EE 420 Engineering Electronics II and ECG 620 Analog IC Design
Spring 2017, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 

Course lecture notes and videos are located here

Homework assignments, due dates, and project information are located here

 

Current grades are located here.

 

In this course we will make extensive use of LTspice.

Examples from the lectures are found in ee420_ecg620_s17.zip.

 

Textbook: CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Third Edition (Chapters 9, 20-24)

Instructor: R. Jacob Baker (see office hours at this link)

Teaching Assistant: Claire Tsagkari (office location: TBE B310, Office hours: Tuesdays: 3 to 6 PM)       

Time: MW 4:00-5:15 PM

Course datesWednesday, January 18 to Wednesday, May 3

Location: SEB-1240 

HolidaysMonday, February 20 (Washington's Birthday), April 10 and 12 (Spring break from instruction)   
Final exam timeMonday, May 8 from 6 - 8 PM in SEB-1240, open book and closed notes  

Course contentAn introduction to the design, layout, and simulation of analog integrated circuits including current mirrors, voltage and current references, amplifiers, and op-amps. Credits: 3

Prerequisites: EE 320

 

Grading
25% Midterm
25% Homework/Quizzes

25% Course Project (more complicated project for graduate credit, that is, ECG 620)
25% Final

 

Policies

  • No laptops, Internet appliances (e.g. smart phones) can be used during lectures or exams.
  • If an exam or quiz is open book then only the course textbook can be used (no electronic copies, older/international editions, or photocopies).
  • No late work accepted. All assigned work is due at the beginning of class.
  • The final exam will not be returned at the end of the semester, not even temporarily for you to review.
  • Regularly being tardy for lectures, leaving in the middle of lectures, or earlier from lectures is unacceptable without prior consent of the instructor.
  • Cheating or plagiarism will result in an automatic F grade in the course (so do your own homework and projects!)
  • Questions for the instructor (only) should be asked in person (not via email).

 

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