ECE 3274 - Electronic Circuits Laboratory II (1C)
Course Description
Design, simulate, build, test and debug analog electronic circuits. Basic building blocks such as current mirrors, active loads, small signal amplifiers, differential amplifiers and power amplifiers will be explored. Measurement techniques to test key amplifier specifications will be introduced. The culminating experience will be the integration of the basic building blocks into a sophisticated electronic circuit such as an operational amplifier.
Why take this course?
This course provides students with practical design, implementation and measurement experiences to complement the theoretical material taught in 3204, Analog Electronics. It builds students’ confidence in their ability to actually implement the ideas discussed in the lecture course and create sophisticated circuits.
Learning Objectives
- Measure the key parameters of amplifiers: bias point, gain, swing, input and output impedance, total harmonic distortion
- Design key building blocks of analog electronic circuits to meet system specifications: power amplifiers, small signal amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, and differential amplifiers
- Create working prototypes of their amplifier designs by using simulation and measurement tools to debug and validate the prototype
- Combine these building blocks into a sophisticated electronic circuit such as an operational amplifier