CSU, Chico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EECE 315:Electronics I

Prerequisites:EECE 211, EECE 211L

Corequisites: EECE 311,MATH 260

Required for EE, CMPE, and MECA majors

Catalog Description:Ideal diodes. Zener diodes and regulation. Photodiodes and solar cells. Biasing and DC behavior of bipolar transistors. JFETs and MOSFETS. Small-signal AC equivalent circuits. Single-state transistor amplifiers. Low-frequency response. Discrete feedback amplifiers. Formerly ECE 145.

Course Objectives:

• give an intensive introduction to electronic design of analog circuits
• explain the importance and means of biasing
• learn circuit applications of diodes
• learn circuit configurations and applications for bipolar and field-effect transistors
• learn the comparative advantages of bipolar and field-effect transistors
• learn how to size capacitors to give a desired low-frequency specification
• learn the characteristics of negative feedback amplifiers

Course Outcomes:

Students shall be able to:

• analyze circuits containing diodes including Zener diodes
• design a Zener diode voltage regulator to meet assigned specifications
• bias a bipolar or field-effect transistor to meet assigned specifications
• determine if a bipolar transistor is biased into saturation
• determine if a field-effect transistor is biased out of pinch off
• know the benefits and limitations of each of the three basic transistor amplifier configurations
• design a single-stage amplifier to meet given specs for gain, gain stability, input impedance, output voltage swing and lower-corner frequency
• design a multistage negative-feedback amplifier to meet given specs for gain, gain stability, input impedance, output voltage swing and lower-corner frequency

Class/Laboratory schedule:

• One hundred minutes a week lecture
• One hundred and fifty minutes a week laboratory

Contribution of Course to Meet the Professional Component:

• Engineering Science: 2 units
• Engineering Design: 1 units

Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes and Objective:

This course makes significant contributions the following program outcomes:

• An ability to design and conduct experiments as well as to analyze and interpret data
• An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs
• An ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
• An understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities

This course supports the achievement of the following elements of the program objective:

• Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to identify, formulate, and solve computer engineering problems
• Use industry standard tools to analyze, design, develop and test computer-based systems containing both hardware and software components.
• Achieve success in graduate programs in computer engineering, electrical engineering or computer science.
• Continue to develop their knowledge and skills after graduation in order to succeed personally and contribute to employer success.

ABET Embedded Assessment Components for this course: 

Metric: The measure of student proficiency (e.g., a quantitative or qualitative measure of achievement on an assignment or test question which emphasizes the target outcome)

Rubric: Evaluative conclusions versus corresponding descriptions of achievement level (e.g., highest score represents mastery)

Standard: Evaluative result that represents minimally acceptable achievement of proficiency

 The following table describes the course embedded assessment components for this course. 

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