ECG 721 Low
Noise Electronics
Fall 2012, University
of Nevada, Las
Vegas
Course lecture notes,
videos, homework assignments,
and project information are
located here
Current
grades are here
Instructor: R. Jacob Baker
(see office
hours at this link)
Course dates: Monday, August 27 to
Wednesday, Dec. 5
Time: Mondays and Wednesdays
from 2:30-3:45 PM
Final exam: Wednesday, Dec. 12
from 3:10 p.m. – 5:10
p.m.
Room: TBE B-309
Holidays: Monday, September 3, Labor
day and Monday, November 12, Veteran's day
Textbook: CMOS Circuit
Design, Layout and
Simulation, Third Edition and technical papers to be handed
out at various
points during the semester by the instructor.
Course
description - Noise mechanisms in
semiconductor devices, noise calculations, low
noise designs, high gain multistage amplifiers, matched filters,
shielding. Prerequisites:
Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Grading
Homework,
25%
In-class
assessments (Quizzes), 25%
Midterm,
25%
Final
Project Presentations, 25%
Policies
Cheating
or plagiarism will result in an automatic F grade in the course (so do
your own
homework and projects!)