12/15 Here is the solution set for the final exam, all except the last problem, and here is the solution set for the last problem.
12/4 Here is the solution set for homework 5.
11/25
1) The last homework set consists of the
following problems: Chapter 2, Problems 1, 20, 55, and Chapter 4, Problems
17, 23, 24, 27, 30. The schedule says that the homework is due Wed. the
2nd. In fact you may turn it in as late as Fri the 4th, in class, without
penalty. But no homeworks will be accepted after that. The solution set
will be posted after class on the 4th.
2) In case you didn't hear the announcement in class, lab 4 has been
cancelled. There is NO lab next week.
3) The TA will be out of town next week, so there will be no discussion
section and no TA office hours next week.
4) EXTRA OFFICE HOURS: I will have extra office hours on
Wednesday 12/2, 12-1, and Thursday 12/3, 10-11 if you need help with the
homework or have any general questions. I'll also have office hours
on Monday 12/7, 10-11 and 12-1 if you have questions before the final.
11/20 The first quiz problem is from homework set 4: Cogdell 3.19, for which you already have the solution. Here is the solution set for the other problems on quiz 3. In the solution set, P3.34 refers to Cogdell 3.34 which is problem 2 on the quiz. The solution marked 17(a) covers both quiz problem 3 and problem 4. The first part of 17(a) finds the Norton equivalent circuit (quiz problem 3). The second part of 17(a) find the transient response given that Norton equivalent circuit (quiz problem 4). The solution marked 17(b) you can ignore, it is just a different way of solving the same problem.
11/18 Here is some extra reading material on MOSFETs.
11/17 Here is the solution set for homework 4.
11/10 Homework set 4 consists of the following problems from chapter 3: 17, 18, 19, 21(a), 35, 38, 39. This homework set is due by 4pm on Monday November 16. You can turn it in during class on Monday, or turn it in to my office in the afternoon. I will have extra office hours on Friday from 12-1. You can also get homework help during Suayb's office hours on Thursday.
11/5 Here is the solution set for 3 of the 4 quiz 2 problems. The remaining problem (Problem 3) was an example that I worked out entirely in class, so you can look at your lecture notes for 10/12 for that one. Note that problem 2 on the quiz is 2.17 from your textbook.
11/2 Here is the file for Lab 3 for next week. Print it out and do the pre-lab before going to lab next week.
11/2 In office hours today, people asked me for more practice problems on amplifiers. There will be one amplifier problem on the Wednesday quiz. Here is Quiz 2 from 2007 and its solution set with 2 amplifier problems.
10/30 For the quiz next week, you will be allowed to use one pages of notes, 8.5 by 11 inches, both sides of the page, only material written in your own writing.
10/30 Here is the solution set for homework 3.
10/21 Homework set 3 consists of 5 problems from the book (chapter 2: problems 8, 9, 10, 13, 25) as well as 4 problems in a separate file: Extra homework 3 questions. In this file, for the two op amp circuits, assume the amplifier is an ideal operational amplifier, and find the output voltage $V_o$ in terms of the input voltage $V_s$. Also, note that problem 2.10 in the book does not require any precise measuring of (x,y) values off the curve. There is only one point (20,10) for which you need to know the values, and that is the point whose values are marked...
10/21 Here is the Solution for Quiz 1
10/17 Here is the file for Lab 2. PRINT it out. Do the pre-lab assignment including the PSPICE before you go to the lab on October 27 & 29. The PSPICE lab is EBU2 room 329. Suayb will be there on October 20 and October 24 during the regular lab hours. Actually, since there are a few people who didn't finish lab 1 last week, Suayb will split his time between the PSPICE lab to help people do PSPICE, and the nearby circuits lab, to help people who need to finish up lab 1. You should do the PSPICE for lab 1 as well as for lab 2. Lab 1 write-ups are due Friday the 23rd.
10/17 Here is the solution set for homework 2. You can ignore the fact that some of the solutions use units of kOhms and mAmps instead of Ohms and Amps.
10/17 Here is some basic material on amplifiers
10/17 Problem 1.35 continued on the back side of the page, so was mistakenly left off the solution set for homework 1. Thanks for pointing that out. So here is the new solution set for homework 1
10/12 Here is the solution set for homework 1
10/10 Homework set 2 consists of 5 problems from the textbook (2.2, 2.3, 2.38, 2.40, 2.47) as well as these 4 problems on linearity and source transformations
10/8 Here is the file for Lab 1. PRINT it out and take it to your lab section. READ through the whole thing BEFORE you go to your lab section. Please note that the labs are supposed to be done in groups of TWO. You can either find a lab partner before you go to lab, or just pair up with someone when you get there. In general, for all the 4 labs this quarter, if there is anything listed in the lab document as a pre-lab assignment, then you both have to do it separately, and attach both of your pre-labs to the lab write-up. Other than the pre-lab, you can do the lab report jointly and you will turn in ONE lab report for the group of two people.
10/5 Two mistakes found in textbook:
1) On page 45, problem 1.16, part (a):
In addition to finding V2 and i, you should have been asked to find V1, not V3.
V3 is already given in the figure as being 10V.
2) On page 54, the listed answer for 1.39 (a) is wrong. It should be
30 Ohms, not 70 Ohms.
9/30 First homework set consists of the
following problems:
Chapter 1: 11, 14, 16, 18, 26, 27, 32 (hand sketch is OK), 35, 39, 41, 50, 51.
Chapter 2: 29, 31, 34 (read section 2.3 on nodal analysis)
9/1 Important announcements for starting ece53:
1) LABS: do NOT start in weeks 1 or 2. They will start in week 3.
2) Reading assignment for 9/25 to 10/1 is Chapter 1. As you go through
this quarter, you should work extra problems from
the end of the chapter. Odd-numbered problems have solutions at the
end of the chapter, so you can see if you're doing them right.
3) Regrade policy: If you think some item needs
to be regraded on a lab report, homework, or quiz, write down which item
needs to be regraded, and why you think so. Turn this in within one week
of the time the graded item is handed back.
IMPORTANT: You have to do this in writing, and within one week.
Materials from Winter Quarter 2008:
Quiz 1 and
Quiz 1 solution set
Quiz 2 and
Quiz 2 solution set
Quiz 3 and
Quiz 3 solution set Part 1 and
Part 2
Final exam and
Final solution set
NOTE: problems 3 and 8 on the winter 2008 exam are NOT questions you could
be asked this time because we didn't cover this material. Also
problem 6 is NOT something you could be asked because
I stated that you wouldn't be asked an exam question on MOSFETs.
Materials from Winter Quarter 2009:
Quiz 1 and
partial Quiz 1 solution set
Note that
the last problem (problem 4 of the quiz, listed as 4.21 in the solution set)
has resistors with units of kOhms and not just Ohms (so you can ignore that)
and also it has an additional item in the solution (it solves for the
voltage across a 2kOhm load resistor) which you were not asked to do in the quiz
(so you can ignore that too). As for problem #1 of the quiz, that was an
example which I worked out completely in class (see lecture notes for 1/9)...
the power absorbed by the
resistor is 36W, and the power absorbed by the voltage source is 18W.
The current source supplies 54W.
Quiz 2 and
Quiz 2 solution set
Quiz 3 and
Quiz 3 solution set
Final exam and
Final solution set.
NOTE: problems 7 and 9 on the winter 2009 exam are NOT questions you could
be asked this time because we didn't cover this material.
PSPICE:Here is a useful PSPICE tutorial