ECE 2C - Course Info and Syllabus (Last updated 9/20/09)

This is the final quarter of your introduction to electrical circuits, devices, and systems.  You will solidify and expand your circuit-theory “foundation” for advanced coursework in the next two years, and also expose you to some new concepts in preparation for ECE 130.  We will start by reviewing essential concepts in devices and circuit theory from ECE 2A & 2B, and then expand on this by adding two-port network parameters, small-signal circuit-modeling of nonlinear devices, and basic signal concepts using Fourier series.  We will use these techniques to analyze and design simple transistor amplifier stages. The course will conclude with some discussion of information transmission and modulation techniques used in modern communication systems. In the lab we will also construct an audio power amplifier/speaker driver, microphone pre-amplifier, active filters using op-amps, AM modulator/demodulator, and finally put these all together to make a simple transceiver system.  Our ultimate goal for the course is three-fold: 1) to round out your exposure to basic circuit theory and analyses techniques and devices; 2) to give you hands-on experience in the lab by constructing important and commonly encountered circuit modules; and 3) to have fun doing it!  ECE 2C should be an interesting and hopefully entertaining culmination of all your laborious groundwork in ECE 2A-B.  

Instructor: Prof. C. Patrick Yue, HFH 5159, cpyue at ece.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Tu 11 AM – 12 PM and W 12-2 PM in HFH 5159
Lecture Hours: Tu & Th 9:30 - 10:45 PM, Trailer 387 Rm. 103
Lab Location and Hours: F 1-4:50 PM, HFH 5162C (First Lab is on 9/25/09)

TA Contact and Office Hours:
Li Sun: lsun at umail.ucsb.edu / M 1-2 PM & Th 5-6 PM in HFH 4162

Textbooks: We are using the same texts as used in 2B, namely:
1. The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 5th Edition, by Thomas & Rosa Wiley: New York 2006,  ISBN: 978-0471760955  
2. Microelectronic Circuits, 5th Edition, by Sedra & Smith  Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN: 978-0195142518  

Web Site: All course materials and important announcements will be posted at this web site:
http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/yuegroup/Teaching/ECE2C/main.html

Homework: There will be weekly homework assignments, usually assigned in-class on Thursdays and due the following Thursdays at 5 PM in the ECE Department homework collection box.  No late homework will be accepted. This will be rigidly enforced.

Laboratory:There are weekly labs - each will be completed in one or two weeks.  Labs will involve groups of up to two students. No groups of three will be allowed. Each group will prepare a Lab Report to be certified by the TAs in the lab following successful completion of the experiment.   The TAs will record a grade based on your lab performance and that of your circuit.

Exams: There will be 1 mid-term exam and 1 comprehensive final.

Grading: The lab is a very important part of the ECE 2C and this will be reflected in the grading as follows:
Homework: 15%; Exam: 25%; Laboratory: 25%; Final Exam: 35%