Lahore University of Management Sciences

EE241L- Introductory Circuits Lab

Spring 2014-15

Instructor
DrHassanAbbasKhan
RoomNo.
Room9347A,DepartmentofElectricalEngineering,3rd Floor,SSEBuilding,LUMS
OfficeHours
TBD
Email
Hassan.khan@lums.edu.pk
Telephone
35608356,ext8356
TA
TBD
TAOfficeHours
TBA
CourseURL(ifany)

CourseBasics
CreditHours
2
Lecture(s)
NbrofLec(s)PerWeek 1
Duration 30mins
Lab(perweek)
NbrofLec(s)PerWeek 1
Duration 3hrs20mins
Tutorial(perweek)
NbrofLec(s)PerWeek
Duration

CourseDistribution
Core
EEmajor
Elective
AllSSE
OpenforStudentCategory

CloseforStudentCategory

COURSEDESCRIPTION

A lab course to introduce electric circuits, electrical measurements and electronic devices. Topics include generating and measuring electrical
signals; building and analyzing simple circuits using transformers, OP-Amps, diodes, MOSFETs, BJTs, filtering and modulation.
Lab also includes a term project on constructing a complete electronic system.

COURSEPREREQUISITE(S)

None

COURSEOBJECTIVES
Familiarize students with basic laboratory instruments used in circuits and electronics

Provide a self-contained introduction to building, testing and understanding basic electrical circuits and electronic devices

Labsaredesignedinsuchawaythatattheendstudentswillbeabletoknow
Charging and discharging of capacitors, time constant of RC circuit
Working of diodes, how to use diodes as rectifiers, clippers and clampers
Input output characteristics of op-amp and comparator
XY feature and working of oscilloscope
Negative feedback and non-inverting amplifiers, design of sound system
Design and frequency response of low and high pass filters
Resonance in LC circuits , Frequency response of band pass filters ,Transformers and their use to induce voltage
I-V characteristics of MOSFET
Amplification using MOSFET
Modulation and demodulation of signals
CMOS logic gates and inverters

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LearningOutcomes
Conduct basic laboratory experiments involving electrical circuits using laboratory test equipment such as multimeters, power

supplies, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.

Predict the behavior and make measurements of electronic circuits employing filters, amplifiers, modulators and rectifiers.

Relate physical observations and measurements involving electrical circuits to theoretical principles.
The student will demonstrate the ability to communicate and share their experiences by
working in small team groups.

GradingBreakupandPolicy

HomeWork:10%
ClassParticipation/Labperformance:40%
Project:25%
FinalExamination:25%

ExaminationDetail

NO
Midterm

Exam

FinalExam

Duration:90mins
BasedonlearningfromtheLabsandprelabassignments.

COURSEOVERVIEW
Week/
Lecture/
Topics
Module
Breadboard,functiongenerator,oscilloscope,
dcpowersupply,colorcodeofresistors
LAB1

LAB2

ResistorCapacitor(RC)circuits

LAB3

Diodesandtheirapplications

LAB4

LAB6

LAB5
LAB7
LAB8

BasicCharacteristicsofOpAmpsand
Comparators

Proteussimulations

Recommended
Readings
AFirstLabinCircuitandelectronics
byY.Tsividis.
Goodlabpracticesandotheruseful
hintspages110
GroundConnectionspages1113
Experiments1&2pages1423
BackgroundsectioninExperiment6
ofY.Tsividispg.4649.
BackgroundsectioninExperiment9
ofY.Tsividispg.6769andhandout
ondiodeequation
OpAmpsectioninExperiment4ofY.
Tsividispg.3536

Audioamplificationsystem(soundsystem)

BackgroundsectioninExperiment5
ofY.Tsividispg.4142.

Filtersandtheirfrequencyresponse

BackgroundsectioninExperiment7
ofY.Tsividispg.5356.
BackgroundsectioninExperiment8

LCcircuits,resonanceandtransformers

Objectives/
Application
Familiarizationwiththebasiclab
equipment

Toknowthechargingand
dischargingofcapacitorinfirstorder
RCcircuitsandtheirtimeconstant
Toknowhowdiodescanbeusedin
practicalcircuitsasrectifiers,
limiters,clippersandclampers
Inputoutputcharacteristicsofanop
ampandhowanopampisusedto
constructasimplecomparator
Togetfamiliarizewiththe
simulationsoftware(Proteus)and
howitcanbehelpfulinanalyzingthe
circuitresponse
Howtomakeasimplesoundsystem
andtheoperationofamicrophone

Howtodesignlowandhighpass
filters
Todeterminethefrequency

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ofY.Tsividispg.6266

MOSFETs

Experiment11ofY.Tsividispg.82
89.

Principlesofamplification

AMOSFETresistorinvertersectionin
Experiment12ofY.Tsividispg.90
91
BackgroundsectioninExperiment10
ofY.Tsividispg.7476.

LAB9

LAB10
LAB11
LAB12

Amplitudemodulation(AM)
CMOS

responseofLCcircuitsandbandpass
filtering,useoftransformerandbasic
principleofAMradio
IVcharacteristicsofMOSFETand
theiruseasvoltagecontrolled
resistorandswitch
TodeterminetheInputoutput
characteristicsofamplifierusing
NMOSandvoltagegain
Modulationanddemodulationof
signalsanddesignofradioreceivers
Todeterminethevoltagetransfer
characteristiccurveofCMOSinverter

Textbook(s)/SupplementaryReadings

AFirstLabinCircuitandelectronicsbyY.Tsividis,JohnWiley&Sons,2002.

Referencetexts:

MicroelectronicCircuitsLaboratoryExplorationsManualbySedraSmith4thEdition,OxfordUniversityPress,1998.

BasicEngineeringCircuitAnalysisbyDavidIrwinandMarkNelms,10thedition,JohnWiley&Sons.