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
- Course Schedule
- Textbook, Notes, and Additional References
- Accessibility
- Academic Integrity
- Homework Assignment
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:
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.