ECE 310/310L
Microelectronic Circuits and Lab
Spring 2012, Boise State University
Textbook: Chapters 1-5 and topics from 6 and 10 in Microelectronic
Circuit Design, Fourth Edition by R. C. Jaeger and T. N. Blalock (book’s
website: JaegerBlalock.com)
Instructor: Jake Baker
Time: MWF 2:40 to 3:30 PM
Lab time: Thursdays from 1:40 to 4:30 PM, Yes! we
will meet the first week.
Course
dates: Wednesday, January
18 to Friday, May 4
Location: ENGR 314 and 337 (lab)
Holidays: February 20 (Presidents’ Day), March 26,
28, and 30, Spring break from instruction
Final Exam time: Monday, May 7, 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Course content – Circuit design and analysis using diodes,
bipolar junction transistors, and MOSFETs. Introduction to design with op-amps.
Circuit simulation with SPICE. PREREQ: ECE 212 and ECE 288.
Homework
guidelines are found here.
Current
grades are located here.
In
this course we will make extensive use of LTspice.
Examples
from the lectures are found in ece310_s12.zip.
Lecture
Grading
25% Midterm1
25% Midterm2
25% Homework/Quizzes
25% Final
Lab
Grading
25% Lab notebook
25% Lab report 1
25% Lab report 2
25% Project
Email
questions should be sent to the CMOSedu
Google group (not directly to the instructor).
Questions
for the instructor (only) should be asked in person (not via email).
Policies
No
laptops, Internet appliances (e.g. Kindle, Nook, Ipad,
etc.), 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
ebooks, Kindle, Nook, etc., 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.
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!)