PHYSICS 4700: Introductory Electronics for Physicists
Intermediate level introduction to electronic circuits, devices, and instrumentation with emphasis on laboratory experience.
Prereq: 1251, 1251H, 1261, or 1271.
Prereq: 1251, 1251H, 1261, or 1271.
Credit Hours
3
Course Information
The purpose of this course is to develop laboratory experience and to acquaint students with the fundamentals of electronics and instrumentation. This is primarily a lab course and as such the emphasis is on designing, building, analyzing, and documenting circuits.
Course Topics
- Ohm's Law
- Kirchoff's Law
- Thevenin/Norton Equivalents
- AC Circuits/Filters
- RLC Circuits
- Diode Circuits, Rectifiers, Transistor Characteristics
- Transistor Amplifiers, General Amplifier Theory, Feedback
- Operational Amplifiers
- Digital Logic gates/memory
- Microprocessors
Semester(s) Offered:
Autumn
Spring