CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

ECE 220L
COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE INFORMATION
Course number and name: ECE 220L Electronics Lab, 2 units, 3 lab sessions per week
Class meetings: Tuesday 4:00 pm-6:50 pm

Personnel contact:

Instructors: Mehmet Argin, Ph.D.

Office Hours: M 4:30 pm-5:30 pm & W 4:00 pm-5: 30 pm
Office Location: 9-324 A
Phone: (909) 869-3978
Email: margin@cpp.edu

I will use Blackboard to send emails to your Cal Poly Pomona email address. These emails may contain comments on
homework questions, reminders of important dates, and other timely information. It is your responsibility to ensure
that the method you use to read your University email allows you to receive these messages.

The most current course information, including all assignments, will be kept on Blackboard.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course will cover basic semiconductor devices, PN diodes and some of their applications, Bi-Polar Junction
Transistors and some of their applications, Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors and some of their
applications, and the Junction Field Effect Transistor. In addition, the course will emphasize the use of computer tools
such as Word (as an aid in report writing), EXCEL (as an aid in data processing and graphing), and PSpice (as a
performance predictor).

REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Text book: Instructor notes

PRE REQUISITES:
ECE207L, C- or better in ECE 220

WEEKLY REPORTS:

There are eight reports which are due at the beginning of class on the next week. You will perform an experiment in
a group of two students. But each student submits individual report. The university policy on plagiarism is clear; the
consequences are severe. You MUST do your own work. Lab partners need to share data, but MUST NOT share the
report writing experience. All reference work must be cited just like a formal paper.

Weekly reports are to be short, normally 3-5 pages (more or less) plus data. Each report will be worth 10 points, will
be neat, clear, and concise, and will include the following elements. Your report should be brief but complete. Every
word should have its importance. Your report will be judged not by its length but by its contents and quality.

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REPORT GRADING AS FO LLOWS:

Cover page- 1 point

With the title of the experiment; your name, partners name and station number; and the date of the experiment.
Executive Summary clear and concise = 1 point
Objective = 1 point
A concise statement of the objective(s) of the experiment. What do you expect to learn from the experiment? What
are you going to measure/build/design?
Procedure complete and correct = 1 point
Explain how you measured/built/designed, show the circuit schematics if necessary, includes a brief theoretical
analysis if needed.
Data complete with tables, graphs, etc. = 3 points
Include nominal values for Source (Vin), electrical components and instrument settings if relevant, and includes
electrical measurements in tabular form to make them clear. Present your result as figures if needed, these figures
will be the central result in your report.
Analysis- =2 points
For all the data measurement and data analysis, all axes must be labeled; No units, no credit; any figure should be
labeled; any figure should be referenced in the main text in the order in which it appears. It is fine to cut/paste
figures, schematics from data sheets, lab manuals, or any other source. If you do this, you must cite the reference.
Discussion Comment on your analysis, elaborate results. = 1 points

SUPPLIES:

You will also need to purchase supplies from an electronics store for all the experiments. The weekly lab notes list
the items you must purchase. They are usually low cost items (resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors) totaling
a few dollars at most and available from electronic hobby stores like Dow, MarVac, Radio Shack, or etc. Save the
materials for future experiments in this course and other labs in the future. You will also need general lab supplies
like protoboards, clip-to-clip leads and BNC-to-clip scope leads. The SCETA Club (9-257) sells many of these items
as a convenience to both the ECE and ETE students.

GENERAL PROCEDURES

Attendance
Students are expected to attend all labs.
Be on time in the lab. No make-up labs are allowed unless approved by the instructor in advance.
Refrain from using your cell phone as they are distracting for both you and the rest of the class.

