ECEG 350
Electronics I

Fall 2025

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HW #5 Solutions (11/6/2025)

The solutions to the graded and ungraded problems in HW #5 are now available at the course Moodle site.

HW #6 (11/5/2025)

The assignment for HW #6 is now available. It is due via Moodle at 11:59 pm on Monday, November 10.

The solutions will be posted the next morning to help you prepare for Exam #3, which will take place on Thursday, November 13. Remember that homework is not accepted for credit after the solutions have been posted.

Lab #4 Assignment (11/3/2025)

The assignment for Lab #4 is now available on the Laboratory page.

Help Sessions for Nov. 3–7 (11/3/2025)

I will be available at least at the following times this week:

  • Monday 5:00–6:00 pm (BRKI 368)
  • Monday 9:00–10:00 pm (Zoom)
  • Wednesday 5:00–6:00 pm (BRKI 368)
  • Thursday 10:00–11:00 pm (Zoom)
  • Friday 3:00–5:30 pm (BRKI 368)
  • Friday 5:00–5:30 pm (BRKI 368)

I am usually also available at the end of my MWF lectures at 9:50 am in Dana 307 and at 4:50 pm in BRKI 165.

Guidelines and additional information:

  • Please contact me if you have a conflict with these times and would like to arrange a meeting at a different time.
  • The Zoom link is available at the course Moodle site.
  • If I am helping another student when you drop by, you may usually join in the conversation.
  • If I have been helping you for a relatively long time, I might pause our conversation to help other students who are waiting for assistance.
  • For in-person sessions, if I have finished helping you, please move out to the hall or somewhere else so that the chairs in my office are clear for newly arriving students.
  • As a courtesy during Zoom sessions, please use your camera.

Reading Assignments for Nov. 3–7 (11/2/2025)

  • M: Sections 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 and the supplemental reading "Source Degeneration Biasing for Discrete MOSFET Amplifiers"
  • W: Sections 7.1.0 through 7.1.4 and 7.1.7
  • F: Sections 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0 through 7.3.3, 7.5.0, and 7.5.1

All of the section and subsection numbers that end in 0 are introductory text. You should read those sections since they provide important context for the technical material that follows. The supplemental reading is available at the course Moodle site. It will be extremely helpful when you begin Lab #4.

Selected Answers to HW #5 (11/1/2025)

The answers to selected graded problems in HW #5 are now available on the Homework Assignments page.

Exam #2 Solutions (10/31/2025)

The solutions to Exam #2 are now available at the course Moodle site.

Exam #2 Results (10/31/2025)

The average score for Exam #2 was 72.3. The average score breakdowns for the individual problems (converted to percentages) were:

  • Prob. 1 - 81%
  • Prob. 2 - 78%
  • Prob. 3 - 59%
  • Prob. 4 - 75%
  • Prob. 5 - 68%

Help Sessions for Oct. 26–31 - UPDATE (10/28/2025)

I will be available at least at the following times this week:

  • Sunday 10:00–11:00 pm (Zoom)
  • Monday 5:00–6:00 pm (BRKI 368)
  • Wednesday 5:00–6:00 pm (BRKI 368)
  • Wednesday 9:00–10:00 pm (Zoom)
  • Thursday 10:00–11:00 pm (new time; Zoom)
  • Friday 5:00–5:30 pm (BRKI 368)

I am usually also available at the end of my MWF lectures at 9:50 am in Dana 307 and at 4:50 pm in BRKI 165.

Guidelines and additional information:

  • Please contact me if you have a conflict with these times and would like to arrange a meeting at a different time.
  • The Zoom link is available at the course Moodle site.
  • If I am helping another student when you drop by, you may usually join in the conversation.
  • If I have been helping you for a relatively long time, I might pause our conversation to help other students who are waiting for assistance.
  • For in-person sessions, if I have finished helping you, please move out to the hall or somewhere else so that the chairs in my office are clear for newly arriving students.
  • As a courtesy during Zoom sessions, please use your camera.

HW #5 (10/28/2025)

The assignment for HW #5 is now available. It is due via Moodle at 11:59 pm on Monday, November 3.

Reading Assignments for Oct. 27–31 (10/28/2025)

  • M: Sections 5.0 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.3
  • W: Sections 5.1.4 through 5.1.6 and 5.2.0 through 5.2.3
  • F: Sections 5.3, 7.0, and 7.1.0 through 7.1.3

All of the section and subsection numbers that end in 0 contain introductory text. You should read those sections since they provide important context and/or background information for the material that follows.

Formatting Guidelines for Figures, Tables, and Captions (10/27/2025)

A set of guidelines to follow while you prepare your Lab #3 visual aids is now available on the Laboratory page under the "Post-Lab Meeting Preparation and Rubrics" heading. It is a general document that should prove useful as you prepare documentation for other courses as well as visual aids for future ECEG 350 lab exercises.

Updated versions of the guidelines might be posted later in the semester as new issues arise. Additional guidelines will be posted if new documentation elements are required in future lab exercises.

Table Formatting Examples (10/27/2025)

A Microsoft Word document containing examples of good and poor data table formats is now available at the course Moodle site in the "Additional Resources" section. The examples were discussed in class on Monday, October 27.

 

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Updated: November 6, 2025

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