EE 3110 Electronic Devices Laboratory Manual

Department of Electrical Engineering

The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas

This manual was first prepared by late Professor Ian Van der Zeal. The manual has been revised by Drs. Larry Overzet, Samuel Villareal, J.-B. Lee, Randall Lehmann, and William Frensley. Significant works have been made through Mr. Lance Jensen, Dr. Mark Tinker, Matthew Van Hal, Karthik Colinjivadi, Masaho Asahara, Ashish Jindal, and David Pierce to make the manual as the current shape.

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Lab Contents

Lab safety rules and regulations Lab 1. Lab Equipment Tutorial Lab 2. Introduction to LabView Lab 3. Conductivity and the Hall Effect in Silicon Lab 4. Silicon Diode Characteristics Lab 5. Small Signal Models of PN Junction Diodes Lab 6. Transient Signals of PN Junction Diodes Lab 7. Low Frequency Characteristics of Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFETs) Lab 8. Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)

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Undergraduate Laboratories Rules and Regulations Electrical Engineering Department Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science University of Texas at Dallas
This brochure and the instruction session in which you received it are for the purpose of familiarizing you with the regulations and requirements of the UTD undergraduate laboratories. Read this brochure carefully, and if you have questions, please ask your TA or laboratory instructor. You are also invited to contact the laboratory supervisor, Dr. Nathan Dodge, office ECSN 4.916, email dodge@utdallas.edu, or laboratory technical associate Gene Woten, who may be reached in ECSN 2.310.

Safety Regulations
Safety is the most important consideration for students, staff, & faculty within the undergraduate labs. Safety rules MUST be followed at ALL times. Failure to follow Safety rules may result in expulsion from the labs (which could adversely affect your grade!).

The most important consideration in doing experiments or using equipment in the labs: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SAFE VOLTAGE OR CURRENT!
1. No student or TA will under ANY circumstances alter ANY wiring leading into or coming from a standard 110VAC wall outlet, including outlets that are built into the workstations. 2. Safety covers will NEVER be removed from any equipment, including all lab instruments and computers. 3. Any repair or system check (including something as simple as fuse replacement) on bench equipment will only be done by authorized lab personnel ONLY. 4. The lab is a professional environment. Appropriate clothing will be worn at all times whenever working inside the lab itself. Appropriate is defined as clothing that will not provide a distraction to other students and provide sufficient and proper protection to an individual present in a minimal hazard industrial environment. 5. Students in any lab course may not begin work in the lab at any time without a lab TA OR lab personnel being present. Present is defined as in the same room (or adjacent room) at the same time. No student or student group may work in the lab alone at any time (that is, without designated supervision). An exception is the EE open lab see below. 6. Students must ensure that any circuits being worked on are either deenergized (including the grounding of any possible components that may hold a charge) or are part of standard authorized lab experiments that have been designed to be energized while testing and measurement is taking place.
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7. Undergraduate students will not work on any personal projects without first clearing the work with the lab personnel. TAs may NOT authorize students to work in labs. Senior projects may be worked on in the open lab without supervision if cleared by the laboratory manager or his designates. 8. Students are expected to act in a professional manner at all times while in the lab. Practical jokes and horseplay are unacceptable in the lab environment. 9. Soldering irons are HOT! Care must be taken to protect yourself and others from being burned. Do NOT assume that a soldering iron is cool simply because it has been turned off! It is quite possible that the soldering station was in use just before your arrival in the lab. 10. When working at soldering stations, students will NOT flick molten solder off the solder tip. Use the wetted sponge that is provided with the soldering iron holder or the steel wool cup solder remover. 11. Students MUST turn off soldering irons when they are finished. Leaving soldering irons energized is both a safety hazard AND an equipment hazard.

