 7
Lab 1: Transducers I
Week 3
Jan 25, 29
Transistor Circuits.
Linear voltage and current amplifiers.
Reading: Cogdell Chapter 7.
Lab 2: Transducers II
Week 4
Feb 1 - 5
Op Amp Circuits.
Introduction to feedback.
Amplifiers and functional circuits.
Reading: Cogdell Section 9.4.
Lab 3: Linear Electronics I
Week 5
Feb 8 - 12
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 15 - 19
Response of Dynamic Systems.
Steady state and transient response.
Generalized impedance.
Reading: Cogdell Chapter 12.
Lab 5: Dynamics I
Week 7
Feb 22 - 26
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
Mar 1 - 5

SPRING BREAK
Week 9
Mar 8 - 12
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 10
Mar 15 - 19
Exam II
Pulse and Timing Circuits.
Discrete valued signals.
Representing information by time intervals.
Generating pulse signals.
Lab 8: Control II
Week 11
Mar 22 - 26
Gates and Digital Circuits.
Discrete valued circuits.
Representing information by bits.
Lab 9: Television System I
Week 12
Mar 29 - 31
Image Systems
Reading: Cogdell Chapter 8.
(Recess Apr 2)
Week 13
Apr 5 - 9
Synchronization.
Lab 10: Television System II
Week 14
Apr 12 - 16
Exam III
Phase-locked loops.
Lab 10: Television System II
Week 15
Apr 19 - 23
Video Systems.
Course overview.