Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Circuits,
Devices, and Systems
ECE
2B – Winter 2006
Instructor: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov
Schedule: Tues/Thurs
3:30 - 4:45pm, NH 1006
Announcements
3/17/06:
TA office hours during
finals week will be Wednesday 3/22/06 from 10-11:30am and Thursday 3/23/06 from
10-11:30am in Phelps 1435.
3/17/06:
Ilan will hold office
hours Wednesday 3/22/06 from 1-3pm.
3/17/06:
Solution 5.12 for HW5 was
incorrect. If you did it correctly and lost
points, please bring it to the final.
3/10/06:
There will be no lab
sections the week of 3/13-3/17. Lab 3 is
due in the homework box on 3/17 by 5:00pm.
The lab will be open the week of 3/13-3/17 during the following times:
Tues 3/14, 7-9pm
Wed 3/15, 9-11am
Wed 3/15, 1-3pm
3/10/06:
Homework 5 solutions are posted on the class website.
3/05/06:
Homework 6 and Homework 4 solutions have been
posted on the class website.
2/27/05:
Homework 5 has been posted on the class website.
2/25/06:
Lab 2 write-up due date has been changed. It is now due in lab the week of 3/6-3/10.
2/17/06:
Click here for midterm
solutions.
2/17/06: Homework 4 has been posted on the
class website.
2/09/06:
There will be an extra TA
office hour on Monday from 1:45-2:30pm.
2/09/06: Lab 1 write-up due date has been
changed. It is now due in lab the week
of 2/20-2/24.
2/09/06:
Homework 3 solutions are posted on the class website.
2/07/06: Lab 1a and 1b will be 1 combined write-up
which is due in lab the week of 2/13-2/17.
2/07/06: You will be allowed the following items
for the midterm:
1 sheet of notes (8.5 x 11inch, front and
back)
Pencils/pens
Calculator
Ruler / straight edge
2/02/06:
Homework 2 solutions are posted on the class website.
1/31/06:
Homework 1 solutions and Homework 3 have been posted on
the class website.
1/20/06:
Homework 2 and the remaining labs have been
posted on the class website.
1/15/06:
Homework 1 has been posted on the class website.
1/14/06:
TA office hours will be
Wed 3-5pm and Thurs 1-3pm in the ECE TA classroom in Phelps 1435.
Syllabus
(click here for syllabus in .pdf format)
Time: Tues/Thurs
3:30-4:45 P.m.
Place: NORTH
HALL 1006
Instructor: Dr.
Ilan Ben-Yaacov, ESB Room 2213, ext 5295, ilan@engineering.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Tues
2:15-3:15pm and Wed 11:00am-12:00pm, ESB Room 2213
Teaching Assistants: Adam
Brill – AdamEtrnal@aol.com
Kellen
Gillispie – kellen@engineering.ucsb.edu
Jon
Heilman – jonheilman@gmail.com
Andree
Ng – aqng117@umail.ucsb.edu
Thomas
Shen – tshen@umail.ucsb.edu
Eric
Torkildson – etorkild@umail.ucsb.edu
Required
Text: Electronic
Devices and Circuit Theory, 9th Edition, by R. L. Boylestad and
L. Nashelsky, 2006, ISBN 0-13-118905-0
Course Description: This is the second course in the sequence entitled Circuits,
Devices, and Systems. The content of this course focuses on the use of active
devices, mainly in amplifier circuits that form the basis for most applications
in electronics. This topic is a special application of the circuit theory that
you learned in ECE2A or equivalent. You will find that nodal analysis, Thevenin
and Norton theorems, principles of superposition, phasors, and other basic
tools of network analysis will be used in this course.
Course
Format: There will be approximately 6-7 homework assignments, 3-4 lab assignments, one in-class midterm exam on Tuesday, February 14th,
and a final exam on Thursday, March
23rd from 4:00 – 7:00 pm.
Homework, labs, midterm, and final will each contribute 15%, 25%, 25%,
and 35% to your final grade.
Homework 1 –
due 1/26 by 3:30pm HW 1
Solutions
Homework 2 – due 2/02 by 3:30pm HW
2 Solutions
Homework 3 – due 2/09 by 3:30pm HW
3 Solutions
Homework 4 – due 3/02 by 3:30pm HW
4 Solutions
Homework 5 – due 3/09 by 3:30pm HW
5 Solutions*
Homework 6 – due 3/17 by 5:00pm** HW 6 Solutions
*Note: The
solution for problem 5.12 is incorrect.
If you did it correctly and lost points, please bring it to the final.
**Note: this assignment is due on FRIDAY!
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