Instructor:	Robert A. Becker -- "Mr. B"
Office:	913 SEO Office Hours
Office Phone:	(312) 996-5453
email:	robert@uic.edu
Call Number:	18150
Room:	205 GH (New Room!)
Time:	1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Credit hours:	4 hours
Prerequisite:	Grade C or better in ECE 340.
Text:	Microelectronic Circuits, 5th Edition, by Sedra and Smith Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN=0195142519
Lab Manual:	None. Equipment info and Experiments will be on the ECE 342 laboratory web pages.
Grading:	You must get a Lab score of 65% or better to pass Lab! You must pass Lab to pass the course!
	Laboratory = 20% Homework = 10% Quizzes = 40% Final Exam = 30% ____________ _______ Total = 100%
Homework:	(Most) Homework will be collected. Solutions will be provided.
Laboratory:	Lab sessions will begin the 2nd week of the term and meet once a week. You must attend the Lab section in which you are registered. You can not make up a missed Lab Session! So, be sure to attend each Lab Session. REMEMBER: You must get a score of 65% or greater to pass Lab. And, you must pass Lab to pass the course.
Topics covered:	Differential and multistage amplifiers Frequency response of amplifiers, stability and compensation Feedback amplifiers Sinusoidal oscillators Wave shaping and waveform generators Comparators and their applications Voltage regulators Power amplifiers Logic gate structures using field-effect transistors Logic gate expansions, extensions, and interconnections Memory cells and sense amplifiers