Calendar
| Week 0 | 20-Sep | 22-Sep | 24-Sep |
| Fall quarter begins | Lecture 1 – Circuit fundamentals, Thevenin/Norton equivalents, etc. (FN 1) | ||
| Week 1 | 27-Sep | 29-Sep | 1-Oct |
| Lab 0 | Lecture 2 – Basic semiconductor device physics, energy bands in solids (FN 2.1, 2.2) | Lecture 3 – Junction diode, solving diode circuits (FN 2.3, 2.4) Discussion 1 |
Lecture 4 – Diode logic gates, parametric solution of diode circuits, other diode types (FN 2.5, 2.6, 2.7) |
| Week 2 | 4-Oct | 6-Oct | 8-Oct |
| Lab 1 | Lecture 5 – A simple power supply, other diode models (FN 2.7.1, 2.8) | Lecture 6 – Rectifiers and clipper circuits (FN 2.9.1, 2.9.2) Discussion 2 |
Lecture 7 – Peak detector and clamp circuits (FN 2.9.3, 2.9.4) |
| Week 3 | 11-Oct | 13-Oct | 15-Oct |
| Lab 2 | Quiz 1 - Diodes | Lecture 8 – Bipolar junction transistor (FN 3.1) Discussion 3 |
Lecture 9 – Piecewise linear, large signal model for BJT (FN 3.2) |
| Week 4 | 18-Oct | 20-Oct | 22-Oct |
| Lab 3 | Lecture 10 – BJT switches and logic gates (FN 3.3) | Lecture 11 – Field effect transistors (FN 3.4) Discussion 4 |
Lecture 12 – NMOS large signal model (FN 3.5) |
| Week 5 | 25-Oct | 27-Oct | 29-Oct |
| Lab 4 | Lecture 13 – MOSFET inverters and switches (FN 3.6) | Quiz 2 - Transistor large signal model Discussion 5 |
Lecture 14 – Capacitive coupling, and introduction to transistor biasing (FN 4.1, 4.2, 4.3) |
| Week 6 | 1-Nov | 3-Nov | 5-Nov |
| Lab 5 | Lecture 15 – BJT biasing (FN 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3) | Lecture 16 – MOS biasing, and self-bias, biasing with current mirrors (FN 4.3.4 - 4.3.7) Discussion 6 |
Lecture 17 – Diode small signal model (FN 4.4, 4.4.1) |
| Week 7 | 8-Nov | 10-Nov | 12-Nov |
| Lab 6 | Lecture 18 – MOS and BJT small signal model (FN 4.4.2, 4.4.3) | Lecture 19 – Review Discussion 7 |
Quiz 3 - Transistor biasing, small signal model |
| Week 8 | 15-Nov | 17-Nov | 19-Nov |
| Lab 7 | Lecture 20 – Amplifiers introduction (FN 5.1) | Lecture 21 – Common drain and common collector amplifiers (FN 5.2) Discussion 8 |
Lecture 25 – Summary and low frequency response (FN 5.6, 5.7) |
| Week 9 | 22-Nov | 24-Nov | 26-Nov |
| Lab 7 | Lecture 22 – Common source and common emitter amplifiers (FN 5.3, 5.4) | Lecture 23 – Common gate and common base amplifiers (FN 5.5) Discussion 9 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Week 10 | 29-Nov | 1-Dec | 3-Dec |
| Lecture 26 - Special topics | Lecture 27 - Review Discussion 10 |
Lecture 28 - Review | |
| Week F | 6-Dec | 8-Dec | 10-Dec |
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ECE 65 Final Exam |