Updated 2/15/03 by Bharath
 

Exam Problems and Info

 


Here are the homework assignments and solutions from Spring 2003

Final Exam

Friday, May 23, 2003 in 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB)

Review Session scheduled for Monday, May 19, 5pm, 0050 Birge

Review Problem Set 1: .doc .pdf Solutions (.pdf)

Review Session Webcasts: Tape 1 Tape 2

Office Hours I will try to leave notes on my door saying when I'll be back if I have to leave for something.

  • Thursday 5/15, 1pm-4pm and 5pm-7pm, drop in, 477 Cory
  • Monday 5/19, 1pm-5pm, drop in, 477 Cory
  • Wednesday 5/21, 1pm-7pm, drop in, 477 Cory
  • Thursday 5/22, 11am-??? (I will stay until they kick us out or I go circuit-crazy), 293 Cory
Calculators/Notes Policy
  • You should bring a calculator with at least a square root key.
  • You will not be allowed to share calculators with other students.
  • You may bring one 8.5x11 sheet of notes, both sides.
  • The Midterm 3 notes sheet will be supplied along with the exam.
Exam Coverage

"Optional" means the topic might come up on the exam, but you will not be required to answer that question; you will have other non-optional material choices.

  • Required: All material from Midterms 1, 2 and 3 (Lectures 2-24).
  • Lecture 25: Required: All except detailed operation of inside of Schmitt Trigger. Optional: inside of Schmitt Trigger/positive feedback.
  • Lecture 26: Required: All. Analysis of large, mixed digital/analog circuits will be on the exam. FAQ: If you make a mistake at the beginning of a multi-stage circuit, you only have points taken off for that first mistake. Grader figures out what successive outputs should look like given your first mistake and grades accordingly.
  • Lecture 27: Required: Nonlinear operational amplifier circuits. Optional: Small-signal model.
  • Lecture 28: Required: Latch operation, control signals, use of multiplexer, relay circuit (NO COVERAGE of pipelining).
  • Lecture 29: NO COVERAGE.
  • Lecture 30: Optional: Writing KCL equations from fundamental cut sets. NO COVERAGE of NP, complexity.

Midterm 3, Thursday, April 24, 2003 (in class)

Solutions and Grading

Review Problems Solutions

Review Session: Tuesday, April 22, 2003, in 100 Lewis from 7-9pm.

Extra office hours for Prof. Ross: all day Tuesday until 7pm; Wednesday and Thursday TBA (dropping by doesn't hurt).

NO CHEAT SHEET. I will give you an equation sheet listing all the ID/VDS equations, and when each mode is valid, as well as equations for resistance and capacitance for gate delay.

Calculator highly recommended; try to bring one with at least a square root key in case triode mode comes up. Points taken off for missed calculations will be minimal, but you know that with these circuits, not recognizing the mode because of a missed calculation can lead to a lot of unnecessary work.



Grades for Midterm 2      Average is 78.6

 

Midterm 2 solution

 

Midterm 2, Thursday, March 20, 2003 (in class)

Midterm 2 Review Session Tuesday, March 18, 7-9pm, 277 Cory Hall

Midterm 2 Review Problems Solutions

You may bring one sheet of notes to the exam.

Prof. Ross will be in her office or the conference room across the hall from 11 am to 7 pm (with a food break from 3-4pm) to help you.

The exam will cover approximately the same material as the review problems. Expect to see the same topics: an op-amp analysis problem, op-amp design problem, gate delay timing diagram, digital logic implementation and basic simplification (optimal simplification will not be required), diode circuit operation. There will be a secret, more difficult design problem worth 10 points (so you earn your "A"). Hint: you may want to use a comparator, so I reviewed its operation in the last review problem. There will also be a multiple choice section with qualitative questions about diode physics and p-n junction from Lecture 13.



Grades for Midterm 1 and HW 1 to 3

Midterm 1, Thursday, February 20, 2003 (in class)

Midterm 1 Review Problems Solutions