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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Massachusetts Amherst
ECE 324: Electronics II
Spring 2017
Catalog Data: Lecture plus lab sessions. Design of more advanced electronic
circuits including analog integrated circuits, output/driver stages,
feedback amplifiers, timing circuits, and mixed-signal
analog/digital circuits. Three design projects and a term project are
required. 3 credits.
Objectives: After successfully completing this course, a student should be able
to:
1. Design, simulate and prototype circuit blocks based on
intermediate level concepts in analog and digital electronics.
2. Design and prototype a small electronic system consisting of
several analog/digital circuit blocks to meet a given functional
specification.
3. To communicate effectively through oral, written and symbolic
expression.
4. Organize a project and work successfully in a team
environment.
Prerequisites: Passing grade in ECE 323
Instructor: Joseph Bardin, 215H Marcus, [email protected]
Office Hours: TBD
Guangyu Xu, 215G Marcus, [email protected]
Office Hours: TBD
Teaching Assistants: Derek Caudill , Marston 221, [email protected]
Office Hours: TBD
Ling Zhong, Marston 221, [email protected]
Office Hours: TBD
Lectures: MWF 11:15 AM-12:05 PM, Engineering Lab 303
Laboratories: Lab section 1 – Tu 2:30 - 5:30 (see schedule); Marston 221
Lab section 2 – W 2:30 - 5:30 (see schedule); Marston 221
Textbook (r equired): A.S. Sedra, and K.C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits,
Oxford University Press, 6th or 7th ed.

Course Overview: The first part of this course will be similar in structure to ECE323.
There will be a mixture of lecture and laboratory with three design
projects that are focused on the lecture material. There will be two
midterm exams covering this material.
In the second part of the course (after spring
break) students will work only on the term project. There will be
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no lectures, only project consultations, progress reports, and

demonstrations. There will be no final exam, but a term project
report must be submitted at the end of the semester.
Grading policy:
Three focused design projects: 20% of total grade
Midterm exam I : 20% of total grade
Midterm exam I : 20% of total grade
Term design project : 30% of total grade
Homework : 10% of total grade

Focused Design Projects:

(1) Each focused project will be graded primarily on the preparatory design/simulation
("prelab report"). The prelab reports are due before 2:30pm on the Tuesday of lab weeks,
regardless of lab section. See course schedule or Moodle for more details. The prelab
report should be the work of a single student alone. Students who turn in a design that
duplicates the design submitted by another student will cause all the students involved to
get zero credit.
(2) An example prelab report is available on the course Moodle site.
(3) The prelab report grade will not be recorded (a grade of zero) unless that student
completes the laboratory portion of the project. All laboratory results will be certified as
complete by the laboratory instructor or T.A.
(4) In order to pass the course, a student must have a passing grade on EACH of the
focused design projects.
Focused Design Project 1: Two-Stage BiCMOS Amplifier
Focused Design Project 2: Design of a Simplified “op-amp”
Focused Design Project 3: Design of a Feedback Amplifier

Term Design Project

Students will form teams of THREE to work on their term design projects. Each team
will be assigned one project from a group of several projects that have been prepared for
this course. These projects are significantly more complicated and less constrained than
the focused projects. Students must also consider cost and part count in their design work.
The project will be graded 10% on an oral progress report, 50% on an end-of-term
demonstration, and 40% on a final written report. Each team member's contribution to the
team effort will be assessed in the final determination of project grades.
Titles of the available projects are listed below. More detailed project descriptions will be
put on the course website near the beginning of the term. Student preferences in team
members and in project assignments will be given as much consideration as possible.
Near the end of February, your preferences will be solicited. At the beginning of March
projects and teams will be assigned.
Each team will do the design of one of the following term projects:
(1) Time Division Multiplexed Audio Link, (2) AM Radio Transmitter & Receiver, (3)
Heart Rate Monitor, (4) Infrared Audio Link, (5) Temperature Controller(Two versions),
(6) Switching Voltage Regulator
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Supplemental References:

Best, Phase-Locked Loops, McGraw-Hill, 1984.

