Fundamentals of circuit analysis and the physics of electronic devices. Topics include DC and AC circuits, signal transmission, noise, feedback, semiconductors, operational amplifiers, and simple digital logic.
PRQ: PHYS 252 or PHYS 273
A second course in electronics is PHYS 475 - Laboratory Electronics II
The lecture part will cover the basic theory of simple electronic circuits.
- DC and AC circuits
- Diodes and transistors
- Switches and digital logic
- Signal amplification in transistors and op-amps
The laboratory part will cover techniques of building and debugging circuits and follow the lectures
- Building circuits with breadboards and components
- Using power supplies and digital multimeters
- Using function generators and oscilloscopes
- Wiring simple integrated circuits
- Use of computers using LabView as part of circuit testing