PHYS 298 EL :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
- Circuit analysis (Kirchhoff’s laws, impedance, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, impedance matching, simple filters, Bode plots)
- Operation of diodes and transistors
- Amplifiers (gain, bandwidth, rise time, input and output impedance)
- Operational amplifiers and feedback
- Active filters and oscillators
- Voltage and current regulation
- Introduction to digital electronics (Boolean algebra, logic gates, memory, logic circuits)
- Analog to digital conversion
- Microprocessors using the Ardunio development board
- Sensors for light, temperature, magnetic field, pressure
- Noise (Johnson, shot, flicker noise, circuit analysis with noise)
- Signal to noise enhancement, phase sensitive detection,
- Communication with lab instruments – GPIB bus, LabView
- Modulation and Demodulation (modulation, mixing, heterodyning, detection)