Skip to main content

PHY226 Electronics                Spring Quarter, 2019

Instructor:      Cheng Chin <cchin@uchicago.edu>

  Lectures:       Tue & Thur         11:00‐12:20 pm        KPTC 105 

  Office hour:   Thur                    12:30‐01:30 pm        GCIS E107               

Teaching Assistants:

  Spoorthi Nagasamudran <nagasamudram@uchicago.edu>

  Mingjiamei Zhang <zmjm@uchicago.edu>

Laboratory Instructors:

  Mark Chantell <mchantel@uchicago.edu>

  Dave McCowan <mccowan@uchicago.edu>

  Kevin Van de Bogart <kevinv@uchicago.edu>

Textbooks:  Learning the Art of Electronics by T. Hayes and P. Horowitz 

  (Recomm.) The Art of Electronics, 3rd Ed., P. Horowitz and W. Hill 

Lab sessions:   (Mon & Wed) 1:30‐5:20 pm or (Tue & Thur) 2:00-6:00 pm

  Attendance of all lab sessions is required. Lab reports should be turned in by the end of the sessions.

Mon & Wed: KPTC208  TA:
  Students:
 
Tu & Th: KPTC208  TA:
  Students:

Grades:           14 Lab reports: 70%; Midterm exam: 15%; Final: 15%

Class outline:                                                                                                                                 

Week

Date

Lecture

Lab

Report

1

4/2

DC circuits

------ no lab ------

 

 

4/4

Capacitors and inductors

------ no lab ------

 

2

4/9

Diodes

Lab 1: DC circuits

Report 1

 

4/11

P-N physics

Lab 2: Capacitors

Report 2

3

4/16

Transistors I

Lab 3: Diodes

Report 3

 

4/18

Transistors II

Lab 4: Transistors I

Report 4

4

4/23

Operational amplifiers I

Lab 5: Transistors II

Report 5

 

4/25

Operational amplifiers II

Lab 6: Op-amp I

Report 6

5

4/30

Feedback Theory I

Lab 7: Op-amp II

 

 

5/2

Feedback Theory II

Lab 8: Op-amp III

Report 7

6

5/7

Preparation Sheet

Midterm (lec.1~10)

Temperature Servo I

Report 8

 

5/9

Optoelectronics

Temperature Servo II

 

7

5/14

Analog meets digital

Temperature Servo III

Report 9

 

5/16

Gates 1

Lab 13. Group Audio I

Report 10

8

5/21

Gates 2

Lab 13. Group Audio II

Report 11

 

5/23

Flip-Flops and Counters

Lab 13. Gates

Report 12

9

5/28

FPGA

Lab 14. Flip-Flops*

Report 13

 

5/30

Electronics Shop Tour

FPGA I

 

10

6/4

Senior final  Preparation

FPGA II

Report 14

 

6/13

Final (lec. 11-16) 10:30 am~12:30 pm KPTC105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Lab session on Labor Day (5/27) is moved to Wednesday (6/5).