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Fall 2009-2010
* ELE 203 (ST)  

Electronic Circuits

Paul R. Prucnal

Introduction to circuit analysis and electronics. Passive components and circuits, operational amplifiers, feedback. Resistive networks, Kirchhoff's laws, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits. Capacitors and inductors. Switched RL, RC and RLC circuits. Oscillation. Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, frequency response, bipolar and MOSFT transistor circuits.

Sample reading list:
Dorf, Electric Circuits
Tsividis, A First Lab in Circuits and Electronics

Reading/Writing assignments:
Chapters of the text and the lab manual are assigned for reading. Keeping a lab notebook, including entry of observations and summary of experiments, is required.

Requirements/Grading:
Mid Term Exam - 15%
Final Exam - 30%
Quizzes - 15%
Lab Reports - 20%
Problem set(s) - 20%

Other Requirements:
Course is required for concentrators

Other information:
Labs begin during the first week of the course. Students may change lab section between the first and second week. The second-week choice is final. Bring a bound notebook to the first lab.

Website:  http://blackboard.princeton.edu

Schedule/Classroom assignment:

Class numberSectionTimeDaysRoomEnrollmentStatus
21119 L01 9:00 am - 9:50 am M W F   Engineering Quad B-Wing   B205   Enrolled:26 Limit:40
21113 B01 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm W   Engineering Quad F-Wing   110   Enrolled:8 Limit:10
21115 B02 7:30 pm - 10:20 pm W   Engineering Quad F-Wing   110   Enrolled:9 Limit:10
21121 B03 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm T   Engineering Quad F-Wing   110   Enrolled:9 Limit:10
21117 C01 7:30 pm - 8:20 pm M   Engineering Quad B-Wing   B205   Enrolled:26 Limit:40