Syllabus

ECE 317: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

for Technology & Management

Fall 2009

Required Text: Electrical Engineering Uncovered, 2nd Ed., D. White and R. Doering, Prentice Hall, 2001

Supplementary Text: Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications, 3rd Ed., A. R. Hambley, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2003

Tentative Course Schedule

Lecture	Day	Date	Topic	White/Doering
			Unit 1: DC Fundamentals
1	Tues	Aug. 25	Introduction
2	Thur	27	Charge, Current, Voltage, Kirchhoff's Laws, Circuit Elements, Passive Sign Convention	19.1 – 19.3, 19.11
3	Tues	Sept. 1	Power, Energy, Resistance, Resistive Circuits	19.4 – 19.9
4	Thur	3	Special Tour: UIUC Power Plant	Chapter 30
5	Tues	8	Mesh Current Analysis
5	Thur	10	Mesh Current Analysis
6	Tues	15	Class Cancelled in lieu of Laboratory 1
7	Thur	17	Thevenin/Norton Analysis	19.10
			Unit 2: AC Fundamentals
8	Tues	22	Overview, AC Waveforms, Capacitance Also Laboratory 1: Measurement Instrumentation (Rm. 146 EL)	20.1 – 20.3
9	Thur	24	RC (1^st Order) Circuits	20.4
			Unit 3: Semiconductors
10	Tues	29	Class Cancelled in lieu of Laboratory 2 Also, Laboratory 2: DC Power Supply (Rm. 146 EL)	28.3
11	Thur	Oct. 1	History, Chemistry, p-n Junctions	25.1 – 25.2
12	Tues	6	Exam 1 (Units 1 and 2)
13	Thur	8	p-n Junctions, Diodes	25.3
14	Tues	13	Bipolar Junction Transistors: Theory of Operation	Handout
15	Thur	15	Guest Lecture: Prof. Tom Overbye. Consumer Power Distribution Systems and Networks	Chapter 30
16	Tues	20	Bipolar Junction Transistors: Inverter circuits	28.2
17	Thur	22	Bipolar Junction Transistors, Intro to Digital Logic	22.1-22.3
18	Tues	27	Microelectronics Fabrication Facility Tour	Chap 29
19	Thur	29	Field Effect Transistor (FET), Digital Gates (CMOS)	25.4 – 25.5
20	Tues	Nov. 3	Binary Numbers, Logic Operations, Truth Tables	22.1 – 22.4
			Unit 4: Digital Logic
21	Thur	5	Combinational Logic, Example: Digital Adder	22.6
22	Tues	10	Class Cancelled in lieu of Laboratory 3 Also, Laboratory 3 (Rm. 146 EL)
23	Thur	12	Sequential Logic, Memory elements	22.7, 22.8
24	Tues	17	Class Cancelled in lieu of Laboratory 4 Also, Laboratory 4 (Rm. 146 EL)
			Unit 5: Computer Architecture
25	Thur	19	Computer components, CPU, Memory	23.1 – 23.2, 24.1
	Tues	24	Thanksgiving Recess
	Thur	26	Thanksgiving Recess
26	Tues	Dec 1	Presentation Dry Runs
27	Thur	3	Exam 2 (Units 3 and 4)
28	Tues	8	Microprocessors: Instruction set, assembly language, operating systems	23.3 – 23.6
	Thur	17	Final Project Presentations 7pm-10pm, Rm 260 Everitt Lab

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