Signals and Systems
Experiment 1: Resistive Circuits (Hspice simulations)
The main goals of this experiment are:
- To learn linear circuit analysis with Hspice.
- To practice netlist generation and DC analysis in Hspice.
- To introduce the Wheatstone bridge.
- To practice the Thevenin equivalent circuit.
- To verify the superposition theorem.
Experiment 2: Inverting amplifier (Hspice simulations).
The main goals of this experiment are:
- To introduce the the linear controlled sources of Hspice.
- To introduce parameterization and subcircuits in Hspice.
- To introduce equations and behavioral modeling in Hspice.
- To introduce a simple non-linear opamp simulation model.
- To simulate several opamp configurations including the inverting amplifier.
Experiment 3: Memoryless opamp circuits
The main goals of this experiment are:
- To review basic memoryless opamp circuits.
- To verify the basic memoryless opamp circuits by Hspice simulation including linear and nonlinear regions of operation.
- To design, simulate, build a non-inverting amplifier, an inverting current amplifier and a voltage-to-current convertor and measure them in the lab.
- To compare calculations, simulations, and measurements.
Experiment 4: First order circuits-Lossy integrators using opamp
The main goals of this experiment are:
- To learn about forced, natural and total response of first order systems.
- To analyze and simulate integrators in the time domain.
- To build an opamp based integrators.
- To measure the response circuit with a DC input, a sinusoidal input and a periodic pulse input.
- To measure the frequency response of the lossy integrator.
- To compare calculations, simulations, and measurements.
Experiment 5: Second order circuits.
The main goals of this experiment are:
- To learn about general characterization of second order systems.
- To learn about, simulate, and measure Lissajous-figures.
- To learn about resonance and related figures of merit.
- To learn about, simulate and measure filtering by second order bandpass circuits.
- To learn about AC steady state simulation using Hspice.
- To learn about the types of the natural response of second order systems.
- To calculate, simulate and measure pulse response of an overdamped, critically damped and underdamped circuit.
- To learn about and practice the basics of soldering and desoldering.
- To build and carry out transient and AC steady state measurements.
- To compare measurements with simulations and calculations.