Coughlin and Driscoll, Operational Amplifiers In Linear
Integrated Circuits, Prentice Hall, 1982.
Ghausi, Electronic Devices and Circuits, HRW, 1985.
Glasford, Analog Electronic Circuits, Prentice Hall, 1986.
Horenstein, Microelectronic Circuits and Devices, Prentice Hall ,
1990.
Horowitz and Hill, The Art of Electronic Design, Cambridge
University Press, 1989.
Pederson and Mayaram, Analog Integrated Circuits for
Communication, Kluwer, 1991.
Jacob, Applications and Design with Analog Integrated Circuits,
Prentice Hall, 1993.
Razavi, Fundamentals of Microelectronics, John Wiley & Sons,
2008.
Savant et al., Electronic Circuit Design, Benjamin/Cummings,
1987.
Jaeger, Microelectronic Circuit Design, McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Soclof, S., Design and Applications of Analog Integrated Circuits,
Chapter 11, Prentice Hall, 1991.

Professional Component: Credits of engineering science 1; Credits of design 2

Relationship of course objectives to program outcomes:

PROGRAM OUTCOMES COURSE OBJECTIVES

1 2 3 4
a. Able to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering Y N N N
b. Able to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and Y Y N N
interpret data
c. Able to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs Y Y N N
within realistic constraints
d. Able to function on multi-disciplinary teams N N Y Y
e. Able to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems Y Y N N
f. Understands professional and ethical responsibility N N N Y
g. Able to communicate effectively N N Y N
h. Understands the impact of engineering solutions in a global, N N N N
economic, environmental, and societal context
i. Recognizes the need for, and is able to engage in, life-long learning N Y N N
j. Has knowledge of contemporary issues N N N N
k. Able to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools Y Y N N
necessary for engineering practice
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Preliminary Schedule

Day of Week Date Topic Ed 6, S&S Ed 7 S&S

Wednesday 1/25/17 Intro to Electronics II
Friday 1/27/17 Current Mirrors
7.4.1,7.4.2
8.2
Monday 1/30/17 Active Loads Notes 8.3
Tuesday 1/31/17 Lab Organization
Wednesday 2/1/17 Multistage Amplifiers 1.5.2 1.5.2
Friday 2/3/17 Multistage Amplifiers
Monday 2/6/17 Design
Notes
Notes
Tuesday 2/7/17 Project 1 due, lab 1 (I)
Wednesday 2/8/17 No Class, lab 1(II)
Friday 2/10/17 No Class
Monday 2/13/17 Common and Differential Modes 2.1.1-2.1.3 2.1
Wednesday 2/15/17 Differential Pairs 8.1-8.2 9.1
Friday 2/17/17 Differential Pairs 8.5.1-8.5.4 9.5.1-9.5.3
Monday 2/20/17 Holiday
Wednesday 2/22/17 Simple Opamp 8.6.1, 12.1 9.6.1, 13.1
Friday 2/24/17 Frequency Response 9.5.1-2, 9.8.1-2 10.3, 10.7
Monday 2/27/17 Feedback Review 10.1-10.2 11.1-11.2
Tuesday 2/28/17 Project 2 due, lab 2 (I)
Wednesday 3/1/17 Stability, lab 2(II) 10.9-10.12 11.7-11.9
Thursday 3/2/17 Midterm I (Evening)
Friday 3/3/17 No Class
Monday 3/6/17 Opamp Compensation 10.13 11.1
Wednesday 3/8/16 Oscillators 17.1-17.3 18.1-18.3
Friday 3/10/16 Oscillators
Monday 3/20/16 Power Stages 11.1-11.3 12.1-12.3
Tuesday 3/21/16 Project 3 due, lab 3 (I)
Wednesday 3/22/16 Makeup Day, lab 3 (II)
Friday 3/24/16 Review
Monday 3/27/16 Term Project Description
Wednesday 3/29/16 Term Project Description
Thursday 3/30/16 Midterm II (Evening)
Friday 3/31/16 No class
Monday 4/3/16 Term Project Starts
Tues/Weds 4/11-4/12 Preliminary design review