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ECEN 2250 - Course Information

  • Class: MWF 9-9:50 am, ECCR 200
    • Lab (Section 1): TR 8-9:50 am, ECEE 281A, Call #: 74040
    • Lab (Section 2): TR 10-11:50 am, ECEE 281A, Call #: 14302
    • Lab (Section 3): TR 12-1:50 pm, ECEE 281A, Call #: 14303
    • Lab (Section 4): TR 2-3:50 pm, ECEE 281A, Call #: 14303
    • Lab (Section 5): TR 4-5:50 pm, ECEE 281A, Call #: 14303

  • Instructor and TAs:

    Prof. A. R. Pleszkun
    e-mail: Andrew.Pleszkun@Colorado.EDU
    Office hours: Monday, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Wednesday, 1:30pm-3:00pm

    Alexander Brisette
    e-mail: Alexander.Brissette@colorado.edu
    Office hours: TBD

    Joshua Johnson
    e-mail: Joshua.H.Johnson@Colorado.EDU
    Office hours: TBD

    Debolina Sen
    e-mail: Debolina.Sen@Colorado.EDU
    Office hours: Thursdays 3:00-5:00pm

  • Text: Roland E. Thomas, Albert J. Rosa, and Gregory J. Toussaint, The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009, ISBN-13 978-0-470-38330-8.
  • Prerequisite: APPM 1360, Calculus 2 for Engineers.
  • Corequisite: APPM 2360, Intro to Linear Algebra and Differential Equations.
  • Credit Hours: 5
  • Course Grading:

    1. Homework (10%): Weekly, usually due on Wednesdays at the beginning of class. Only one problem (or the equivalent of one problem), selected at random, will be graded. The remaining problems will be checked for completion.
    2. Quizzes (10%): Five to seven 10-15 minute quizes on reading assignments, previous lectures, homeworks, etc. Closed book, closed notes.
    3. Exam 1 (15%): Friday, October 2. Closed book, closed notes.
    4. Exam 2 (15%): Friday, November 6. Closed book, closed notes.
    5. Recitation (5%): Weekly, first lab hour on Tuesdays. Used to solve recitation problem sets and discuss problems related to homework.
    6. Labs (20%): Weekly Tue. and Thu. A lab worksheet needs to be filled out after the completion of each lab. Some labs, including a design project, extend over more than one week. You will need to get a Lab Kit, to be bought at E-stores in ECEE 1B10.
    7. Final exam (25%), according to Final Exam Schedule: Monday, December 14, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Closed book, closed notes.
  • Concepts Covered:

    1. Introduction: Symbols, units, circuit variables (Chapter 1).
    2. Basic Circuit Analysis: i-v characteristics, independent sources, Kirchhoff's laws, equivalent circuits (Chapter 2).
    3. Circuit Analysis Techniques: Node-voltage and mesh-current analysis, linearity, Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits, maximum signal transfer (Chapter 3).
    4. Active Circuits: Dependent sources, transistors, OpAmps (Chapter 4).
    5. Signal Waveforms: Time-varying voltages and currents, unit step and impulse, exponential and sinusoidal waveforms (Chapter 5).
    6. Reactive Elements: Capacitors and inductors, dynamic OpAmp circuits, ideal transformers (Chapter 6 and part of Chapter 15).
    7. First Order Circuits: RC and RL circuits, first order differential equations (first part of Chapter 7).
    8. Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis: Phasors, circuit analysis with phasors, power and energy (Chapter 8).


    The following figure shows the approximate sequence in which the main topics of this course will be treated.

    Approximate order for treating topics of this course
  • Design Project: The final laboratory experiment is a design project. Some suggestions for projects are shown below:

    1. Tank level indicator
    2. Resistance comparator
    3. Full wave rectifier
    4. Electronic thermometer
    5. Infrared remote activation
    6. Sound effect circuits
    7. Heartbeat monitor
    8. Function generator
    9. Push-pull OpAmp current booster
    10. Audio tone control
    11. Color organ
    12. Analog optical communication link
    13. Build simple OpAmp from discrete transistors
    14. Analog computer with two integrators
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