EL E 443 Spring 2003

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Plan For EE 443, Spring 2003:
 

Wk1   W 1/8 
Introduction
Review of Complex Numbers
Review of dB calculations
Review of types of filters
F 1/10
Read Chapter 1, Section 2.1 and 2.2
Circuit Elements and Scaling
The Ideal Op Amp
Wk2 M 1/13
The 741 op amp
Gain-Bandwidth product
3 db cutoff
db, 20 db/decade, 6 db/octave
W 1/15
non-inverting amplifier (ideal)
inverting amplifier (ideal)
approach to solving op-amp circuits
one-pole model, integrator model
F 1/17
approach to homework problems
Orcad capture basics
Orcad capture tricky points
Wk3 M 1/20
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
W 1/22
Finish reading Chapter 2
Analysis of Op-Amp circuits
F 1/24
Read Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
The Bilinear Transform
Bode Plots
Wk4 M 1/27
Read Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Passive First Order Filters
Real resistors and capacitors, design
W 1/29
Lattice Filters
F 1/31
Problems with passive filters
Review of Homework Solutions
Review for Test 1
Wk5 M 2/3
Read Section 3.4
Active First Order Filters (inverting)
W 2/5
Active non-inverting first order filters
F 2/7
Test 1 through Section 3.3 of text
Test 1 Answers
Test 1 Grades
Wk6 M 2/10
Cascading Sections
Normalizing During Design
W 2/12
Read Sections 3.5 and 3.6
The effect of A(s)
 
F 2/14

Phase Shaping Allpass filters
Wk7 M 2/17 Return Test 1
Design and scaling
W 2/19
2d order filters  Q and w0
Biquad filter
F 2/21
Biquad filter, frequency response
Wk8 M 2/24
Characteristics of 2d order lowpass filters
The influence of Q on magnitude and phase
Tow-Thomas Design
W 2/24
Out of town.  Class will not meet.
F 2/28
Quality of active integrators
Wk9 M 3/3
Non-ideal integrators, loss
W 3/5
Compensation techniques for lossy integrators
F 3/7
Overview of 2d order filters
Wk6 M 3/10  Spring Break W 3/12 Spring Break F 3/14 Spring Break
Wk7 M 3/17
Sallen-Key filters
W 3/19
General approach to 2d order LP filters
Ackerberg-Mossberg filters
F 3/21
RC - CR transforms
Analysis of the GIC
Wk8 M 3/24
Review of design problems
W 3/24 F 3/28
Test 2
Test 2 Grades
Test 2 Answers
Wk9 M 3/31
Biquadratic function using summing
W 4/2
Biquadratic function using voltage feed forward
F 4/4
Cascade design:  pole-zero pairing  and order of sections
Wk10 M 4/7
Cascade design:  gain allocation
W 4/9
Butterworth Filters
F 4/11
Butterworth Low Pass Filters
Wk11 M 4/14
Adding zeroes to Butterworth Filters
W 4/16
Design of Chebyshev filters
F 4/18  Good Friday Holiday
Wk12 M 4/21
Review Butterworth homework
Chebyshev Theory
W 4/23
Review for Test 3
Distribute Test 3
F 4/25
Class will not meet
Test 3 is a take-home test
Wk13 M 4/28
Submit Test 3
Answers to Test 3
W 4/30
Test 3 returned
Grades for Test 3
F 5/2
Review for Final Exam
Semester Points prior to Final Exam

Final Exam Grades

Semester Grades

  Final Exam Wednesday, May 7 Noon - 3 PM

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