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Course Name: CSU0049 Analog and Digital Computing Elements 類比數位運算元件 (Fall 2023)
Instructor: Chao Wang 王超
Teaching Assistant: Yu-Tse Wei 魏宇澤
Course Meetings: Tuesdays 9:10–10:00 and Fridays 15:30–17:20, in classroom E101, Gongguan Campus
Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 2–4pm @ room 511, Applied Science Building, Gongguan Campus; or by appointment
Midterm Exam: Week 8, Friday, in class
Final Exam: Week 16, Friday, in class

配合教育部雙語政策,此課程為 EMI 英文授課。

Contents

Course Syllabus

This course is designed for first-year undergraduate students. The goal is to unveil connections between physics and computing hardware, and to illustrate how to use math (and some imagination) to guide the design and analysis of computing elements. Consider this as the first course in the hardware realm of the computer science and engineering. It is our hope that through this course, students will acquire basic skills to study modern computing systems.

This course is an upgraded version of CSU0007 Basic Electronics 基礎電子學 (That course has officially retired), and emphasis will be put more on how digital and analog circuits serve the purpose of computing. If you have taken CSU0007 before, do not take this one, for more than half of the topics will be the same.

Grading:

  • Homework Assignments 45%
  • First Exam 20%
  • Final Exam 20%
  • Active Participation 10%
  • Attendance 5%

Course Schedule

Week # Topic Textbook/Note Coverage
1 Circuit Abstraction Chapter 1; Appendix A.1
2 Resistive Networks Chapter 2
3 The Node Analysis Method Chapter 3
4 Network Theorems Chapter 3
5 Nonlinear Circuits and Basic Analysis Chapter 4
6 Approximation and The Small-Signal Analysis Chapter 4 and my lecture note pages 45–47
7 Digital Abstraction Chapter 5
8 Midterm Exam
9 MOSFET Switch Chapter 6
10 MOSFET Amplifier Chapter 7
11 Small-Signal Model Chapter 8
12 Energy Storage Elements (1) Chapter 9
13 Energy Storage Elements (2) Chapter 9
14 Operational Amplifier Abstraction (1) Chapter 15
15 Operational Amplifier Abstraction (2) Chapter 15
16 Final Exam

Textbook and Lecture Notes

The required textbook: Agarwal, Anant and Lang, Jeffrey H. Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits. Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (July 18, 2005). ISBN 978-1558607354.

Purchase a copy of the book from Elsevier, books.google.com, etc. You may also read it at the NTNU library.

My lecture notes I will post on Moodle.

Additional References

  • Sedra, Adel S. and Smith, Kenneth C. Microelectronic Circuits. Oxford University Press, Inc.; 5th edition. ISBN 978-0195142525. (A solid reference text for advanced study in this field.)
  • Neamen, Donald A. Semiconductor physics and devices: basic principles. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 2012. (A great reference for related physics.)

Accessibility

Students in need are encouraged to bring their considerations to the instructor.

Academic Integrity

All homework assignments and exams must be completed individually and independently, except as specifically allowed by the instructor.

Academic integrity is a key component of your education, which is for your benefit. Anyone found to be cheating or helping someone else cheat will receive zero score for that homework/exam. Please reflect on the university’s motto: Sincerity 誠, Integrity 正, Diligence 勤, Simplicity 樸.

Homework Assignment

All homework assignments will be announced on Moodle.