Introductory Electronics for Physicists

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.
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

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