Circuits II / electronics
Undergraduate · Engineering
Syllabus focus
Topics typically covered
Standard syllabus
Semiconductor devices
- Diode I–V characteristics and circuit models
- Rectifiers, clippers, and clampers
- Zener regulation (intro)
- BJT operating regions and biasing
- MOSFET as switch and amplifier (intro)
- Small-signal amplifier intuition
Operational amplifiers
- Ideal op-amp assumptions and virtual short
- Inverting, noninverting, summing, and difference amps
- Integrators and differentiators
- Comparators and Schmitt triggers
- Practical limits: slew rate, saturation, input bias
- Feedback and stability awareness (intro)
Frequency response and filters
- Bode plots for magnitude and phase (intro)
- First-order RC filters: cutoff and roll-off
- Resonance and Q in RLC circuits revisit
- Active filters with op-amps (survey)
- Decibels and cascaded stages
- Noise and grounding hygiene (intro)
STEM / applied
Electronics practice
- Breadboard and PCB prototyping workflows
- Oscilloscope and function-generator measurements
- SPICE simulation verification of hand analysis
- Power supplies and decoupling capacitors
- Mixed-signal interfaces: ADC/DAC survey
- Design mini-project: sensor front-end or audio amp
Digital and systems bridges
- Logic families and switching levels survey
- Timing, rise/fall, and fan-out intuition
- Microcontroller GPIO interfacing (intro)
- EMC/EMI awareness for student designs
- Datasheet reading for real parts
- Lab reports with measured vs predicted results
Notes
Catalog track is Standard + STEM (not Theoretical). Assumes Circuits I (DC/AC/transient) background. Course titles vary (Electronics I, Circuits II).