LSM 1 (YEAR 3, SPRING)
Linear Systems Analysis
Textbook: A. V. Oppenheim and A. S. Willsky, Signals and Systems, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 1996.
Anchoring concept: Complex-frequency spectrum analysis of continuous-time signals and systems (Laplace-transform)
- System response to continuous complex exponential input
- Transfer function and output decompositions
- Laplace transform and region of convergence
- Properties and applications of Laplace transforms
- Partial fractional expansion and inverse Laplace transform
Electronics Principles
Textbook: Electronics II, booklet, prepared by Tom Chen; Fundamentals of Microelectronics by B. Razavi, Wiley
Anchoring concept: CMOS Single-Transistor Circuits
- Review of MOS transistors and some of their 2nd order effects (Booklet pp. 1-50, Book Sections 6.1, 6.2)
- Common source amplifiers (Booklet pp. 55-68, Book Section 7.2)
- Common gate amplifiers (Booklet pp. 95-100, Book Section 7.3)
- Common drain amplifiers (Booklet pp. 101-108, Book Section 7.4)
- CMOS current source circuits (Booklet pp. 70-90, Book Section 9.2.3)
Electromagnetics
Textbook: Electromagnetics, Branislav M. Notaros, Pearson Prentice Hall)
Anchoring concept: High-Frequency Electromagnetic Field
- Maxwell’s Equations for High-Frequency EM Field (Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.4)
- Field Analysis in Frequency (Complex) Domain (Sections 8.6, 8.7, 8.8)
- Poynting’s Theorem, power conservation (Sections 8.11, 8.12)
- Lorenz (High-Frequency) Potentials (Sections 8.9, 8.10)
- Antennas and Radiation (Sections 14.1, 14.2)