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COURSE OUTLINE AND GRADING SYSTEM
Week Tentative Topics
1 Introduction, Lab Rules & Safety
2 Excel and PSpice (Computer Lab)
3 Characteristics of the PN Junction and Zener
Diodes
4 Some Applications of the PN Diode
5 Transient Response of Diodes
6 Bipolar Junction Transistor Current-Voltage
Characteristics
7 Bipolar Junction Transistor Biasing Circuits and
Bias Point Stability
8 MOSFET Transistor Current-Voltage
Characteristics
9 Bipolar Junction and MOS Transistors as
Switches
10 Current-Voltage Characteristics of the Junction
Field Effect Transistor
Note: The lab topics may be subject to change.
Grading Policy: 8% Pre-lab Preparation, 12% Lab Demonstration, 80% Lab reports
Pre-lab preparations and parts list
NA
Computer lab 9-205, read Exp. manual & To do list,
no parts required.
Read Exp manual & To-do list
1N4005 (or equivalent) diode, Zener Diode
(1N4734A); any other diode like a Schottkey Diode
(MBD101), LED, Laser Diode or Germanium Diode
(1N270); A variety of resistors like 100 , 1k and
100 k
Read Exp manual & To-do list
2 1N4001 (or equivalent) diodes; A 1F and 100F
Capacitor; A variety of resistors like 10k
Read Exp manual & To-do list
1N4005 (or equivalent) diode; a Schottkey Diode
(MBD101), 300 resistor
Read Exp manual & To-do list
2N3904 BJT Transistor; A variety of resistors like
10 , 100 , 5 k
Read Exp manual & To-do list
2N3904 BJT Transistor; A variety of resistors from
10 to 5 k; A 100 F Capacitor
Read Exp manual & To-do list
A 2N4351 MOSFET Transistor (or PHIL_FET:
BSP110); A variety of resistors from 200 to 100
k
Read Exp manual & To-do list
A 2N3904 BJT and a 2N7000 MOSFET; or A
CD4007 CMOS; A variety of resistors from 100
to 100 k
Read Exp manual & To-do list
2N3819 (NTE312) JFET Transistor (or equivalent);
*Note: Need to buy this from the outside, the JFET
available from the stockroom doesnt work well for
this experiment; LM741 OpAmp; A variety of
resistors from 100 to 100 k
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

The university takes an extremely serious view of violations of academic integrity. As member of the academic
community, faculty, staff, and students are dedicated to promoting an atmosphere of honesty and are committed to
maintaining the academic integrity essential to the educational process. Inherent in the commitment is the belief that
academic dishonesty in all forms violates the basic principles in integrity and impedes learning.

It is the responsibility of individual faculty members to identify instances of academic dishonesty and recommend
penalties to the department chair or college dean in keeping the severity of the violation. Penalties may range from
verbal chastisement to a failing grade in the course.

ANY STUDENT THAT VIOLATES UNIVERSITY POLICIES OR REGULATIONS SHALL RECEIVE A GRADE
OF F. Cheating on an exam will result in an automatic F for the course.

PLAGIARISM

Oral or written material belonging to another author which is not properly documented and which is represented as
the students own work constitutes plagiarism. This includes both text and graphics. Any student guilty of plagiarism
shall automatically be given a failing grade.

Use Quotation marks to indicate the exact words of another. Summarizing a passage or rearranging the order of a
sentence and changing some of the words is paraphrasing. Each time a source is paraphrased a credit for the source
needs to be included in the text. See Campbell/Ballou/Slade, Form and Style Theses, Reports, Term Papers, Houghton
Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. Simply give credit where credit is due. Arrange your bibliography alphabetically
by author.

UNIVERSITY ST UDENT SUPPORT:

It is helpful to list different places that students can find support and services on campus. See
http://www.cpp.edu/advising/. Here are a few that might be especially helpful:
Learning Resource Center: http://www.cpp.edu/lrc/, x3502, Library 2921, Math and science tutoring,
writing help, reading help, tutoring on other topics
Student Support & Equity Programs: http://www.cpp.edu/ssep/about-us/index.shtml , x3360, Academic
home for all undeclared students, and much more
Counseling Services: http://www.cpp.edu/~healthcounseling/counseling/index.shtml , x3220, 66-116,
Individual counseling, couples/marriage counseling, family therapy, crisis intervention
Student Health & Counseling Services: http://www.cpp.edu/~healthcounseling/index.shtml , x4000, Bldg
46, Urgent care, pharmacy, immunization, wellness

If you have a physical or a learning disability, please talk to me privately and/or contact the Disability Resource
Center (909-869-3333, Bldg 9, Rm 103) to coordinate course accommodations.