Lab Regulations
The following regulations are mandatory for every lab course held in the EE labs. These regulations are in place to provide protection for both students and the lab equipment. Failure to follow these regulations may result in expulsion from the labs and a failing grade. 1. Test equipment may NOT be moved from one work station position to another. 2. Computer and test equipment covers WILL NOT be removed by anyone other than lab personnel. 3. Food and Drink are NOT allowed in the lab at ANY time. 4. Students are expected to show up for their lab class at the scheduled time. TAs have been instructed that they can deduct up to 50% of the lab grade for late arrival, depending on the extent of the tardiness. 5. In general, electronic components are considered to be consumable parts, which are subject to natural attrition. If you break or otherwise damage a component, there should be extra components in your lab kit. If there are no spares in the kit, see your TA. In ALL cases, notify your TA if you damage a part, so he/she can replace it in the spares. Breaking a part is not a problem, as breakage is to be expected. The ONLY unforgivable sin is to break a part and put it back in the parts kit, or to use a new part (especially the LAST spare part) without telling the TA so that additional spares may be added to the kit! 6. Jumper wires (i.e., connector wires) are NOT to be cut or trimmed. They are not consumable parts and are to be used from one experiment to another. Our connector wire kits use multi-stranded, flexible wires with hardened end connectors. If you should badly bend or damage a wire end, tell the TA so the wire may be replaced. Note: NEVER, NEVER USE CONNECTOR WIRES FROM THE WIRING KITS FOR SOLDERING PRACTICE! In labs where soldering is taught, special wire is provided for soldering practice.
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7. Since there are many courses in our labs each day, each workstation will collect a certain amount of clutter from each use. Students are required to clean up their immediate workstation after completion of their experiment prior to leaving the lab for the day. Leave the workstation position in as good shape as you found it for the next students that will use it. This includes cleaning benchtops, straightening instruments, and returning cables to their rack. If you find your workstation in messy condition, please tell the TA, so that it can be reported. 8. Leaving your workstation repeatedly during your scheduled lab time is disruptive to your classmates and the TA. Please keep this to a minimum in order to maximize not only YOUR lab experience but also that of your team member(s). 9. When leaving the lab for the day please turn off ALL test equipment at your workstation. 10. Your TA MUST inspect your workstation prior to your leaving the lab. DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL THE TA HAS INSPECTED YOUR WORKSTATION AND APPROVED ITS CONDITION. 11. If leaving a soldering station for any time longer than a minute or two, turn the soldering station OFF. Leaving the station on when unused causes extra wear on the equipment, and also poses an injury hazard.

Lab Security Policy

The following section covers overall lab security. It also covers various aspects of equipment checkout. Please note that violation of these policies may result in severe disciplinary action. 1. Students and TAs will ensure that ANY unattended laboratory room is locked. Our labs contain a large amount of valuable equipment, and this investment must be promoted by paying strict attention to security requirements. 2. Removing ANY equipment from a lab without prior approval and checkout procedures constitutes theft and will be prosecuted as such. In general, undergraduate lab equipment will NOT be loaned out. Senior project students, who occasionally need the use of special lab equipment, may get permission for Comet Card access to the open lab on the bottom floor of ECS North. Students, TAs, and instructors are NOT authorized to remove ANY equipment from ANY lab! 3. Our open laboratory is normally available from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Other hours may be available by appointment. 4. For all lab courses held in 3.108/110, 3.112/114, and 3.118/120, students must have either their TA OR lab personnel present in the lab when they are working. Senior project students may work unsupervised in the open lab once they are certified by lab personnel.

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Internet Use Policy

This Internet Use Policy is an adjunct to the UT Dallas Internet Usage Policy. UTD internet policy is to be considered the primary policy, always superseding lab policy. The lab internet usage policy is in addition to UTD policy. 1. All Lab computers have freeze software installed. If there is a problem on any computer, it is rebooted and any changed or added information since the last boot is dumped from the computer hard drive. This means that students MUST save any pertinent experimental data from one lab to the next on their own storage media (floppy disk or thumb [flash] drive). Failure to save your data may result in it being lost. 2. Students will NEVER download ANY software from ANY internet source onto lab computers without prior approval of lab personnel. This specifically includes messaging software (such as IE Instant Messenger). This also includes software that the student has a specific license for. 3. NEVER surf the net on your lab computer. Lab computers are specifically meant to control experiments and collect temporary experimental data.

Undergraduate Lab Open Hours Policy

In accordance with the above policy, senior students may apply for senior project access to the open lab. Open lab hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM 5:00 PM. In special circumstances, senior students may apply for unsupervised access to the open lab on weekends see the laboratory supervisor or his designate(s). Access is via card reader using the students Comet Card. Underclass students (sophomores and juniors) may have access to the open lab during the normal weekday hours, when supervision is available by lab personnel. In general, underclass students are not authorized to work alone in the open lab. Note that open lab hours are NOT a guarantee of lab access. They are a good faith effort to enable student access to equipment as much as possible during normal business hours. Occasional closings of the open labs may be necessary due to lab personnel responsibilities. Senior project teams may still have access to labs during these times via Comet Card.

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I have attended the Undergraduate Lab Safety Orientation during my first laboratory class, have read the Lab Rules and Regulations Brochure, and understand lab procedures and policies. I also understand that a violation of Safety Rules or Regulations may result in my expulsion from the labs until such time as I can receive remedial training on them, and may affect my final course grade.

Signature: ________________________________ Printed Name: ____________________________________ Date: ________________________

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